The NSW Aboriginal Population Health Training Initiative (APHTI) is a three-year training program for Aboriginal people in which participants undertake studies leading to a Master of Public Health (MPH) degree and complete a series of work placements in population health services. The APHTI helps meet commitments made by the NSW Government relating to Aboriginal workforce development and to ‘Closing the Gap’ in health outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. There have been three intakes of APHTI trainees: four trainees were recruited in 2011, two in 2013, and five in 2014. In 2014, an evaluation was commissioned to describe how the APHTI has been implemented, to identify significant achievements and challenges in its implementation, and to measure the impact of the APHTI on increasing the NSW Aboriginal population health workforce. This publication is a summary of the evaluation findings.
