Similar initiatives are underway in nursing, including innovative programs that are graduating new cohorts
of Indigenous midwives.25 In addition, the ACCHSs have always had a
major role in Aboriginal
health worker (AHW) training, and the introduction
of national AHW registration will standardise the quality
of this important component
of the
health workforce.26 The services» ability to deal with the impact
of social determinants and lower
health literacy is due, in part, to ACCHSs being significant providers
of Aboriginal employment and training.