Kim Toole would like to invite interested GPs, practice nurses and practice managers to join the Aboriginal Health Advisory Group. The group will inform and support the work of CSGPN project officers to ensure quality in all our activities concerned with Aboriginal health.

The Aboriginal Health Program involves a range of activities to:
• increase access to mainstream primary care services by Aboriginal people;
• improve the capacity of general practice to deliver culturally sensitive primary care services;
• increase the uptake of Aboriginal specific MBS items, including Aboriginal health checks and follow up items;
• support mainstream primary care services to encourage Aboriginal Australians to self-identify;
• increase awareness and understanding of Closing the Gap measures relevant to mainstream primary care; and
• foster collaboration and support between the mainstream primary care and the Aboriginal health sectors.

The Advisory Group will provide perspectives from a broad range of local GPs, practice nurses, practice managers, Aboriginal health service representatives and Aboriginal community members to assist us in setting priorities and developing, implementing and evaluating our Aboriginal health activities.

If you have enthusiasm for, or experience in Aboriginal health, we would love to hear from you. You … MORE...]]> Announcements, Critical Information, Education, Preventive Health 2010-08-31T04:18:30+00:00 http://csgpn.com.au/news/entry/eois_invited_to_develop_general_practice_at_redfern_or_croydon_health_centr/ http://csgpn.com.au/news/entry/eois_invited_to_develop_general_practice_at_redfern_or_croydon_health_centr/#When:00:33:02Z General practices, organisations and/or individuals are invited to submit an expression of interest to develop a medical “General Practice Service for Mental Health clients” at either Redfern Health Centre, Croydon Health Centre or both sites.

EOI_Submission_Guidelines__Forms.pdf

The closing date for submission is 5pm Friday 24 September 2010.

She said many treatments had emerged over the years, from different models of counselling and therapy along with acute hospital care, though there was little evidence to show which approach was best.

“Currently, there are a whole range of treatments and we don’t have any evidence that one is any better than the other,” Dr Byrne said on Friday.

“... We’re really trying to gather some evidence so we can say to people, with confidence, that we have evidence that this or that treatment is helpful.”

Dr Byrne is seeking around 200 adult volunteers who have an eating disorder and who are based in Sydney, Adelaide or Perth.

Participants will receive ten months of free treatment - in one of three different front-line therapies developed independently and used by some to tackle anorexia in different parts of the world.

The research will compare Enhanced Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, developed at Oxford University; Maudsley Anorexia Nervosa Treatment for Adults (MANTRA), developed at London’s Maudsley Hospital; and New Zealand’s Specialist Support Clinical Management for … MORE...]]> Announcements, Mental Health 2010-08-24T03:46:20+00:00 http://csgpn.com.au/news/entry/callan_park_mental_health_workshop/ http://csgpn.com.au/news/entry/callan_park_mental_health_workshop/#When:04:32:18Z On Wednesday 25 August a workshop will be held at Balmain Town Hall from 6:30pm to explore a range of different mental health services that could be offered at Callan Park.

Mental Health Master Plan Workshop

If you are unable to attend the workshop, comments on the website regarding the newer proposals put forward are very welcome. A document outlining these proposals should be available after the workshop next Wednesday.

Mental Health Month 2010.

WHO overseas vaccinations

New headspace sites