Indigenous Health Organization Aboriginal Medical Service

Question: Discuss about theIndigenous Health Organizationfor Aboriginal Medical Service. Answer: Introduction This report is mainly about the Aboriginal Medical Service Alliance Territory that is an indigenous health organization. It mainly puts emphasis on the health service of the aboriginal people. The mission of this organization is to cure the ailments of the native people of the Northern Territory of Australia. This report contains the background of this organization, the vision and objectives of this organization, the activities of this organization and the member-service of this organization and the contacts and location of this organization. In the end, there is comment on the reflection of this organization. Brief History and Background of the Organization Aboriginal Medical Service Alliance Territory has played a significant role in defending the rights of the native people of the in the Northern Territory of Australia regarding health care. The main motive of the organization is taking the responsibility of the aboriginal people by securing their funds regarding health services. This organization has linked with the National aboriginal and Islander Health Organization which is presently called NACCHO . This organization was established in October 1994. The foundation of the new structure of the Aboriginal Medical Service occurred from July 1996 to April 1998. Summits formed various health related meetings for the aboriginal people. The Banatjarl Health Summit occurred from 2ND August to 6th August in 1999. The Summit was organized to discuss about the health condition of the native people of Northern Territory. Decisions were taken about the process of health examination of the aboriginal people and the steps that were to be taken to improve the health condition of the people in the 1999 summit (Ilton et al., 2014). AMSANT Fresh Food Summit occurred in 10 May of 2010 to gather the native people, people in government services and the nutritionists to make a discussion about the food security of the in context to regional communities and remote areas. The Native people who stay in remote areas do not get proper accession of doctors and health care. Funds provided by Commonwealth are not sufficient to meet the needs of the native people (Davy et al., 2015). AMSANT has carried campaigns so that the Commonwealth government cashout for the medical purpose of the aboriginal purpose. This cashing-out campaign paved the way to the Aboriginal Coordinated Trials in the NT (1996-1997) and the announcement of the 1999 budget for the Primary Health Care Process Access Programme ( PHCAP). Vision and Objectives of the Organization The main vision of this organization is to make the aboriginal people happy and increase the longevity of the native people with better health. This organization also works for the improvement of the health and works for the purpose that the aboriginal people should have control over the primary health care system. This organization focuses on the fact that the the aboriginal peopled gets equal justice in terms of health and support them by founding the best health care system for them. The main motive of this organization is to bring the aboriginal people in the main stream of society. There are certain objectives of this organization. They are as follows: To support the aboriginal people by providing them culturally appreciative health service in the local communities (Shephard et al., 2014). This organization encourages the members of this organization to research about the main causes of their illness within the Aboriginal territory (Wakerman et al., 2016). The organization is very particular about the cultural matters of the native people. Finally, the main objective of this organization is to mitigate sufferings, ailments, poverty and hardships of this aboriginal people (Bailie et al., 2014). There are certain steps to meet the objectives. They are as follows:- To advocate the cultural awareness and virtue of Aboriginal Community Controlled extensive primary health care (Harfield et al., 2015). The organizations have to respect the opinions of the members and safeguard the rights of the people. Activities of the Indigenous Health Organization This health organization has various activities to fulfill the crisis of the health needs of the aboriginal people, which must be supervised and managed by the local communities. They are as follows :- The first is the e-health unit, which collaborates with the key health care unit so that the health care providers with the help of this e-health service can solve health issues (Hoy et al., 2014). They have used Electronic Clinical Information system to continue this e-health unit. The AMSANT also works in research and policy They supervise many research projects and execute research activities in the organization. It also supports the members to become engage in the research activities. AMSANT has also collaboration with Australian Indigenous Organization Alcohol and Other Drugs Knowledge Centre ( AOD) so that the organization can cure the patients from within. AMSANT is well aware of the fact that social causes are somehow responsible for the deterioration for the health. Therefore, they takes the initiative to uproot the problem from its roots and conduct the AOD and mental health programmes to sort out this social issue, which indirectly hampers the health of a person (Lee et al., 2014). There are certain aboriginal health forums in this organization. They are- The Primary Health Care Unit is the main essence of this organization in the Northern Territory of Australia because it allows the availability of health care service to the aboriginal people in the local communities and remote areas (Panaretto et al., 2014). Hospitals and Specialist care is one of the major focuses of this organization. The organization tries to provide extensive health care unit for critical patients (Dwyer et al., 2014) .It also tries to meet the social, cultural and health care of the aboriginal people and their kins. Another important thing is the forum also concentrates on the social determinates for the deterioration of the health. The Public Health Network works as a community of medical professionals who are involved in Primary Medical Care unit. The network also includes experts in Public Health Medical Officers. The main goals of this network are : The Public Health Network must discuss about the public health problems that affects the aboriginal people (Wilkes et al.,2014) . The people who are involved in this network must inform the clinicians about the transformations in the health sector. They also have the responsibility to inform the clinicians about the policies of AMSANT Members of the Organization The chief executive of this AMSANT organization is John Pearson and the chairperson is Marion Scrymgour. There are different member services of this organization. They are: Amoonguna Health Clinic, Ampilatwatja Health Centre Aboriginal, Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation, Bagot Community Health Unit ,Balunu Foundation ,Central Australian Aboriginal Alcohol Programme Unit ,Central Australian Aboriginal Congress ,Danila Dilba Health Service Aboriginal Corporation ,Katherine West Board Aboriginal Organization , Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation ,Ltyentye Apurte Community Health Centre ( Santa Teresa) , Malabam Health Board Aboriginal Corporation , Marthakal Homeland Health Service , Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation ,Mutitjulu Health Service ,Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Womens Council, Pintupi Homelands Health Service ,Red Lily Health Board ,Sunrise Health Service Aboriginal Corporation ,Urapuntja Health Service Utju Health Service Health Aboriginal Co rporation ,Western Aranda Health Aboriginal Corporation ( WAHAC) ,Western Desert Nganampa Walytja Palyantjaku Tjutaku Aboriginal Corp, Wurli Wurlinjang Health Service. Contacts and Location of the Organization There are two offices of the AMSANT organization. One office is at Darwin and Alice Spring. Darwin Address- MOONTA HOUSE 43 Mitchell Street, Darwin Northern Territory 0800 Postal Address -GPO Box 1624, Darwin Northern Territory 0801 Telephone Number (08) 8944 66 Fax : ( 08) 8981 4825 Email :reception@amsant.org.au Alice Spring Postal Address PO Box 1464, Alice Springs Northern Territory 0871 Address -34-38, Hartley St. Alice Springs Northern Territory 0870 Telephone:(08) 8959 4600 Fax:(08) 8953 0553 The link of website of this organization is - https://www.amsant.org.au/about-us/contact-us/ Comments and Reflections AMSANT health organization is an organization dedicated to the health care service of the aboriginal people. This organization has great farsightedness that people suffer not only due to physical ailment but also mainly due to the socio-economic problems. Hence, this organization tried to concentrate on the social problems of the aboriginal people. This organization also puts emphasis on the cultural issue of the native people and they deal this issue with great care (Smith et al., 2015). Conclusion In the conclusion we can say, that the ASMANT organization motive is to give the access of the primary health care to the aboriginal tribes of the Northern Territory in Australia. These aboriginal people comes from very poor background, so in order to provide them the best medical service, this organization has taken different initiatives to provide the best medical care. The infrastructure and the principles formed by this ASMANT organization are remarkable. Many other organizations have collaboration with this health care organization that enhances the growth of this organization. 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