Our Vision
To improve the health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to a standard at least equal to that of the wider Australian community by providing holistic healthcare and medical services that meet best practice standards.
Our Mission
To equip the organization with the appropriate medical facilities and resources to deliver programs in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner to improve the health and well-being of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the service region
Research Vision
To make Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) People’s and other communities healthier by improving their experiences during ATSI healthcare service consumption through high-quality health research
Research Objectives
- To ensure continued delivery of high-quality culturally appropriate health services that responds to the changing health needs of GHSs consumers.
- To increase GHSs research capacity and profile
- To further develop and employ evidence-based practices within the ATSI health services as well as influence future funding and policy development.
Get in Contact
Goondir Health Services
Better Health, Better Living, Longer Life
If you want to get in contact with us, please use the phone numbers below for your local clinic
Dalby Clinic
4 Jimbour Street, Dalby, QLD.
CLINIC Hours:
Monday: 8:30AM - 5:00PM
Monday: 8:30AM - 5:00PM
Tuesday: 8:30AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday: 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Thursday: 8:30AM - 5:00PM
Friday: 8:30AM - 3:00PM
St George Clinic
Location:
127 Victoria Street, St George, QLD.
Phone:
07 4625 5040
Oakey Clinic
Address: 110 Campbell Street, Oakey, QLD.
Phone: 07 4691 3372
Chinchilla Clinic
Address:
75 Middle Street, Chinchilla, QLD.
Phone:
Research & Evaluation Project Process
Research & Evaluation Project Process
Goondir Research Agenda
- To Closing the existing gap between evidence and practice through research outcomes that build on existing knowledge of ATSI health service models.
- Develop new evidence for ATSI health service models which can be safely integrated into other existing health services to leverage on complementary strengths.
- Building and encouraging more effective and innovative research methodologies which are based on health service practice and demonstrate achievable measurable outcomes for health consumers.
- Develop collaborative research partnership with higher education and other research institutions which demonstrate the use of existing knowledge and expertise of partners.
Evaluation Activities
- To ensure continued delivery of high-quality culturally appropriate health services that responds to the changing health needs of GHSs consumers.
- To increase GHSs research capacity and profile
- To further develop and employ evidence-based practices within the ATSI health services
Research and Research Partnerships
UQ Partnerships with Goondir: Research Projects
Lowitja Institute Fund: Empowering Indigenous strengths to better health and wellbeing The co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse health and wellbeing funding model for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal Health Service.
Goondir Health Services has partnered wit the University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School to develop an Indigenous-led, community co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse model of care (PN-MoC) for chronic disease management at a rural AHS. Governed by Indigenous leadership and facilitating Indigenous capacity building, the project will lead to improved health outcomes for Indigenous chronic disease patients. Most chronic disease is undiagnosed and untreated, which imposes an enormous burden in terms of future incidence, mortality, co-morbid chronic physical disease, quality of life, and social determinants of health including education, family income, employment, home ownership, parenting, violence, and incarceration. Developing culturally valuable PN-MoC that can incorporate aspects of social, emotional, spiritual, and cultural wellbeing, the project will ensure that a sustainable approach to chronic disease prevention is established for Indigenous patients. Because the project is community-driven and designed by a locally servicing Aboriginal health service, Goondir, the project will have significant health impact and empower Indigenous peoples to self-determination through taking an active part in their health transformation.
UQ Partnerships with Goondir: Research Projects
Lowitja Institute Fund: Empowering Indigenous strengths to better health and wellbeing The co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse health and wellbeing funding model for chronic disease management at a rural Aboriginal Health Service.
Goondir Health Services has partnered wit the University of Queensland’s Rural Clinical School to develop an Indigenous-led, community co-design and evaluation of a sustainable practice nurse model of care (PN-MoC) for chronic disease management at a rural AHS. Governed by Indigenous leadership and facilitating Indigenous capacity building, the project will lead to improved health outcomes for Indigenous chronic disease patients. Most chronic disease is undiagnosed and untreated, which imposes an enormous burden in terms of future incidence, mortality, co-morbid chronic physical disease, quality of life, and social determinants of health including education, family income, employment, home ownership, parenting, violence, and incarceration. Developing culturally valuable PN-MoC that can incorporate aspects of social, emotional, spiritual, and cultural wellbeing, the project will ensure that a sustainable approach to chronic disease prevention is established for Indigenous patients. Because the project is community-driven and designed by a locally servicing Aboriginal health service, Goondir, the project will have significant health impact and empower Indigenous peoples to self-determination through taking an active part in their health transformation.
Consumer Participation in Research
- GHSs consumers are offered a continuum of research involvement opportunities, which include the following:
- Identify research opportunities and needs by participation in the meetings of Research and Evaluation Committee and relevant conferences and workshops
- Contribute to decision-making regarding research design and research activities – research processes as well as facilitate the communication/dissemination of research research/findings to relevant audiences while integrating research outcomes into service delivery consumption.
Communicating Research Activities
- Regular internal distribution of research bulletins summarizing research activities.
- Presentation at GHSs key events and meetings
- Presentation of research updates for health service consumers in relevant formats – newsletters, brochures, posters, etc.
- Publication of research findings in trustworthy peer-reviewed journal articles
- Distribution of research findings and information updated on GHSs Intranet and Internet sites.
Staff Participation in Research Activities
- Regular internal distribution of research bulletins summarizing research activities.
- Integrate evaluation principles and practice into their work.
- Collect, use/leverage data from evaluation activities regularly.
- Translate and use findings from evaluation activities to improve service delivery programs and health outcomes for ATSI population.
GOONDIR ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS CORPORATION FOR HEALTH SERVICES
4 Jimbour Street, Dalby QLD 4405, Australia4
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