SEXUAL HEALTH AMONGST INDIGINOUS AUSTRALIANS In Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience sexual health inequalities when compared to the rest of the population. They are over-represented in notifications of sexually transmissible infections and viral hepatitis (Kirby Institute 2013) and have higher rates of teenage pregnancy (Li, Hilder and Sullivan, 2012). Sexual health according to WHO (2002) is not limited to absence of disease and dysfunction, it also refers to a state
influence the overall health of a particular individual in a given society. According to Turney (2014), it is an area that does not only provide information on the causative aspects of ill-behaviours and how they lead to health problems, but also provides remedial insights into solving such ill-behaviours before they culminate into chronic health problems. Then, it is clear that sociology is interrelated and interconnected with medicine. In this regard, this paper seeks to present an essay that sociologically
compared to white Americans. The onset of chronic illness in minorities is usually earlier than in whites. Moreover, the minorities are likely to endure from obesity which can lead to diabetes and health problems that will go unreported to their healthcare practitioner. Minorities are also not likely to seek health-related treatments, and are often excluded from drug research. There are other factors such as; poverty, unemployment, poor education, discrimination, stereotyping and poor healthcare that contribute