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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Health

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Health

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Table of ContentsTITLE: ............................................................................................................................................1INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................1CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................6REFERENCES ...............................................................................................................................7
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TITLE: Context of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' Health. INTRODUCTION A chronic condition is consisting to be a human health condition or disease which isrelentless or otherwise long lasting in its impacts or a disease or illness that arises with time.Basically chronic diseases involve arthritis, asthma, cancer, diabetes, COPD and various viraldiseases like hepatitis C and HIV or AIDS. The overview of Aboriginal and Torres StraitIslander signifies to render a comprehensive evaluation of the most recent indicators of the healthand current health status of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Altman andTaylor, 2018). the indigenous people in Australia are known as Australia's Aboriginal and TorresStrait Islander people. The primary part of this section render information in regards ofAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, population and different measures of the healthstatus of population. This report contents the study about the chronic health condition which isexperienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The influence of demographic,social and cultural factors on the health issue of people will be discussed in detailed. Furthermorethe effectiveness of a contemporary health care strategy in relation to the chronic healthcondition will also discussed. MAIN BODY Chronic disease is considered to be the major contributors to the morality gap amongAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other Australians. Around 80 percent of the mortalitygap for people aged 3 to 74 years is due to chronic diseases, analysed in terms of significant yearof life lost. The potential presenters are heart diseases, diabetes, liver diseases, chronic lowerrespiratory disease, cerebrovascular diseases and cancer (Wilks and Wilson, 2015). Chronicdiseases are determined as the most leading cause of illness, disability and death in Australia,analysed for around 90 percent of the death in 2011. the advent of this chronic diseases consistsuccess in reducing the infection and infant deaths in between the duration of late 19th and early20th century. In the modern era people follow different life style which is based on their cultureand norms. The changing life style and ageing population, chronic disease has becomeprogressively common and now arise most of the burden of ill health (Australian Institute ofHealth, 2012). 1
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