Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Peer Support for Cancer Screening Project - RFP

⁠⁠⁠The Adelaide PHN is requesting proposals from service providers for the provision of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Peer Support for Cancer Screening Project.

The project aims to increase participation in screening and early detection of breast, bowel and cervical cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in metropolitan Adelaide. Focused in geographic areas of low screening participation, the project will enable a service provider to engage Aboriginal workers as "peer ambassadors" to deliver culturally appropriate messages and information about cancer screening and advocate with primary health care services for improved culturally appropriate and coordinated approaches to cancer screening.

Adelaide PHN is one of 31 independent organisations nation-wide that are funded by the Australian Government to coordinate and improve primary health care services in their local areas. The Australian Government's objectives for PHNs are that they will:
1. Increase the efficiency and effectiveness of health services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes; and
2. Improve coordination of care to ensure patients receive the right care in the right place at the right time.

Adelaide PHN reaches from Sellicks Hill to Angle Vale and from the foothills to the sea. It encompasses a community of some 1.2 million people.

Adelaide PHN aims to improve health outcomes for the community by commissioning services to address local needs. Adelaide PHN is guided by community, clinical and stakeholder input.

For more information, please visit the Adelaide PHN website at www.adelaidephn.com.au which includes publications, resources, maps, population health data, and needs assessments for the Adelaide Metropolitan area.

The RFP will be open for three weeks.