Australian Aboriginal Women's Health Issues

DETERMINANTS OF
HEALTH

Introduction
The main aim of the report is to identify the health issue among the Aboriginal women of
Australia. The issue is related to women reproductive system where they have been suffering
from cervix cancer. There is an identification of social determinants of health, which is
affected by the income level, social status, and inequities of appropriate accessibility of the
basic amenities, education, and literacy. Furthermore, women living in low socioeconomic
regions most suffer from 3.6 times more exposed to the unhealthy smoking (Government of
Western Australia Department of Health, 2018).
Health issue
With the increase in unhygienic places to live, indigenous people living near industrial area
tend to suffer from malnutrition, industrial waste, contamination of ecosystem, lack of
medical treatments, and poverty. Furthermore, due to high male domination, it is seen that
indigenous Australians living near industrial waste are likely to suffer from respiratory issues,
breast cancer, chronic diseases, and mental health issues while comparing it to the non-
aboriginal people. The reasons of breast and cervix cancer are quite hazardous and difficult as
it relates to the social and economic influences. Garbage and Dead pigs around areas where
the pregnant women use for toilet and excretion, which creates infection near the female
urinal areas affecting the reproductive system of females (Wilam, 2018).
Social determinants and Contextual factors
The health has been affected by several social determinants, which has created inequalities
amongst the people. 2014 and 2015 data statistics describes that 20 percent of the non-
indigenous and indigenous people have been suffering from low socioeconomic factors such
as heart diseases, cancer, and diabetes. Females are existing in low socio-economic extents
are nearly 30 percent who give birth to babies (low weight) as related to the women who live