Transcript A model for the Aboriginal Mental Health and Drug

INDIGENOUS EARLY CHILDHOOD
DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP
ELEMENT 2
MENTAL HEALTH DRUG & ALCOHOL
SERVICES
(IECD NP E2 MHDAS)
Brief Update on the MHDAS Initiative
 A Personal Journey
Tammy Sampson – Aboriginal MH Trainee
Mid North Coast LHD – Coffs Harbour
Gay Foster
Mental Health and Drug & Alcohol Office
Project Manager MH-CYP
March 2014
Where the Journey Began.....
Healthy
strong
babies
Life
expectancy
Living
standards
Early
childhood
education
Closing The
Gap
Employment
Completing
school
Health
IECD MHDAS Initiative in NSW
 10 Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Services (MHDAS)
in partnership with and co located in selected
Aboriginal Maternal & Infant Health Services (AMIHS)
state-wide.
 MHDAS aims are;
o
Increased access for Aboriginal pregnant women,
their partners, families and community members to
integrated perinatal care at this critical time
o
To strengthen the structures, processes and
procedures that support this access and care
Who Provides MHDAS?
 10 MHDAS Programs have been funded in 9 Local
Health Districts (LHDs)
o 10 FTE mental health clinicians
o 10 FTE drug & alcohol clinicians
 7 of the 9 participating LHDs are funded to support an
Aboriginal mental health or drug & alcohol traineeship
o 2 FTE Aboriginal mental health trainees
o 6 FTE Aboriginal drug & alcohol trainees
IECD NP E2 AMIHS/MHDAS Locations
MHDAS - Integrated perinatal Mental
Health and Drug & Alcohol Care
 Partnerships
 Community engagement and cultural safety
 Holistic approach based on the social determinants of
health providing a service that is culturally safe and
respectful
 Aboriginal Community Focus Groups
 MHDAS Tool Kit
 Social Marketing Campaign
 Monitoring, Data Collection and Evaluation
 Building capacity in the Aboriginal workforce
PARTNERSHIPS
Aboriginal Prenatal Social Marketing
Campaign
• ‘Stay Strong and Healthy – It’s Worth It’
(Aboriginal Prenatal Mental Health and
Drug and Alcohol Campaign)
https://www.facebook.com/StayStrongAndHealthy
http://www.yourroom.com.au/Resources/stay-strong-and-healthyposters.html
‘Stay Strong and Healthy – It's Worth It’
Resources
Aboriginal Traineeships – Why?
Investing in traineeships to build the
capacity of the Aboriginal Mental Health
and Drug & Alcohol workforce has
proven to be a valuable and effective
model as reflected in MHDAS
Questions
Gay Foster
Project Manager
IECD NP E2 MHDAS
MH-CYP
MHDAO NSW Health
(02) 9816 0472 0408 573 230
[email protected]
Photo Acknowledgements:
National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4463084-v
F0020173 Iconotec Stock Photography Royalty Free Photograph; http://ozoutback.com.au/Australia/abchna/index.html
Maternity Services Unit/ Maternity, Children and Young People's Health Branch/NSW Department of Health.
GenerationOne.