Priority Area Clause Samples
Priority Area. Healthy Transition to Adulthood Collectively, the QG initiatives under Healthy Transition to Adulthood address the following aspects of this NPA: Expected outcomes (State Government only) Expected outputs (State Government only) Performance Benchmarks (State Government only) ▪ Increased sense of social and emotional wellbeing ▪ Reduced uptake of alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs ▪ Reduced rates of sexually transmissible infections ▪ Reduced hospitalisations for violence and injury ▪ Reduced excess mortality and morbidity among Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander men ▪ Createlenhance youth outreach networks to support early diagnosis, treatment and advice to at-risk young Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander peoples. ▪ Expand and integrate mental health and substance use services. ▪ Expand diversionary activities within the juvenile justice system and provide health and wellbeing checks for young Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander offenders. ▪ Improve the network of family-based alcoholldrug treatment, rehabilitation and support services. H1. Number of additional health professionals (including druglalcohollmental healthloutreach teams) recruited and operational in each 6 month period. What are we aiming to do? Why are we doing it? How will we do it? Who will do it?∗ When will it be done? How will we check progress? What is the cost? Increase access to early intervention health services, particularly in the areas of sexual health, mental health and drug and alcohol services targeting 8- 18 year old Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander Qlders, particularly young those in or at risk of entering the juvenile justice system, and young males. Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islanders up to 18 years represent approx half of Queensland’s Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander population Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander young people are more likely to: ▪ die young ▪ be hospitalised ▪ have low levels of educational achievement and completion ▪ be the victims of abuse andlor neglect ▪ come into contact with the criminal justice system ▪ experience disability. ▪ experience motherhood by 17 years or less ▪ be unemployed or not in the labour forcexv. QG8. Recruit and network appropriate health professionals to deliver programs with focus in areas such as such as youth health, male health, and integrated drug & alcohol and mental health service delivery. QH’s A&TSIHSU in partnership with HSDs, ATODSB, Maternity & Child Health & Safety Branch (M&CHSB), RHFs, NGOs...
Priority Area. Fixing the Gaps and Improving the Patient Journey Collectively, the QG initiatives under Fixing the Gaps and Improving the Patient Journey address the following aspects of this NPA: Expected outcomes (State and Commonwealth) Expected outputs (State Government) Performance Benchmarks (State and Commonwealth) ▪ Reduced average length of stay in the long term ▪ Improved level of engagement between Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander patients, referred care providers and primary level providers (private or public) to deliver better follow up and referral processes ▪ Improved long term stability in primary provider choice ▪ Improved patient satisfaction with the care and patient journey (based on domains of concern to patients) ▪ Reduced admissions and incomplete treatments for Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander patients ▪ Workforce strategies developed in partnership with Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander communities to improve continuity of care and coordination with health services. ▪ Strategies to improve the cultural security of services and practice within public hospitals. ▪ Improved access to acute care (and sub acute) systems for Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people. ▪ In-hospital care managers provided to coordinate and follow up care transitions. ▪ New culturally secure transition care services to address issues of social isolation andlor geographic remoteness, language, health literacy and other social factors established. ▪ Transport and accommodation support provided for rural and remote patients and their families. F1. Number of new case managersl Indigenous Liaison Officers recruited and operational. F2. Number of culturally secure health education products and services to give Indigenous people skills and understanding of preventative health behaviours, and self management of some chronic health conditions. F3. Key results of strategies to improve cultural security of services and practice within public hospitals. F4. Increased percentage of Aboriginal andlor ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people with a chronic disease with a care plan in place. F5. Percentage of Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people participating in rehabilitation programs intended to reduce hospitalisation of people with chronic disease. F6. Increased number of culturally appropriate transition care planslprocedureslbest practice guidelines to reduce readmissions by (percentagelproportion). F7. Improved quality of Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander identifi...
Priority Area. Tackle smoking What are we aiming to do? How will we do it? Why are we doing it? Who will do it? When will it be done? How will we check progress? What is the cost?
Priority Area. Tackle smoking
Priority Area. Spatial Planning and Housing
Priority Area. Primary Health Care Services That Can Deliver Collectively, the QG initiatives under Primary Health Care (PHC) Services That Can Deliver address the following aspects of this NPA: Expected outcomes (State and Commonwealth) Expected outputs (State Government) Performance Benchmarks (State and Commonwealth) ▪ Implementation of national best practice standards and accreditation processes for Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander health services delivering PHC ▪ Increased uptake of MBS-funded PHC services by Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people ▪ Improved access to quality PHC through improved coordination across the care continuum, particularly for people with chronic diseases andlor complex needs ▪ Provision of improved cultural security in services, and increased cultural competence of the PHC workforce ▪ Introduce minimum service standards for all organisations providing PHC services to Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander populations. ▪ Ensure that PHC services have the capacity to deliver the coordination and continuity of care necessary to meet the needs of Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander clients. ▪ Expand allied health and acute care services to address the increased referrals for coordinated care by PHC services. ▪ Review and refocus own purpose outlays in PHC to prioritise core service provision and evidence-based regional priorities. P1. Number of Indigenous specific health services meeting national minimum standards. P2. Number of Aboriginal andlor ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people receiving a MBS Adult Health Check P3. Number of new allied health professionals recruited. P4. Increased effort to refocus own purpose outlays in primary care to prioritise core service provision and evidence-based Indigenous health regional priorities. P5. Improved patient referral and recall for more effective health care, and in particular, chronic disease management. P6. Improvedlnew IT systems operational to support interface between systems used in PHC sector and other parts of the health system. P7. Evidence of implementation of cultural competency frameworks across the applicable health workforce. What are we aiming to do? Why are we doing it? How will we do it? Who will do it?∗ When will it be done? How will we check progress? What is the cost? Improve the quality and appropriateness of PHC services delivered by QH ▪ For all ages, Indigenous Queenslanders are hospitalised at much higher rates than non- Indigenous Queenslanders for potentially prevent...
Priority Area. FOCUS AREAS 1 Protection of the environment • Promoting the involvement of NGOs in the field of environment
Priority Area. Skills and Worklessness
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Priority Area. Tackle Smoking Collectively, the Queensland Government (QG) initiatives under Tackle Smoking address the following aspects of this NPA: Expected outcomes (State and Commonwealth) Expected outputs (State Government) Performance Benchmarks (State and Commonwealth) ▪ Reduced smoking rate ▪ Reduced burden of tobacco related disease for Indigenous communities ▪ Social marketing campaigns to reduce smoking-related ▇▇▇▇▇ among Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander peoples. ▪ Indigenous specific smoking cessation and support services. ▪ Strategies to improve delivery of cessation services, including nicotine replacement therapy. ▪ Continued regulatory efforts to encourage reductionlcessation in smoking. S1. Number and key results of culturally secure community educationl health promotionl social marketing activities to promote quitting and smoke-free environments. S2. Key results of specific evidence based Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander brief interventions, other smoking cessation and support initiatives offered to individuals. S3. Evidence of implementation of regulatory efforts to encourage reductionl cessation in smoking in Aboriginal and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Islander people and communities. S4. Number of service delivery staff trained to deliver the interventions. What are we aiming to do? Why are we doing it? How will we do it? Who will do it?∗ When will it be done? How will we check progress? What is the cost?
Priority Area. The defined area(s) within the project area of interest that contains the Installation’s highest priority parcels or geography, as determined by the Installation and the DAF planning processes. A project may have multiple priority areas numbered or differentiated by order of priority of importance.