Issues in Service Delivery for Women Statewide: Koori Context

Abstract

For introduction, let me state what most of us will readily acknowledge as fact: the Koori health profile contains the greatest challenge for health providers on all levels today. This has been the case for decades and current indicators confirm the relatively stagnant health outcomes of Australia's indigenous population. Similarly challenged indigenous populations throughout the world -especially in New Zealand, Canada and USA - have improved their indigenous health profiles while we, in Australia, lag behind. Despite the best intentions of government and indigenous agencies, the state of indigenous health remains a damning indictment of our society's human rights conscience.