

For millennia, Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples have been doctors, nurses, pharmacists, midwives, counsellors and paramedics—they are the first healers of these lands. Caring for self, kin, community and country, was and continues to be, a central aspect of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowing, being and belonging. This webinar will share Kirsty Leo's thoughts on the way our Healthcare system can work collaboratively to achieve health equity.
Health equity adopts a social justice and human rights-based approach to health and healthcare access by responding to differences between groups of people that considers what people need to attain their full health potential. The health system plays a pivotal role in addressing health equity but every segment of society underpins health through the economic and social conditions in which people grow, live, work and age. Society as a whole, and not the health system alone, creates the foundations for good health. A First Nations health equity approach is being adopted to galvanise a renewed and shared agenda to improve Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s health outcomes, experiences and access to care across the health system.
This agenda aims to build on the foundations of the past to reshape the health system by placing ‘health equity’ at its centre. To be successful, it must be underpinned by representation, leadership and shared decision-making with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples to change the current power balance and create a health system free from racism and discrimination.
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Registration price | FREE | $50 incl GST |
Kirsty Leo, CNC, Healthcare Improvement Fellow CEQ, Assistant Director of Nursing, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Health Services – The Prince Charles Hospital, Qld
Accreditation
This activity has been accredited for 1 hour of Group-1 CPD (or 1 CPD credit), suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan.
The accreditation number is S2022/77.
Pharmacy competency standards addressed
(National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia, 2016)
All registration rates include GST
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