Partnership Health Check Tool and Reflective Process

Karabena Consulting was engaged by VACCHO through a competitive tender process to support the organisation develop a partnership evaluation tool and process, to independently measure the ‘health’ of their partnerships and the extent to which they are enabling self-determination.

Project Timeline: August 2022 – December 2022

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Camille Gonza
Indigenous Student Success Program Review

The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA) undertook a review of the Indigenous Student Assistance Grants Guidelines 2017 (the Guidelines). Consultations for the review were facilitated by Karabena Consulting.

Project Timeline: The review commenced in August 2022 with consultations occurring from August to September 2022 and drafting of amendments from October to November 2022.

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Camille Gonza
Yarra Valley Water Board Strategy Day

Karabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate a strategy day for the Yarra Valley Water (YVW) Board. The aim of the strategy day was to promote governance inclusive of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s aspirations for healthy Country.

Project Timeline: July 2022 – November 2022

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Camille Gonza
Eastern Metro Primary Health Network (EMPHN) and First Nations Forum

Karabena Consulting was engaged by EMPHN to support the organisation develop a strategy to create trusting relationships, focusing on self-determination, and to gauge whether there is a need to independently measure the ‘health’ of their partnerships and the extent to which EMPHN funding is enabling self-determination.

Project Timeline: July 2022 – August 2022

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Camille Gonza
Aboriginal Melbourne Major Initiatives Program

The City of Melbourne, through its Aboriginal Melbourne team, is considering ways in which to ensure all Indigenous Australians living and working in Melbourne city have opportunities to be actively involved in progressing its major initiatives.

Project Timeline: June 2022

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Peter Imboy
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Historical Complaints Review

Karabena Consulting partnered with a SVHM research team to conduct a review of historical complaints made by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander patients.

Fifty patient complaints made between 2012 and 2021 were analysed using a co-developed internal assessment tool. We delivered a report documenting the thematic analysis of the complaints and systemic issues identified, and recommendations for the improvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patient care.

Project Timeline: March 2022 – May 2022

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Peter Imboy
Western Health Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plan 2019 – 2021 Review

Karabena Consulting was engaged by Western Health to review the impact of Western Health’s Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plan 2019 -2021, the Western Health Aboriginal Employment Plan 2019 – 2021, and relevant policies to provide recommendations for the development of the Western Health Aboriginal Health Cultural Safety Plan 2022 – 2025.

Project Timeline: August 2021 – January 2022

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Peter Imboy
VCS Foundation Online Course Content for GPs treating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients

The VCS Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation specialising in cancer prevention and population health. Karabena Consulting was engaged by the VCS Foundation to develop a section of their online course for General Practitioners, practice nurses and other interested health care practitioners about breast, bowel and cervical screening.

Project Timeline: October 2021

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Camille Gonza