Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. A diagram of the themes and the relationships between them is provided (see Figs. California: Sage Publications; 2014. It is recommended that Flinders University continue to train and support health services using the Flinders Tools for CCM, as well as training IHWs as trainers themselves within their health service, which may increase Indigenous workforce and ensure IHWs are valued and included. They don’t understand what we’ve been through as a people, and they For First Nations living on-reserve and Inuit in northern communities, there is limited coverage for health services under the Federal Non-Insured Health Benefits Program. Australia’s health 2014. Canberra: AIHW; 2009. This highlights how care planning is possible for patients with substance misuse or mental health problems. Aust J Prim Health. Lovett R, Dance P, Guthrie J, Brown R, Tongs J. Walan Girri: developing a culturally mediated case management model for problematic alcohol use among urban Indigenous people. 2013; doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-83. Systematic problems relating to racism also have a negative impact of health, and this occurs directly in the health sector [51]. GT provided guidance in study design and guided data coding. Disabling chronic low back pain as an iatrogenic disorder: a qualitative study in Aboriginal Australians. “Having elders involved in the health care system, working in hospitals in liaison with all the health-care professionals is very important, because they can be an advocate. Clear support structures to aid this are not routinely in place, and this was highlighted by Brenda: Brenda: In three years in a previous position I was burned out … I guess that it’s very important for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff members to have some support networks in place … I’ve found in my previous position which was more community model, you’re seen as one role in the community, 24/7 (laughs).. there’s no strategy to address that. At the time of recruitment, many Indigenous health services were going through a period of flux, with federal uncertainty about funding to Indigenous health programs. “And I thought I’m not living Accessed 10 Apr 2013. As Jane describes, ‘We’re moving people more slowly and successfully towards their goals, coz they’re sort of seeing … they run their life and their conditions rather than the other way around’ … ‘Once you actually start to see some results and evidence that you’re making an impact… they’re far more likely to continue on that path’. 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