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Centre for Aboriginal Health

Role and Responsibility

The Centre for Aboriginal Health (CAH) is an executive unit within NSW Health. It is responsible for policy development and strategic planning to address health inequities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people and improve the health status of Aboriginal people in NSW.

The activities of the Centre for Aboriginal Health are based on the key Aboriginal health principles of a whole-of-life view of health, self-determination, working in partnership, cultural understanding and recognition of trauma and loss.

The CAH has a four-unit structure with responsibilites shared between:

Strategic documents

The decisions of the Centre for Aboriginal Health are informed by the directions established by the relevant strategic documents. Activities are directed at making a positive and measureable impact on identified health indicators to improve the health status of Aboriginal people in NSW. Important strategic documents are listed below.

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This web page is managed and authorised by Centre for Aboriginal Health of the NSW Department of Health. Last updated: 1 February, 2013