Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service

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Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service

• Presentation by Julie Tongs to the
• What Works for Children- Bridging the Gaps
• Early Childhood Conference
• Canberra 29th 30th of August 2007

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WINNUNGA NIMMITYJAH Wiradjuri language meaning
STRONG IN HEALTH
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GRIFFEN CENTRE (1990 1997)
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AINSLIE LOCATION 1998- 2004
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NARRABUNDAH (2004 present)
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How Does Our Service Differ?

• Whole of life focus
• Flexible to the needs of the individual, family
  and community
• A strong focus on the inter-relationship between
  physical and social, spiritual and emotional
  well-being
• Culturally safe
• No separation of issues
• Not just the physical well-being of the
  individual but the social, emotional and
  cultural well-being of the whole community. This
  is a whole of life view and it also includes the
  cyclical concept of life-death-life
• National Aboriginal Health Strategy 1989

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ABORIGINAL MIDWIFERY ACCESS PROGRAM TEAM -
2006
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AMAP Program

• In 2004 the retention rate of women who accessed
  the Program was 53, today it is close to 100.
• In 2004, 32 of clients presented in their first
  trimester, by 2006 that rate had increased to 57
  which is above the NSW average for Aboriginal
  mothers of 52.2.

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AMAP Program

• In 2006, shared care between AMAP staff and
  Specialists was particularly high with 73 of
  deliveries involving shared care with GPs,
  compared to 47 in 2004 and 86 of women
  accessing shared care with our hospitals,
  compared to just 53 in 2004.

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AMAP Program

• Low birth weight is also improving with the rate
  falling from 14 in 2004 to just 8 in 2006,
  lower than the national average of 13 for
  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander babies.

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Family Violence Position Statement

• Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service
  acknowledges that violence is not part of
  Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Culture. We
  do not support the secrecy and silence that often
  surrounds violence in our community. We are
  committed to a moral and ethical position of
  opposing the use of any form of violence whether
  in the workplace, family or the larger community.
  We also support our leaders taking a stance
  against violence in any form whether in their own
  home or their community. We recognise physical
  and sexual violence as criminal acts in
  accordance with the law and support appropriate
  legal sanctions. We strive to promote the safety
  of people threatened by violence. We encourage
  and advocate non-violent, dignified and
  respectful ways of engaging in relationships. We
  are committed as members of the community to
  challenging the silence, social structures and
  popular mythology, which permit and encourage
  violence, and particularly family violence and
  abuse, and the continued erosion of our culture
  and individual rights to safety.

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