The National Guide Podcast third edition 2018

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

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.

"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 Fitzpatrick

Lead 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

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