The aim of this study was to describe the reorientation of a remote primary health-care
service, in the Kimberley region of Australia, its impact on access to services and the factors …

Aboriginal community controlled PHC services have led the way in Australia in developing a
model of PHC service that is able to address social issues and the underlying determinants …

Universal health coverage provides a framework to achieve health services coverage but
does not articulate the model of care desired. Comprehensive primary health care includes …

This paper provides a description of initiatives and changes made in remote primary
healthcare service delivery in Central Australia. These changes included the introduction of …

The relationship of primary health care (PHC) to the community is currently a topic of interest
in Australia. One model of community‐based PHC is that of the Aboriginal community …

Since 1973, the Alice Springs-based community-controlled comprehensive primary health
service, the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress Inc.(CAAC), has pursued a broad …

During 2008, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) made several large-scale
funding commitments to close the gap in life expectancy between Aboriginal and non …

In 1994 the Commonwealth funded studies to establish and develop Aboriginal health
services. One such study was undertaken in 1995 at Maningrida, Northern Territory: to …

Summary The national Closing the Gap framework commits to reducing persisting
disadvantage in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia, with …

The following reflections on the author's management practice are based on the text of an
address given by the author at the 1999 International Conference of the Royal Australasian …