Program Successes
The ANFPP aims to improve pregnancy outcomes and child health and development by supporting women to make good health choices and empowering mothers to be the best parent possible. The program also helps parents to develop a vision for their own future, plan future pregnancies, continue their education and find work.
At the heart of ANFPP is a focus on building client autonomy. Each of our mums is the expert in her own life and she should identify the solutions that work for her. Progress is expected through small incremental changes, and each success builds confidence to try a further change.
The program comes with challenges as well as the success stories. Key challenges include inter-generational cycles of poor health, unhealthy behaviour and social and economic disadvantages among the ANFPP clients. However, the home visiting teams have a deep understanding of these community and individual challenges. Our teams tackle these underlying issues by using an holistic and context-sensitive approach during every visit. A key part of this is the presence of an Indigenous Family Partnership Worker in the home visiting team. FPWs provide cultural knowledge, expertise, skills and promote understanding of the health beliefs and practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Over ten years of the program delivery, numerous success stories have been reported. Breastfeeding rates within the program are higher than comparative national data for Indigenous children across all remoteness areas. Immunisation targets were consistently met during the last 6 years of the program delivery.
For the mums in the program, personal successes and achievements build their confidence and help them to reach their parenting and personal goals. Their stories are highlighted in our twice yearly ANFPP Newsletters.
Stories from our families
Shanina overcame her anxiety and depression by following her heart's desire—to nurture her son and friends through cooking. Read more about her amazing story of transformation and triumph along with other inspiring stories from our ANFPP families.
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ANFPP National Support Service
Molly Wardaguga Research Centre | Charles Darwin University
Molly Wardaguga Research Centre | Charles Darwin University
Level 11, 410 Ann St | Brisbane QLD | 4000 Australia
email: info@anfpp.com.au
phone: +61 7 3169 4283 or 0448 570 503
phone: +61 7 3169 4283 or 0448 570 503
The Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program (ANFPP) National Support Service (NSS) acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which we live and work. We pay respect to elders past and present. We further acknowledge that Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people and communities are diverse and dynamic and continue to evolve and develop in response to historical and present social, economic, cultural and political circumstances.
Diversity includes gender, age, languages, backgrounds, sexual orientations, religious beliefs, family responsibilities, marriage status, life and work experiences, personality and educational levels (Commonwealth of Australia, 2013)