Northern Health has a committed Aboriginal Liaison Program in place with a number of objectives, including: Development of relationships with the Aboriginal community
* Providing or coordinating cross–cultural training for hospital staff. * Implementation of policies to improve services for Aboriginal culture. * Development of initiatives that examine and improve the discharge planning and primary care referral of Aboriginal patients to ongoing care.      The program provides information to the Aboriginal community on the types of services available at Northern Health and offers support in accessing these services.

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Eritrean Community Support Group

The role of the Invidividual Advoacy Program is to work in Partnership with our clients to achieve goals that meet their individual needs and to ensure equity of access and participation in the community.

ADEC is a statewide service provider

 ADEC strives to empower people with a disability from Non-English speaking backgrounds, their carers, and families to fully participate as members of the Victorian community. ADEC is a state-wide organisation. 


ADEC

The community nursing service provides nursing assessment and general health promoting advice to support health and wellbeing.

Merri Health - Coburg

NODSS - NARCOLEPSY & OVERWHELMING DAYTIME SLEEP SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA

An Advocate/Educator is available at this site once every fortnight on Wednesday 1:00PM-5:00PM. Please call for an appointment.

Thornbury Medical Centre

Victorian Mental Illness Awareness Council (VMIAC)

The Inner North West Primary Care Partnership (INW PCP) was formed in 2010 from over 30 health and human service agencies within the four local government areas (LGAs) of Melbourne, Yarra, Moreland and Moonee Valley. The catchment includes some 456,647 residents (as of 2012) and three neighbourhood renewal areas. The vision of the INW PCP is founded on the social model of health, and aims to improve the health and wellbeing of our target population. The INWPCP seeks to achieve this by engaging and collaborating with member agencies in the primary care and acute sectors around integrated health promotion, service coordination and integrated chronic disease management. The INW PCP has identified particular priorities unique to its catchment area, which include: STRATEGIC PRIORITY 1: Prevention of Violence against Women (inclusive of children and families) STRATEGIC PRIORITY 2: Improve system capacity to increase prevention and support people from priority populations with chronic disease and its co-morbidities.

Inner North West Primary Care Partnership

Viral hepatitis damages the liver, is a potentially deadly disease affecting 2% of the community.  And yet it is preventable, and we need a greater reponse to that more people are tested and treated.
 
Stigma and discrimination is a pressing issue for many people with viral hepatitis and can have a wide-ranging impact on both their own health as well as the community as a whole. When people feel stigmatised, it may affect their ability to access the services that they need. 

It is illegal is Australia to discriminate against anybody on the basis of their hepatitis status – whether hepatitis B or hepatitis C. However, many people with hepatitis continue to report facing negative attitudes and suspicion within their communities and this may lead to them choosing not to disclose their hepatitis status -  keeping hepatitis hidden in the community. 

Hepatitis Victoria works to stop the stigma related to hepatitis by striving to educate the community about the virus and to empower people with hepatitis to become self-advocates and to redress any discrimination they may have experienced – including working with them for the duration of any legal cases. 

We provides training on best practice around hepatitis in relation to infection control procedures and OH&S guidelines.  We also have a Public Speakers Bureau so you can book speakers who will share their lived experience.

Hepatitis Victoria also provides advice and expertise to government and other influential bodies on matters relating to hepatitis. 

For more information see www.hepvic.org.au, or phone our Infoline on 1800703003, or contact us on admin@hepvic.org.au

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