Community health
Alternative labels
Community controlled health services
Report
Investing in Aboriginal health and wellbeing infrastructure
Evidence shows that services delivered by Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) have a 50% greater impact than if those same interventions were delivered through mainstream health services. This research report finds ACCOs could do much more if their infrastructure worked and recommends the Victorian Government act now to fund urgent repairs to make ACCO buildings safe...
Report
Report on government services 2025: health
This Report on Government Services (RoGS) provides information on the equity, effectiveness and efficiency of primary and community health, ambulance services, public hospitals and services for mental health. It includes a summary of government expenditure in the sector.
Guide
Responding to non-fatal strangulation and sexual choking
These guidelines are designed to improve responses to women with experiences of non-fatal strangulation and sexual choking. They were created to support the network of women’s health centres across NSW to develop their own organisational protocol and referral pathways for responding to women who have experienced non-fatal strangulation and sexual choking.
Report
2024 public hospital report card: mental health edition
Showing a worrying decline in both performance and capacity within mental health departments of public hospitals, this report identifies gaps and makes recommendations about where improvements are needed to provide better care to patients who have presented with mental health-related conditions.
Journal article
Lessons learnt from the first two SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron waves of the COVID‐19 pandemic in six remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland, Australia
This retrospective epidemiological review of the impact of COVID-19 on remote First Nations communities shows that co‐designed, collaborative partnerships between local councils, community‐controlled health services, state health services and public health units positively impacted health outcomes.