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Indigenous Health every doctors business Papaarangi Reid LIME Connection II September 2007 Slide 2 Indigenous Health every doctors business Purpose To summarise a number of barriers in the path of indigenous health development and outline seven steps doctors need to lead now. Slide 3 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 1 Public Immunity Slide 4 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 1 Public Immunity not new not news Slide 5 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 1 Public Immunity not new not news Action Point Know & Acknowledge Slide 6 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 1 Public Immunity not new not news Action Point Know & Acknowledge State of Indigenous Health Slide 7 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 1 Public Immunity not new not news Action Point Know & Acknowledge State of Indigenous Health compared with fellow non-indigenous citizens Slide 8 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 2 Poorly Understood Evidence Slide 9 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 2 Poorly Understood Evidence easy to ignore Slide 10 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 2 Poorly Understood Evidence easy to ignore Action Point Be Informed Slide 11 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 2 Poorly Understood Evidence easy to ignore Action Point Be Informed national & international evidence Slide 12 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 3 Unclear Data Slide 13 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 3 Unclear Data easy to mislead Slide 14 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 3 Unclear Data easy to mislead Action Point Promote Rights Slide 15 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 3 Unclear Data easy to mislead Action Point Promote Rights Right to be Counted & part of the solution Slide 16 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 4 Discourses of Denial Slide 17 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 4 Discourses of Denial part of privileging Slide 18 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 4 Discourses of Denial part of privileging Action Point Stop doing what weve always done Slide 19 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 4 Discourses of Denial part of privileging Action Point Stop doing what weve always done Change the status quo Slide 20 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 5 Demand for Simplicity Slide 21 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 5 Demand for Simplicity 30 sec sound bites Slide 22 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 5 Demand for Simplicity 30 sec sound bites Action Point Promote Right to Complexity Slide 23 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 5 Demand for Simplicity 30 sec sound bites Action Point Promote Right to Complexity work smarter Slide 24 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 6 Inhumanity Slide 25 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 6 Inhumanity individualism, greed Slide 26 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 6 Inhumanity Individualism, greed Action Point Show Compassion Slide 27 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 6 Inhumanity Individualism, greed Action Point Show Compassion a tactic & a solution its about people Slide 28 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 7 Too Scared to Challenge Slide 29 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 7 Too Scared to Challenge too hard to change Slide 30 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 7 Too Scared to Challenge too hard to change Action Point Commit to Quality Slide 31 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barrier 7 Too Scared to Challenge too hard to change Action Point Commit to Quality Be Leaders in Health Slide 32 Indigenous Health every doctors business Barriers to Improving Indigenous Health 1.Public Immunity 2.Poorly Understood Evidence 3.Unclear Data 4.Discourses of Denial 5.Demand for Simplicity 6.Inhumanity 7.Too Scared to Challenge Slide 33 Indigenous Health every doctors business Actions to Improve Indigenous Health 1.Know & Acknowledge 2. Be Informed 3. Promote Rights 4. Stop doing what weve always done 5. Promote Right to Complexity 6. Show Compassion 7. Commit to Quality Slide 34 Indigenous Health every doctors business The Future Starts Right Now