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This document is clearly informed by the NTPCDS, but only specifically mentions the PCDS interms of prevention, detection and the management of kidney disease prior to it progressing toend stage renal disease. It is only one of a large number of policy frameworks that are intendedto promote healthy living in Australia and the NT.Table 3.4 provides a summary of other general policies that complement the NTPCDS and Table3.5 provides a list of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific policies.Table 3.4Policies for all Australians1996 - present National Diabetes Services Scheme Commonwealth1999-2002/03 National Tobacco Strategy 1999 to 2002-03: A Framework for Action National1999-2003 Healthy Horizons 1999-2003. A framework for improving the health of Rural, NationalRegional and Remote Australia2000-2004 National Diabetes Strategy National2000-2010Eat Well Australia: An Agenda for Action for Public Health NutritionNational2001 Preventing Chronic Disease: A Strategic Framework National2001 Smoking, Nutrition, Alcohol and Physical Activity (SNAP) Framework for GPs National2001-2004 National Alcohol Strategy: A Plan for Action 2001 to 2003-042001-2006 Food and Nutrition Policy NT2003-2007 Healthy Horizons: Outlook 2003-2007. A framework for improving the health Nationalof Rural, Regional and Remote Australia2003-2008 Healthy Weight 2008: Australia‟s Future National2004 National Strategy for Heart, Stroke and Vascular Health in Australia National2004 Recommended Framework for Cardiac Rehabilitation - National HeartNationalFoundation of Australia & Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Foundation2004-2009 Building Healthier Communities Framework – NTDH&CS NT2005 National Chronic Disease Strategy National2005 National Service Improvement Framework (NSIF) Diabetes National2005 National Service Improvement Frameworks (NSIF) Cardiovascular Disease) NationalTable 3.5Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific policies1989 National Aboriginal Health Strategy (NAHS) National1996 NT Aboriginal Health Policy NT1997-2002 NT Aboriginal Public Health Strategy and Implementation Guide NT2000-2010 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy and ActionPlan (Indigenous SNAP) 2000-2010NationalChapter 3: Progress Against PCDS Objectives – Evaluation of the NT Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy 2007 44
2002 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce National StrategicFramework2002 The NHMRC Road Map: A Strategic Framework for Improving Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Health Through Research2003 National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health:Framework for Action by Governments and Implementation Plans2005-2010 Aboriginal Health and Families: A five year framework for Action, Departmentof Health and Community Services, NT GovernmentNationalNationalNationalNTWhile many of these policies are associated with funding streams, the funding is ofteninadequate to implement the proposal and there is often little funding to sustain successfulinitiatives. For example: the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition Strategy andAction Plan includes only one limited-tenure national appointment responsible for itsimplementation.Review of health promotion activitiesIn March 2005, Convery undertook an Audit of the Health Promotion activities for the previousyear (61) . She particularly examined Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental Health, Preventable ChronicDisease, and Child and Family Health. The audit identified 33 interventions including 10 in thearea of Preventable Chronic Diseases. Only one of these was identified as being NT-wide, and atleast four of these ten were located in the Top End only. Convery attempted to categorise thesefurther and found one targeted skin health, and one targeted women‟s health (61) . These areprobably peripheral to the main thrust of the PCDS. Two programs targeted chronic diseaseworkers‟ skills, representing the previous emphasis on capacity building. Four programs targetedchronic disease information and awareness and two targeted various community-identifiedissues.Overall, about half of the interventions were delivered by staff from the relevant program areas,7 of the 33 interventions were led by Aboriginal staff, and only 9 of the 33 had a person withhealth promotion training in a lead role. This review suggests that overall, only a small number ofhealth promotion activities have occurred in the time frame covered, and that many of thesewere localised (61) . This raises the issue of whether more programs were actually present butwere not apparent in this review, and recalls the comments of the 2003 review that healthpromotion ran the risk of resource depletion and becoming „invisible‟.Chapter 3: Progress Against PCDS Objectives – Evaluation of the NT Preventable Chronic Disease Strategy 2007 45
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2002 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander <strong>Health</strong> Workforce National StrategicFramework2002 The NHMRC Road Map: A Strategic Framework for Improving Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander <strong>Health</strong> Through Research2003 National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander <strong>Health</strong>:Framework for Action by Governments and Implementation Plans2005-2010 Aboriginal <strong>Health</strong> and Families: A five year framework for Action, Departmentof <strong>Health</strong> and Community Services, <strong>NT</strong> GovernmentNationalNationalNational<strong>NT</strong>While many of these policies are associated with funding streams, the funding is ofteninadequate to implement the proposal and there is often little funding to sustain successfulinitiatives. For example: the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nutrition <strong>Strategy</strong> andAction Plan includes only one limited-tenure national appointment responsible for itsimplementation.Review of health promotion activitiesIn March 2005, Convery undertook an Audit of the <strong>Health</strong> Promotion activities for the previousyear (61) . She particularly examined Alcohol and Other Drugs, Mental <strong>Health</strong>, Preventable ChronicDisease, and Child and Family <strong>Health</strong>. The audit identified 33 interventions including 10 in thearea of Preventable Chronic Diseases. Only one of these was identified as being <strong>NT</strong>-wide, and atleast four of these ten were located in the Top End only. Convery attempted to categorise thesefurther and found one targeted skin health, and one targeted women‟s health (61) . These areprobably peripheral to the main thrust of the <strong>PCD</strong>S. Two programs targeted chronic diseaseworkers‟ skills, representing the previous emphasis on capacity building. Four programs targetedchronic disease information and awareness and two targeted various community-identifiedissues.Overall, about half of the interventions were delivered by staff from the relevant program areas,7 of the 33 interventions were led by Aboriginal staff, and only 9 of the 33 had a person withhealth promotion training in a lead role. This review suggests that overall, only a small number ofhealth promotion activities have occurred in the time frame covered, and that many of thesewere localised (61) . This raises the issue of whether more programs were actually present butwere not apparent in this review, and recalls the comments of the 2003 review that healthpromotion ran the risk of resource depletion and becoming „invisible‟.Chapter 3: Progress Against <strong>PCD</strong>S Objectives – <strong>Evaluation</strong> of the <strong>NT</strong> Preventable Chronic Disease <strong>Strategy</strong> 2007 45