27 August 2008
Delivering Indigenous health services
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Are our health bureaucracies set up to fail Indigenous Australians?
The 'Close The Gap' program is intended to eliminate the 17-year life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians within ten years. But is this the best way to measure the successful delivery of indigenous health services and do the current indicators take into account the complex social structures of remote communities and the consequences of ongoing fly-in and fly-out services?
Are there alternatives and is the path to failure still paved with good intentions?
Guests
Tess Lea - Director, school for social and policy research, Charles Darwin University
Ian Anderson - Founding Chair in Indigenous Health at The University of Melbourne and currently Deputy Head of the School of Population Health.
Paul Torzillo - Medical director, Nganampa Health
Len Smith - adjunct professor, ANU
Further Information
Bureaucrats and Bleeding Hearts by Tess Lea
Tess Lea at Charles Darwin university
Ian Anderson at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
Presenter
Paul Barclay
Story Researcher and Producer
Matthew Leonard
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