Table 1: Summary of issues identified and solutions suggested during the consultations Area of concern Issue identified Suggestions offered Elders’ comments Education Cost Change funding criteria Highlighted: for ASSPA and IESEP cultural awareness Poor and inflexible transport schedules Provide cultural education programs aimed at awareness programs Difficulty in transition to school preschool children, early years and babies Provide a school bus to Cultural insensitivity by staff enable children to get to school retention rates Inadequate numbers of school the need for mothers to qualified Aboriginal Employ qualified receive education in child care, High absenteeism at school Aboriginal educators nutrition, cooking, basic Children attending hygiene and budgeting school without breakfast Health Cost Give greater access Highlighted: to Medicare bulk Cultural insensitivity by staff the importance of billing culturally relevant services Unwelcoming environments Conduct cultural awareness poor nutrition Use of professional jargon programs and training for all hearing problems that is not understood and is intimidating lack of resources Create Poor knowledge of services environments Inadequate numbers of Employ qualified qualified Aboriginal health Aboriginal health workers workers Improve access to programs Inflexible opening and design flexible programs in Specific health issues: consultation with the Low immunisation Aboriginal community rates for children High rate of ear infections Children exposed to family violence Women smoking while pregnant Mistrust of services that Have childhood service Family services have previously been system promoting culturally involved in polices that program services removed children and are that engender trust in currently removing children Aboriginal people Provide a greater level of support to parents with very young children Develop culturally relevant parenting programs for both men and Administration High cost of birth certificates Replacement of vaccination certificates Need for greater sharing of information between services
Table 1: Summary of issues identified and solutions suggested during the consultations Area of concern Issue identified Suggestions offered Elders’ comments Education Cost Poor and inflexible transport schedules Difficulty in transition to school Cultural insensitivity by staff Inadequate numbers of qualified Aboriginal High absenteeism at school Children attending school without breakfast Change funding criteria for ASSPA and IESEP Provide cultural awareness programs Provide a school bus to enable children to get to school Employ qualified Aboriginal educators Highlighted: cultural awareness education programs aimed at preschool children, early years and babies school retention rates the need for mothers to receive education in child care, nutrition, cooking, basic hygiene and budgeting Health Cost Cultural insensitivity by staff Unwelcoming environments Use of professional jargon that is not understood and is intimidating Poor knowledge of services Inadequate numbers of qualified Aboriginal health workers Inflexible opening Specific health issues: Low immunisation rates for children High rate of ear infections Children exposed to family violence Women smoking while pregnant Give greater access to Medicare bulk billing Conduct cultural awareness programs and training for all Create environments Employ qualified Aboriginal health workers Improve access to programs and design flexible programs in consultation with the Aboriginal community Highlighted: the importance of culturally relevant services poor nutrition hearing problems lack of resources Family services Mistrust of services that have previously been involved in polices that removed children and are currently removing children Have childhood service system promoting culturally program services that engender trust in Aboriginal people Provide a greater level of support to parents with very young children Develop culturally relevant parenting programs for both men and Administration High cost of birth certificates Replacement of vaccination certificates Need for greater sharing of information between services
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