Outreach Program:
Healthy Ears, Better Hearing – Better Listening (HEBHBL)
DOWNLOAD: HEBHBL Service Needs Assessment Report – July 2022 (PDF)
Increasing access to ear and hearing services for First Nations children and youth in rural and remote areas.
Healthy Ears – Better Hearing, Better Listening (HEBHBL) program is about increasing access to a range of health services including expanded primary health for First Nations children and youth (0 – 21 years) for the diagnosis, treatment and management of ear and hearing health. The HEBHBL is part of the Indigenous Australian’s Health Programme (IAHP), alongside Medical Outreach Indigenous Chronic Disease Program (MOICDP) and Eye and Ear Surgical Support Program (EESS).
HEBHBL Objectives:
- Increasing access to multidisciplinary care in primary health care settings
- Increasing the range of services offered by visiting health professionals to prevent, detect and manage ear disease more effectively
FAQs
- Administration of these services
- Travel costs, accommodation and meals/incidentals for visiting Health Professionals
- Equipment lease
- Host facility fees
- Cultural awareness training for non-salaried private providers
- Professional support associated with outreach services
The Department of Health uses the Modified Monash Model (MMM) 2019 classification system to determine eligibility for service locations across Australia. Services supported through the RHOF are delivered in MM 3 (large rural towns) to MM 7 (very remote communities). There is an emphasised need to fill in gaps within the following health priorities:
- Maternity and Paediatric Health
- Eye Health
- Mental Health
- Support for chronic disease management, including chronic pain management
- Specialist medical services
- Allied health services
- Nursing services
- Combinations of eligible services (i.e. multidisciplinary teams)
- Outreach GP services