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National guide to a preventive assessment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

The National guide to a preventive health assessment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is an initiative of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and was prepared by NACCHO as lead agency with the Chronic Disease Alliance (CDA) of Non-Government Organisations. The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners supported the development of this guide.

The National guide assists GPs and primary health care providers to provide a comprehensive preventive health assessment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and adults. In recognition of the specific and often unique health concerns of this population, the guide assists in screening for unrecognised disease, early detection of existing disease and health promotion through risk factor reduction.

The National guide is part of a package that can be used by health care providers in different settings. All documents can be downloaded from this website.

The package includes:

• the National guide which contains evidence statements, recommendations, calculation tables and outline of the development of the National guide package
• the Evidence base which contains the collection of evidence underpinning the guide and recommendations
• a child lifecycle summary chart listing activities recommended at each age group 0–17 years
• an adult lifecycle summary chart listing activities recommended at each age group from 10 years
• summary of the child health recommendations
• summary of the adult health recommendations.

The National guide can be used in conjunction with the RACGP Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice 'red book' and with the Medicare Benefits Schedule rebate item 710: Adult health check for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people aged 15–54 years.

Publication Date: 26 September 2005
Authorised By: Quality Care