The National Guide Podcast: Recent Episodes
RACGP & NACCHO
The National Guide Podcast is a collaboration between the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO). In each episode, host Lauren Trask, NACCHO Implementation Officer and CQI expert, speaks to general practitioners and researchers on updates and changes in the third edition of the National Guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Listeners will hear about the latest evidence on a range of topics from the authors of the third edition of the National Guide - grassroots general practitioners and researchers with experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as well as Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.
The National Guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia. The National Guide supports primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, how to prevent disease, detect early and unrecognised disease, and promote health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, while allowing for local and regional variations.
For more details or to access the National Guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
In our final episode of the National Guide Podcast Series, we speak with Mr Karl Briscoe, Chief Executive Officer of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association.Karl Briscoe is a proud Kuku Yalanji man from the Mossman–Daintree area of Far North Queensland and has worked for over 17 years in the health sector at local, state and national levels of government and non-government, which has enabled him to form a vast strategic network across Australia.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
In this episode we hear from Dr Jacki Mein, author of the Sexual health and blood-borne viruses chapter in the National guide. Dr Mein has worked in Aboriginal health for most of her career and provides us with an update on the changes to the Sexual Health Guide and recommendations and discusses the training that is available for GPs to support improving care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
In part two of our conversation on family abuse and violence prevention, Dr Annalise Crane and Dr Elizabeth Hindmarsh provide us with important information on what language people may use to describe, and sometimes minimise, their experience of family violence when speaking with their GP. They also explore some of the symptoms patients may present with that could suggest they are experiencing abuse or violence.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
Welcome back to the National Guide podcast series for 2019! Our series starts with a podcast in honour of the 2019 National Close the Gap Day theme: Our Health, Our Voice, Our Choice. In this episode we hear from Dr Tanya Schramm, Palawa Woman and GP, who speaks to Lauren Trask about the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health model and what mainstream practices can learn about culturally responsive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Close the Gap Campaign’s new report is titled Our Choices, Our Voices. The report, prepared by the Lowitja Institute, highlights the many areas where Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are achieving success, rather than focusing on the gaps.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
Our final episode for 2018 is part one of the two part episode on family abuse and violence. Dr Annalise Crane and Dr Elizabeth Hindmarsh provide us with important information on what language people may use to describe, and sometimes minimise, their experience of family violence when speaking with their GP. Also, what are some of the symptoms your patient may present with that could suggest they are experiencing abuse or violence.
In the second of a two-part episode, we bring together three experts in Aboriginal health to discuss some issues and strategies for delivering more appropriate healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.Ms Ada Parry, Associate Professor Peter O’Mara and Dr Olivia O’Donoghue discuss opportunities for practical applications of the National Guide, including the importance of building long term relationships with patients and culturally responsive healthcare.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
In the first of a two part episode, we bring together three key experts in Aboriginal Health to discuss some of the issues and strategies to deliver more appropriate healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.Ms Ada Parry, Associate Professor Peter O’Mara and Dr Olivia O’Donoghue discuss opportunities for practical applications of the National Guide, including the importance of building long term relationships with patients and culturally responsive healthcare.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
“FASD is a very complex problem, bound up in social, historical and in some instances cultural history. The responses to it need to be equally complex, very sensitive, and compassionate” – Dr James FitzpatrickLead clinical researcher of ‘Make FASD History,’ Dr James Fitzpatrick discusses one of the new chapters to the National Guide, Chapter 3: Child Health, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).Dr Fitzpatrick outlines some primary and secondary prevention strategies to reduce use of alcohol in pregnancy, and the specific tools GPs and other primary healthcare workers can use to support their patients. He highlights the importance for health care professionals to feel comfortable and empowered to talk about alcohol use in pregnancy without stigmatising, blaming, or shaming pregnant women.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
“How big an issue is cardiovascular disease in my particular setting?” – Professor David PeirisClinical Editor of the National Guide, Professor David Peiris, speaks to notable international and local changes in the management of cardiovascular disease in the third edition of the National Guide. He explains the most important preventative activities for healthcare practitioners when treating cardiovascular disease. Professor David Peiris also gives a glimpse into behind the scenes of developing the National Guide working with chapter authors on revisions and maintaining overall consistency. The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
