Appropriate Health Services for Aboriginal Women Group

Inclusive practice

INCLUSIVE PRACTISE: 1
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INCLUSIVE PRACTISE: 2
Appropriate health services for Aboriginal women group
Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders have a separate identity among the Australian
inhabitants. It is reported that one among every five women in aboriginal community suffers
from low nutritional food and breast cancer. However, women face health disparity especially
in relation to maternity health. Appropriate cultural care would contribute to positive impact
on the outcome of Aboriginal women. Various health services reflected high incurring of cost
for aboriginal women. These women still uses public hospital with fewer dental, medical
pharmaceutical and other services. Many aboriginal women have lack of transport system to
treatment centres, isolation while going through treatments and limited child-care services.
provide proper treatment to the women suffering from the risk of breast cancer (The
department of health, 2009).
Health Services provided to Torres Strait islanders women group includes culturally
sensitive service. A team member of badjurr-bulok wilam ensures that they provide
assistance to women with accommodation, attend the appointments, avail them with absolute
care, advice, and provide education and training. Moreover, they provide secondary
consultation and work with multi-disciplinary team to ensure these women that they
understand their check-ups and diagnosis (Wilam, 2018). After the implementation of health
services, it has mitigated the risk of breast cancer, the mortality rate of aboriginal infants
decreased from 1121 deaths to 638 deaths in 2001 to 2014. Increasing possibility of early
commencement of menstrual cycle has damaged the reproductive system (Zhou, Chen, and
Li, 2015).
Another health services relate to education services. In 2000, VACCHO is an
education and training program registered and associated with Australian skills Authority.
VACCHO provides a health services that accredited various vocational and training services