{"id":8675,"date":"2021-07-14T11:23:11","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T01:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2021-07-14T11:23:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T01:23:11","slug":"medical-pathway-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/medical-pathway-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-women","title":{"rendered":"New medical pathway for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><strong>A new gynaecological healthcare model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is seeing a 40 per cent decrease in missed medical appointments. The new model is set to result in better long-term health outcomes in a culturally safe environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <em>Women\u2019s Business Shared Pathway<\/em> was developed to deliver culturally appropriate patient-centred care for First Nations women, aiming to support care closer to home and remove barriers to healthcare appointment attendance related to all things \u201cwomen\u2019s business\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The model is a collaboration between Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital, Metro North Health and the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH).<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s Business Shared Pathway provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women with a range of supports, including a partnership approach with community organisations who they know and trust, a \u2018one-stop shop\u2019 in the community for women\u2019s related healthcare needs, transport to and from appointments, ongoing support from staff of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, continuity of care across health sectors and multiple referral pathways. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women can also choose between three different clinic locations to receive care.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital physiotherapist and Women\u2019s Business Shared Pathway Project Officer and Palawa woman Edwina Powe said the gynaecology pathway have seen great success since it commenced in December 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe identified an urgent need to remove the barries to care for these women and provide them with support from someone of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander decent who understands their culture and concerns,\u201d Edwina said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe feedback we\u2019ve received so far from our patients has been overwhelmingly positive, with one patient recently stating that women in her family may have lived much longer if a pathway of this kind was available when they had their illnesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new gynaecological healthcare model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women is seeing a 40 per cent decrease in missed medical appointments. 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