New Cochrane review on family-centred interventions for Indigenous early childhood well-being by primary healthcare services

Family-centred care is a way of providing care that focuses on the needs of children while providing planned care around the whole family unit. Anew Cochrane review published recently found there was a small improvement in the overall health and well-being of Indigenous children and their families when they participated in family-centred care programmes at a primary healthcare service.‘Family centred-care is not new,’ says lead author Dr Natalie Strobel, Senior Research Fellow at Edith Cowan University’s Centre for Improving Health Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Families. ‘Aboriginal Medical Services have been doing this for years. For exa mple, they don’t just immunise babies, they talk to mums, aunts, uncles, grandparents and everybody that’s part of that family unit – trying to ensure that everybody ' s getting care. That ’s both health and social care, so it might be making sure there’s appropriate housing, referrals to services that they needed or for other types of support.’‘We know that primary healthcare, particularly Indigenous-led services, are well placed to deliver services that reflect the needs of Indigenous children and their families. Of our author team of nine, four are Aboriginal and have worked in health services as nurses and midwives for a long time. F amilies want primary healthcare services that both support them and recognise Indigenous ways of knowing and doing business. This can be delivered thro...
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