Build alternative models of community owned, controlled and provided health and social services
At the APH we believe that health and social services must be re-designed and re-structured with community ownership and control at the centre of all service provision. De-professionalization, where appropriate, will facilitate the incorporation of community knowledge, expertise, and participation in the provision of services to our communities.
An important way we contribute to our communities is through the provision of health promotion and preventative health work from a lay perspective, with input from allied health professionals. We work to reclaim skills traditionally dominated by those in power, and to foster the development of leadership in our communities.
Democratic control and ownership of community assets is the launching pad for actions to address the gross inequalities in the structural determinants of health in our society, and will pave the way for improvements in health for all.
