Northern Territory Aboriginal Health †Free Samples to Students

Question: Discuss about the Northern Territory Aboriginal Health. Answer: Introduction Non- Indigenous people of Australia get the advantage of all the advanced medications whereas the indigenous people of Australia are deprived of such advanced medications. The social, economic and cultural factors become the main reasons for the poor health services that they get. They are very conservative in nature and their health acquires an important part in their life as through it, they determine their life aspects and control management their environment. They are vulnerable to many infections. The problem may be overcome by appointing indigenous people in the healthcare centre. Danilla Dilba Health Services is a health care centre that is controlled by the Aboriginal community. They provide culturally appropriate health care services and primary community services. Danilla Dilba Health Services was established in 1991 as a community controlled organizations (Daniladilbaexperience.org.au, 2017). They provide primary health care services to the Biluru communities residing in the Yilli Rreung Region of the Northern territory. The conventional owners of Darwin and Palmerston, the Larrakia people gave the name Danilla Dilba Biluru Butji Binnilutlum and the logo was also designed by an elder member of the Larrakia. The management committee is mainly constituted of the Aboriginal people residing in the Yilli Rreung Region of the Northern territory. The vision of the Danilla Dilba Health Services is to establish a society in which the health and the quality of the life of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander equal to that of the non-indigenous Australians (Frendin Saunders, 2013). Their main objective is the improvement of the physical, mental, cultural well being of the biluru community. They have the objective to carry out a number of innovative primary healthcare practices among the different community of the Aboriginals (Kruavit, Fox, Pearson Heraganahally, 2017). The primary objectives include the delivery of the comprehensive health care services to the Aboriginals keeping in mind the cultural and social well being, promoting researches relating to the health of the Aboriginals. Their objective is to establish other healthcare organizations. The core values of the Danilla Dilba include the provision of equal, accessible, professional and high quality health care approaches. They ensure to provide an environment that will help to promote the safety, faith and respect. Health services and Organizations Danilla Dilba serves in five places and provides health care services to the Aboriginals of Australia. Knucky Street Clinic has GPs and Aboriginal Health Practitioners who provide a gold standard culturally appropriate and comprehensive primary health care. They also provide a comfortable environment for the aboriginal people (Healthdirect.gov.au, 2017). They have a family support worker who looks after patients with great care and helps in the prevention and early detection of the chronic disease. They also provide services to the homeless people and those who live in a camp in certain areas of Darwin and Palmerstone. A number of visiting specialists like the cardiologist, dietician, diabetes educator, sonographer, specialist physician and many are accessed by the Danilla Dilba clinics. Danilla Dilba Health services also provide guides who help the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people who are suffering from the chronic diseases. They get help from the programs organized by them where the Aboriginals get easy access to the efficient care system. The mens clinic run by the Danilla Dilba Health Services have the male workers who provide a comfortable and culturally appropriate environment and treatment to the male patients. They focuses greatly on the early detection and treatment of many chronic diseases like cancer and heart problems and put forward their various care plans to the patients family. Palmerston Health Centre is another health care unit that provides a good and culturally preferable heath care practices to the patient and his family (Palmerstonmedicalcentre.com, 2017). Their objective is to provide the patient a complete care. Gumileybirra Womens Clinic provides female staffs who would provide help specifically to the women and children of the Aboriginal and the Torres Strait Islanders (Phcris.org.au, 2017). The immunization, check up facilities, education and the healthcare services for the children are specifically provided by the Child Health Unit. The oral health care and the education relating to problems of the mouth, early diagnosis and the treatment are focused by the centres dental clinic. The Emotional and Social Wellbeing Centre looks after the emotional support of the Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders. Their main objective is to promote the psychological health of the Aboriginals (Healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au, 2017). They carry out two main programs namely, Bringing them Home and Dare to Dream in order to achieve their goals. The former focuses on the therapeutic services including the counselling of the stolen members and the families whereas the later is the program started mainly for the younger generation upto the age of eighteen (Calma, Dudgeon Bray, 2017). Their main motto is the development of the resilience among the younger generation and the improvement of their emotional health and promotes support to their families and carers. There are eight members in The Board of Directors who have tenure of three-years of management service and are elected by the members of the organizations. Anyone from the Yilli Rreung Region who has attained the age of eighteen is eligible to apply for the membership. They require to endorsing member for the membership application and the applicant requires to provide his personal details in the membership form. Danilla Dilba Health Services collaborate with other organizations to provide health services. Knuckey St. Clinic, Darwin, Palmerston Health Clinic, Palmerstone Family Centre, Mens Clinic, Darwin, Malak Clinic collaborate with them and provide efficient health care. Issues and challenges Danila Dilba Health Services faces many challenges in achieving their goals. The problem faced by them is the undersupply of the services provided by the DDHS and the options available are limited to provide the rehabilitation of the people who wants to quit drinking and smoking. The gap in the continuation of the support to these people has put this organization under great challenge (Weightman, 2013). The organization thus fails to provide the immediate support to them and they impose burden both to the society and on their own health. Clients who undergo detoxification seeks immediate rehabilitation which if delayed can cause serious health problems. The organization provides a narrow range of treatment which imposes a heavy burden on the organization (Territory, 2015). The houses in the NT are overcrowded which made the clients deprived from getting any immediate action. The organization failed to provide sufficient access of the aboriginals to the counseling and the trauma care unit. The organization could not provide support if a relapse occur post treatment because of the inadequate information provided by them. Critical Comments and Personal Reflection I chose Danila Dilson Health Services because I feel that this organization is putting great effort in the wellbeing of the life and health of the Aboriginals and the Torres Strait Islanders. I feel that the organization provide a friendly and cosy environment to the aboriginal people while providing medical help. They have segregated health centres for both the men, women and the child. They have grown significantly starting from only one centre to five centres at present. They carry out different different health care programs and community helth services irrespective of the age and sex. They help to bring the hope and trust to the aboriginals by supporting them and providing them culturally flexible health care. I can conclude from the above report that the Danilla Dilba Health Service helps to gain the confidence of the aboriginal people and took control over them through their various welfare programs and healthcare services for all the age groups. References Daniladilbaexperience.org.au. (2017).Danila Dilba Experience | Danila Dilba Experience.Daniladilbaexperience.org.au. 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