Indigenous Environmental Health Worker Sample Clauses

Indigenous Environmental Health Worker. Program Establish an effective and sustainable Indigenous Environmental Health Worker (IEHW) Program in South Australia Contribute to SASP targets T1.26 T2.4, T2.5,T2.6,T2.7, T6.1 By establishing • 12 FTE IEHW positions in aboriginal communities across South Australia • A local training program of formal vocational and on the job supervision/mentoring. • Ongoing management through relevant community organisations (e.g. Nganampa Health). • IEHW programs have been demonstrated in other states to be successful by building a flexible, culturally competent and mutually supportive local workforce to deliver targeted and effective local environmental health programs. • The activities of IEHW target the living conditions (particularly housing and the community environment identified in the 1987 Uwankara Palyanku Kanyintjaku Report36) that give rise to communicable (shigella and streptococcal infections) and long term chronic sequelae (kidney and heart disease)37. • To provide a universal service to both rural and remote communities, it is considered that 12 positions would be required to establish culturally sensitive training capacity within South Australia and to locate at least one IEHW position in all major communities in South Australia.38 SA Health, Public Health and Clinical Coordination Division Community organisations 2009-10 ▪ Communities engaged in further development of implementation plan ▪ Acceptance of proposal by community organisations 2010-11 ▪ Recruitment of IEHW ▪ Establishment of local training capacity delivered by VET sector (e.g. Xxxxxxxxx Institute) 2011-12 ▪ IEHW complete training and begin full time operation 2012-13 ▪ Full time operation ▪ Program evaluation Benchmark: Measurement: ▪ Implementation Plan developed ▪ Number of community organisations accepting IEHW positions. ▪ 12 IEHW recruited ▪ Training capacity established in South Australia. ▪ Number of IEHW obtaining qualifications. ▪ Outcomes evaluated through activities reported through Public and Environmental Health Act 1987 ▪ Independent process evaluation of program 2009-10 $200 000 2010-11 $400 000 2011-12 $800 000 2012-13 $1.2 million Total $2.6 million $6 000 000 Total South Australian investment for Priority Area 4.5 MAKING INDIGENOUS HEALTH EVERYONE’S BUSINESS Internal Governance and Management South Australia will coordinate and manage the implementation of its initiatives in this Priority Area through an overarching internal coordination committee. This group will be ch...