The Standing Strong award celebrates partnerships between GPs and communities. This award is presented to a Fellow(s) or members(s) of the RACGP who have worked together with an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person or community group to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Elibility criteria:
- Any fellow or member of the RACGP or any group of GPs (one of whom must be a Fellow or member of the RACGP) that has worked in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- Any Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person or community group who has worked with a GP(s) – who is a Fellow or member of the RACGP – to improve health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
The nomination must involve a partnership between GP(s) and an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person or community group. Such partnerships could include:
- providing quality healthcare, accees to healthcare and/or continuity of care to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
- running an event or program that encourages better health outcomes
- educating others to enable them to provide high-quality, culturally appropriate healthcare
- introducing changes to healthcare services that result in better health outcomes
- conducting research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health for the purpose of improving health outcomes.