According to ABS, in the year 2004-2005, around 62% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander male population and around 58% of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander female population aged from 17-55 were found to be either obese or overweight. It was also found that the majority of the obese and overweight individuals were on the higher side of the age category. Monash University found out that an Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander is 1.9 times more likely to be obese or overweight than a non-Indigenous
Evans and Bill Thorpe that in some regions where the “mass murder” of indigenous people arise, “a way of life” is how they describe the word “killing”. Executed by a minority of perpetrators, and tolerated by a settler majority, and tremendously high death rates and low birth rates followed leading to an estimated Aboriginal population of just 75,000 people during the period of the 20th
Assessment Task Question 1 Explain the terms “health” and “wellness” The Oxford Dictionary defines health as “ The state of being free from illness or injury”. The WHO defines health as “ a state of complete, physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO 1978). Many factors can influence the “health” of a person or community. These factors may include but are not limited to, physical, psychological, social and cultural. Wellness can be
number of different policies throughout Australia with each state differing, there was a common reoccurrence of excluding Aboriginal children from education or to only receive minimal schooling. It wasn’t until 1990 when the National Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander Education was put in place and is still used today (Western Australia Aboriginal health survey, n.d). To encourage and improve the education of Indigenous people, there have been a number of incentives put in place including scholarships
Introduction This report identifies the challenges faced by the modern health professional in understanding the complexities of providing culturally competent Aboriginal health and rehabilitation care within the Australian primary health care system. Understanding the true complexity of the past impacts of colonialism, the political process and community prejudice effects on the Indigenous health status cannot truly be understood by the western world and health care professionals. This report however
world. However there is a significant variation of wellbeing between the rural and urban areas, particularly between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. In-equality and disadvantages exist between Indigenous Australians due to three main causes, these include health, education, social and emotional wellbeing. (Easton, 2014) It is expected that everyone in Australia is able to experience similar standards of living, and it would be unfair if one region of a community were to experience disadvantages
people thought that alcohol made them more powerful, British settlers did not teach them anything about the harm it might do to their minds and bodies. They even share the alcohol with Aboriginal men and encourage them to fight each other, often to the death. (D’Abbs 1987)Furthermore,