Shared health appointments - Enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to manage their health and wellness journey

​Shared Health Appointments (SHA) support patients with a chronic disease to develop sustainable life goals via virtual group sessions.

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The Hunter Primary Care Coordination and Supplementary Services Program has used SHAs with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people during the COVID-19 pandemic to support those experiencing social isolation.

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Shared Health Appointment Case Study – Leah

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Shared Health Appointment Case Study – Leah

[Speaker 1]

We've become a little family as such, we help each other out. Sort of holds you a little bit more accountable too, because you're not just letting yourself down, you're letting the other people down. It motivates me enough to make sure that I get up on a Tuesday to attend. I'm not typically an early morning person, I'm a night owl, and with having OCD and severe sleep apnea on top of the diabetes and asthma and depression and with COVID, it's been really difficult and it is, I guess what you could say, an outlet that keeps my mind stimulated and keeps me positive in such a horrible time.

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