THE ASSESSMENT TASK

Running head: ASSESSMENT TASK
ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER HEALTH CARE
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Aboriginal concept of social and emotional well- being and difference of it with mental
health concepts
Social and emotional wellbeing is the state if mind in which every individual is able
to think and act as per his/her own abilities, understand the way they should cope with
personal and professional stress and could contribute to the community with an increased
productivity (Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, 2019). This is considered as one of the
primary aspect of mental health and well- being in the aboriginal community as it connects
their religious, cultural, social and spiritual well- being due to which they feel connected to
their land, people, and family members (Salmon et al., 2019). As per the aboriginal concept
of social and emotional well- being these are the aspects of mental health in which there is a
tremendous capacity to impact the holistic health of any individual (Cairney et al., 2017).
While discussing these terms with the respect of aboriginal concepts, it should be mentioned
that these aspects of mental health is vulnerable to be affected with the past experience of any
individual or by the healthcare policies implemented for the growth and development of the
care process (Newton et al., 2015). Similarly, the concept of mental health should also be
discussed which contradicts this central idea of social and emotional wellbeing and as per
this, it is mentioned that this concept is used by non- indigenous people to describe their
feelings and thought process. For non-indigenous people, it is the ability which allows the
people to cope with their complications and stressors (Dudgeon et al., 2016). Therefore, from
this concept, it could be mentioned that both of these concepts focuses on two different
aspects of mental health and well- being. However, if the differences of these two concepts
are being analysed, the positive and negative aspect of both of these should be identified
(Bodkin-Andrews & Carlson, 2016). While the mental health concept on indigenous people
focuses upon the mental health complications by neglecting the aspects which could
influence its improvement or could influence mental health well- being, social and emotional

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wellbeing focuses upon a holistic nature of the process (Dudgeon et al., 2016). Another
difference of these concepts is associated with their involvement within their lifestyle as
aboriginals includes the concept of social and emotional wellbeing for their daily life
however, among non-indigenous people, the concept of mental health is to identify people
that are suffering from mental health complications. Therefore, the difference of both of these
concepts are associated with their ways these are perceived by community members. Hence,
Bodkin-Andrews and Carlson (2016), identifies the application of aboriginal concept of
social and emotional wellbeing in the healthcare facilities would be beneficial as the patients
as they would be able to see their holistic healthcare associated with their mental health and
would be able to take care of their mental health in every aspect (Le Grande et al., 2017).
Therefore, from this discussion about the aboriginal concept of social and emotional well-
being and the concept of mental health of non- indigenous people, it is seen that aboriginal
concept focuses upon a holistic aspect of mental health whereas, the mental health concept
focuses upon the negative aspects associated with the process (Dudgeon et al., 2016).
Development of aboriginal medical services and its alignment with primary health
principles stated by the World Health Organisation
As per Department of Health (2019), aboriginal health and its concepts are not only
associated with their physical and mental health aspects but also includes their emotional,
social, spiritual and cultural wellbeing as these aspects help to develop an effective lifestyle
for the patients. Aboriginal Medical Services are associated with the aboriginal community,
in which every aspect of healthcare is developed and implemented by the aboriginal
community and tries to deliver a holistic and culturally competent care to patients of its
community members (Panaretto et al., 2014). In this aspect, the primary aspect which should
be analysed is the ability of this health service for its community members by excluding the
governmental benefits from the care service (World Health Organisation, 2019). On the first