Helping close the gap through innovative home visit program
Source: Australia. Minister for Health and Aging. Media Release
"Health Minister Nicola Roxon launched a program for nurses to visit Indigenous children and their families at home to ensure they get the support they need earlier. Professor David Olds, the US-based architect of the revolutionary program, was present for the launch. Australia is only the second country after the United Kingdom given permission to use this program.This is an important part of the Rudd Government’s commitment to closing the 17-year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within a generation."