Page 4949 - Week 15 - Thursday, 8 December 1994

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THIS REPORT NOT ONLY EXAMINES THE PROFILE OF HEALTH ISSUES IN THE A.C.T., BUT ALSO INCLUDES INFORMATION ON THE SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS WHICH INFLUENCE THE HEALTH AND LIFESTYLE OF THE CANBERRA COMMUNITY. IT ADDRESSES THE CAPACITY OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO LEAD INDEPENDENT LIVES, AND HOW THE QUALITY OF THE CARERS LIFE CAN BE ENHANCED THROUGH ATTENTION TO EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES, COMMUNITY-BASED SUPPORT SERVICES AND THE PROVISION OF FLEXIBLE RESPITE CARE OPTIONS.

IT ADDRESSES PRIORITY AREAS SUCH AS:

• CANCERS;

• CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH;

INJURY;

• MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH;

• ASTHMA;

• COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; AND

• DIABETES.

THE FIRST FOUR AREAS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED NATIONALLY. HOWEVER THIS REPORT INCLUDED THE OTHER ISSUES AS AN ANALYSIS OF THE MOST RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY INDICATED THEY WERE ALSO SIGNIFICANT CAUSES OF ILL-HEALTH IN THE A.C.T.

MADAM SPEAKER, WHEREVER POSSIBLE THE GOALS WHICH HAVE BEEN SET WILL CROSS THE COQ OF HEALTH CARE FROM PREVENTION TO TREATMENT, REHABILITATION AND PALLIATIVE CARE. THE PROPOSED GOALS ARE GENERAL STATEMENTS OF INTENT AND THE INDICATORS PROVIDE A MEASURABLE WAY OF ASSESSING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THESE GOALS.

FOR EXAMPLE, CANCER IS ONE OF THE AREAS ADDRESSED BY BOTH NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOALS AND TARGETS. LOCALLY THE ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED INCLUDE COORDINATION OF SERVICES, QUALITY OF LIFE OF CANCER SUFFERERS AND REDUCTION OF CANCER INCIDENCE THROUGH ATTENTION TO PREVENTABLE CANCERS SUCH AS LUNG CANCER, CERVICAL CANCER AND SKIN CANCER.

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