Deck 11: Indigenous Health Systems and Services

Question 1

What offers the greatest potential for improving health outcomes for Indigenous Australians?

A)Employing more traditional healers in mainstream services
B)Better partnerships between ACCHSs and mainstream services
C)The government taking control of ACCHSs
D)Indigenous people using mainstream services first

Answer 1

Better partnerships between ACCHSs and mainstream services

Question 2

Apart from the health benefits of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs),they contribute significantly through:

A)providing a safe place to visit
B)taking patients from mainstream services
C)providing free transport
D)providing employment and economic benefits to Indigenous people

Answer 2

providing employment and economic benefits to Indigenous people

Question 3

The poor health of many Indigenous Australians today can largely be linked to:

A)a rejection of Western health care
B)the use of traditional medicines
C)the intergenerational impact of colonisation
D)not being interested in health

Answer 3

the intergenerational impact of colonisation

Question 4

Mainstream services could improve care to Indigenous Australians through:

A)cultural safety training for staff
B)increased employment of Indigenous staff
C)partnering with Indigenous services
D)all of the above

Question 5

Contemporary Indigenous-controlled health services,such as Redfern AMS,were developed:

A)in response to discrimination in mainstream services
B)to provide a culturally appropriate system
C)to address the poor health and early mortality of Indigenous people
D)all of the above

Question 6

The key feature of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs)that ensures legal accountability is:

A)having close government scrutiny
B)being incorporated
C)having a doctor in charge
D)community control

Question 7

Indigenous health services and systems first commenced:

A)in the 1970s at Redfern,Sydney
B)with the arrival of Western medicine
C)thousands of years ago with practices that are ongoing today
D)un Central Australia

Question 8

The principles of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs)most closely align with which model of health care?

A)Tertiary care
B)Western health care
C)Primary health care
D)Community care

Question 9

A major threat to the sustainability of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs)is:

A)funding insecurity
B)lack of staff
C)not having enough clients
D)not being necessary today

Question 10

Community-controlled services are characterised by:

A)having Aboriginal people in key roles
B)cultural awareness training for non-Indigenous staff
C)a majority workforce of Aboriginal health workers
D)all of the above