Cultural Safety Key To Closing The Gap In Vision Loss In Australia

Cultural Safety Key To Closing The Gap In Vision Loss In Australia Cultural safety is an important step to close t aboriginal and torres strait islander peoples are three times more likely to go blind than other australians. Strengthening cultural safety across the health system is an element of both the roadmap to close the gap for vision, and vision 2020 australia’s strong eyes, strong communities plan. the need to bring light to this issue has also been raised in many regions across australia working under the guidance of the roadmap to close the gap for.

Cultural Safety Training Helps Close Health Gap The Source News Indigenous people in australia experience three times more vision loss than non indigenous people, creating a concerning gap for vision much of this is due to diabetic macular oedema (dmo). here. 2016 national eye health survey. for indigenous participants: blindness is now 3 times more common, but rates vision loss same. major causes remain same. 40% of patients needing cataract surgery did not have specialist treatment. 50% of patients with diabetes did not have a diabetic retinopathy exam in last year. Speakers at the annual conference hosted by indigenous eye health, part of the melbourne school of population and global health, acknowledged the achievements of the sector in closing the gap in eye health but called for indigenous led solutions and cultural safety in the delivery of services to aboriginal and torres strait islander patients. • closing the gap in eye health and vision care by 2020 (2017) • vision 2020 australia submission to the closing the gap refresh discussion paper (2018). the work of vision 2020 australia is informed by its members. strong eyes, strong communities was developed at the request of government, and guided by the vision 2020 australia aboriginal and.

Closing The Gap Aboriginal Legal Service Nsw Act Limited Speakers at the annual conference hosted by indigenous eye health, part of the melbourne school of population and global health, acknowledged the achievements of the sector in closing the gap in eye health but called for indigenous led solutions and cultural safety in the delivery of services to aboriginal and torres strait islander patients. • closing the gap in eye health and vision care by 2020 (2017) • vision 2020 australia submission to the closing the gap refresh discussion paper (2018). the work of vision 2020 australia is informed by its members. strong eyes, strong communities was developed at the request of government, and guided by the vision 2020 australia aboriginal and. Congress – an aboriginal community controlled health service providing primary health care to aboriginal people in central australia and an advocate of closing the gap – has chaperoned vision australia’s development and delivery of culturally appropriate services, such as vision assessments and equipment trials. The close the gap for vision by 2020 national conference 2017 was held in melbourne on 16 and 17 march 2017. 107 attendees from all jurisdictions and representing national, state and territory, regional and local organisations and interests across australia gathered to share learnings and experiences to improve indigenous eye health.