“They’re not big children or small adults - young people have their own health needs and we really need to focus on that” - Dr Annapurna NoriAuthor of the Health of Young People chapter in the Third edition of the National Guide, Dr Annapurna Nori, talks about the importance of preventative health for young people, including their social and emotional well being.With over 15 years’ experience in Aboriginal primary healthcare in both Community Controlled and state funded services, Dr Nori explains the importance of communication between a GP and young person to establishing rapport. She discusses the significant areas for primary healthcare workers in the chapter including the lifecycle summary chart, the modified HEEADSSS assessment, the social and emotional wellbeing assessment, and the new recommendations for contraception and emergency contraception.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
Most recently the Clinical Director of the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service in Melbourne, Dr Mary Belfrage discusses one of the five new topics in the third edition of the National Guide, focussing on the important role of primary healthcare in the prevention and harm minimisation of child maltreatment. With over 25 years of urban and remote Aboriginal health services experience, Dr Belfrage elaborates on two key recommendations in the Child Health chapter in the Third edition of the National Guide. These include having a culturally and trauma informed practice, and the importance of providing comprehensive primary healthcare and continuity of care. The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit theRACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
“In my experience, it’s not common for GPs to be asking about gambling issues” – Dr Jenny Hunt.In this episode, we hear from Dr Jenny Hunt, a public health physician with over 20 years’ experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Dr Hunt delves into issues arising from gambling, referring to the Lifestyle chapter in the Third edition of the National Guide.Dr Hunt explains that this chapter can inform the busy practice team that gambling is a serious issue, and give guidance on how healthcare providers might respond. Dr Hunt highlights key changes in recommendations in this edition.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
In this episode, we hear from Dr Jenny Hunt, a public health physician with over 20 years’ experience in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. Dr Hunt takes us through the significant updates and expansion to the Antenatal care chapter in the Third edition of the National Guide. Dr Hunt explains the new evidence in smoking, prevalence in syphilis screening, focus on weight gain and diet, and immunisation recommendation changes in this edition.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
In this episode, guest interviewer Dr Tim Senior speaks to child and family health GP, Dr Marguerite Tracy. Dr Tracy explores immunisation, anaemia and growth failure topics in the section of the National Guide relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. She discusses the gap in child immunisation rates, what GPs and other clinicians can do for children to prevent growth failure, and the recommendation for communities that have very high anaemia incidence rates.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
Dental Public Health Consultant and advisor to the Rural and Remote Area Dental Services, Dr Sandra Meihubers, comments on Chapter 8: Oral and dental health in the third edition of the National Guide.In this episode, Sandra shares her knowledge and excitement on having oral health again included in the third edition of the National Guide, recognising the importance of oral health in the overall health of people. Sandra highlights the changes in intervening years for oral and dental health between the first edition to now, and shares advice on targeted applications of evidence from the National Guide.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
In this episode, guest presenter Dr Tim Senior interviews Dr Justin Coleman, author of Chapter 12: Type 2 diabetes prevention and early detection.
Dr Coleman is a GP who has been working at Inala Indigenous Health Service, Brisbane for over 10 years. Dr Coleman delves into the importance of having ongoing conversations, building relationships and paying attention to basic lifestyle factors when it comes to early detection and prevention of type 2 diabetes. He discusses the different ways diabetes should be approached with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, highlighting important changes in screening recommendations in this edition.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
Professor Amanda Leach leads the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in ear and hearing health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Amanda is also the author of Chapter 7: Hearing Loss in the third edition of the National Guide.
In this episode Amanda highlights that the importance of prevention of hearing loss in children starts with the prevention of disease, as well as the key recommendations that have changed in the third edition of the guide.
The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
Dr Tim Senior is a GP working for Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation and RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Tim is as a Medical Advisor for the updated third edition of the National Guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander.In this episode guest presenter Dr Justin Coleman interviews Tim about Chapter 17: Mental Health. The mental health chapter has two main focuses; the prevention of depression and prevention of suicide, chosen due to their importance and prevalence.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
With over 30 years’ experience in Indigenous health, Professor David Thomas from the Menzies School of Health Research discusses updates to the smoking topic from Chapter 1: Lifestyle, in the third edition of the National Guide.In this episode David, who established and led the Tobacco Control Research Program at Menzies since 2007, highlights the importance of changes in the third edition that emphasise the recommended five As – Ask, Assess, Advise, Assist and Arrange.The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj
Host Lauren Trask introduces The National Guide Podcast – a joint initiative between the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).Each episode will delve into chapters of the third edition of The NACCHO/RACGP National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with guest authors of the guide sharing insight on what’s new in the updated edition. The National Guide is one of the most widely used clinical guidelines in Australia, supporting primary healthcare providers to understand what works in preventive healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. For more details or to access the National Guide, visit the RACGP website: http://bit.ly/2pvP9Rj