Health workforce
Advocacy in Action: a toolkit for Public Health Professionals
The toolkit is a practical resource that supports and encourages health professionals and interested organisations to engage in advocacy.
The Advocacy in Action toolkit:
Demystifies advocacy,
Includes examples and case studies demonstrating how advocacy strategies can be applied across different issues,
Offers tips to effectively work with the media, and
Provides practical tools to help you and your organisation advocate on your issue.
The second edition of the Advocacy in Action toolkit features more examples and case studies, a comprehensive guide to evaluation, and more tips on working with the media.
Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA)
AIDA strives for excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health in the spirit of cultural integrity. AIDA supports Indigenous people to take a central role in Indigenous health and encourages non-Indigenous people to work in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, in a way that is culturally safe and respectful.
Challenges to Health Workforce Reform
A health system is nothing without its workforce. Two broad challenges face consumers who want to contribute to workforce reform: poor health literacy and the complex structural barriers to workforce change including: workforce statistics; multiple stakeholders; spilt responsibilities; and policy to implementation lag.
Cultural Diversity in Health Care
This site is designed to introduce you to issues of diversity in health care settings
This report summarises the finding of research conducted on consumers working in mental health or related organisations. The report includes a series of recommendations to strengthen the mental health consumer workforce.
This is a new independent online service that produces Reviews of medical journals. The Reviews include 10 research summaries selected from the top global peer-reviewed journals with commentary from a key Australian specialist in that field on the implications for practice. They are only four pages and take about 15 minutes to read.
The North Central Metropolitan Primary Care Partnership (NCMPCP)
The North Central Metropolitan Primary Care Partnership (NCMPCP) includes the Cities of Whittlesea, Darebin and Yarra in Melbourne. Its aim is to integrate service provision and facilitate partnerships between health service providers, including hospitals, specialist services and GP divisions. The NCMPCP website home page contains a comprehensive news section with information on conferences, training, service coordination, health promotion and 'big picture' issues. People can also register to be a NCMPCP member online
This document gives a brief explanation of the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality (VASM). This audit process is designed to provide valuable information for improving surgical outcomes.
When Women Talk and Doctors Don’t Believe Them
Communication and mutual respect between health care professionals and the people they provide care for is an important part of the healing process. Unfortunately, many factors can influence the effectiveness of patient-doctor interactions. This article discusses the findings from a qualitative study about women’s experiences of contraceptive surgery, commonly called ‘tubal ligation’. It particularly focuses on how doctors responded when participants raised concerns about a range of issues that could be broadly defined as ‘women’s problems’. The findings highlight the need for doctors to listen to women, taking seriously their health concerns and the knowledge they have of their own bodies. They also raise issues about the role gender and power play in medical encounters.
Women are frequent users of the health care system. Through their lifespan women access general medical practitioners for various reasons ranging from the health of the person they are caring for, to sexual and reproductive health, and emotional and mental health. This article discusses the issues raised by women taking part in Women’s Health In the North’s (WHIN) Community Education Program, which currently focuses on ‘Working Well With Your GP’.
