Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care Provision

Running head: POLICY,POWER AND POLITICS IN HEALTH CARE PROVISION
Policy, Power and Politics in Health Care Provision
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Policy Analysis................................................................................................................................3
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References......................................................................................................................................13

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Introduction
The term ‘indigenous Australians’ refers to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander
people of Australia. The aboriginal people exists in Australia along with its surrounding island
prior to the British colonization took place. The culture, practices and traditions of the Aboriginal
Australians are distinct from the rest of the residents of Australia. The resilience of these people
forms the framework for the plans and policies to improve the overall health of this group. This
cultural difference along with the lack of education and financial support can be considered as
the chief reason behind the mentioned group being still underdeveloped in Australia. Survey
states that a commendably small percentage of 24.6 present of the total Aboriginal population
resides in urban cities (Kelly et al., 2018). Majority of the population is found to be residing in
remote and rural areas. As a result of this, the aboriginals are deprived of all the facilities
enjoyed by non-indigenous Australians. However, according to researchers, the population of
Aboriginal people is increasing and by the year 2031, the number of aboriginal people residing in
Australia will exceed the count of one million (Ferdinand et al., 2014). Approximately 3.9
percent of the total population of Australia will be comprised of Aboriginal Australians by 2031
(Fuller et al., 2017). Moreover, unlike the non-indigenous Australian, the population of
Aboriginal individual is not an aging population. 2 out of 3 aboriginal individuals are found to be
under the age of 15 where as the ratio of the same for non-indigenous Australian is 1:5. Only 4
percent of the total population of aboriginal people is found to be more than 65 years old
whereas 34 percent of the population of non-indigenous people is above the age of 65 years
(Gwynn et al., 2015). The NSW Aboriginal Health Plan of 2013-2023 targets to provide health
equity within the aboriginal community people. The reason for the choice of this particular
policy is because the plan refers to the emotional and cultural wellbeing of the aboriginal people

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apart from the health status. The assignment critiques on the context that how much the
ideologies of the policy framework is successful in closing the health gap of the aboriginal
people as compared to the non aboriginal ones.