Aboriginal people as the Vulnerable Community

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The assignment will choose Aboriginal people as the vulnerable community of Australia.
The table has been given below;
Category of data Summary and comparative
statement
Inference
People
Aboriginal and /or Torres
Islander
In Australia, 649171 people are
present in the country and the
percentage of the people is 2.8.
Only 4% of the people lived in
Queensland. Only 186482 people
live in the state. As per the Inala
statistics, 2604 Aboriginal people
live in Inala
(quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au.,
2020)..
Aboriginal people of
Australia are prevalent of
total population. They
face different health
impact in primary health
care. The cardiovascular
and respiratory disesas are
prominent in this country.
Diabetes is also very
common among the
Aboriginal people.
Highest Education
Year 10
5327 people have education up to
tenth level in Inala. On the
contrary 488554 people who are
12.9 % of total population, have
the discussed education level
(quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au.,
2020).. 2054331 people have
education under the education
level of 12. The education level of
the 10.8% of the people is under
level 10.
Due to lack of education,
the self-care management
is very poor in the
community. Proper
interventions cannot be
accessed by the people of
that community. The low
rate of health literacy
reduces the quality of life
in the population.
Language
Vietnamese
In Australia 277400 people use
Vietnamese as their language. On
the contrary , 8610 people
(14.7%)are using the language
(quickstats.censusdata.abs.gov.au.,
2020). 0.6% of total population of
Queensland uses Vietnamese.
Different language is an
adversity for accessing
the primary healthcare.
Communication might
be interrupted by
difference in language.
Therefore, the population
faces communication
related problems in
healthcare industry.
Introduction
The Aboriginals are one of the most prevalent population in Queensland of Australia
and diabetes has been acknowledged as 12th most important cause of for the death of the
indigenous people. 2.4% of the total burden of diseases is responsible for diabetes as a
government report( de Oliveira Otto et al.,2016). The assignment will discuss about the
prevalence of diabetes among Aboriginal people and healthcare needs related to the
population. This assignment will focus on a health promotion program to intervene the crisis
related to diabetes.
Social determinants

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Aboriginal or Torres Islanders are discriminated by their and social position which
reflects on their health also. Due to social, cultural, historical differences, the population face
different adversities in availing better healthcare. The social determinants for availing health
care facility are income or employment, language, age, birth origin, education and family
composition (Adler et al., 2016). There are different factors which can affect health of an
aboriginal community. The factors are nutrition, physical activity, body weight, alcohol use,
tobacco use, drugs and substance abuse. Different diseases and health conditions are
prevalent among this population (Ashworth, 2018). Cardiovascular diseases, respiratory
diseases, cancer, diabetes, chronic kidney diseases and mental health disorders. Education,
connectedness, employment, housing and accommodation and racism are some different
factors which affect the health status of the aboriginal people.
Education attainment is one of the most prevalent factors which can help to equip
better quality treatment as without education proper employment cannot be possible. To
access primary health facility one must have a sustainable source of income for him or herself
and family. Lack of education cannot help an individual to make a better choice as per their
condition. Higher education help an individual to attain a higher status occupation along with
better income level. Socioeconomic position is based on the income status of the individual
which is solely dependent on the educational efficiencies of an individual. Low income rate
can be responsible for illness, disability or injury and also can adversely affect individual
socioeconomic position and health(Straw et al., 2019).
Difference in language can affect effective communication during the treatment
procedure. The patient and healthcare professional interactions will affect quality and safety
of the treatment (Durey, Halkett, Berg, Lester & Kickett, 2017). Verbal communication,
written information and health literacy might be affected by the diverse languages. The
multicultural society and multilingual conversation should be conserved by the help of
cultural competency in better healthcare facilities. Complexity and difference of language
will hamper the quality of treatment. Poor communication and language differences can
cause social exclusion and isolation which lead to mental health disorders.
Vulnerable groups
The aboriginal people with educational qualification up to level 10 and unemployed
are one of the most vulnerable population among Australian continent. The people of the
vulnerable group can be affected for lack of skills and communications. Unemployment is
one of the biggest cause of economic inequity which can hamper the basic right of a person to
get preliminary healthcare facilities in comparison of the other employed or partly employed
groups. Rate of unemployment is higher among the aboriginal young people (15 to 24 years)
rather than the older people. The
Health Problems or Needs
Aboriginals are highly affected by the diabetes especially the young aboriginals are
more affected than others. 18% of the aboriginal people are affected by diabetes with high
level of sugar. Additionally, 39% of people of Australia, who are aged 55 years and above
affected by diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is more prevalent than type diabetes among the
Aboriginal and Torres islander. Diabetes includes different types of health conditions such as
kidney diseases, heart failures, obesity and nerve damages. There is no clear evidence why

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aboriginals are more affected by diabetes than the non-indigenous people of Australia.
Lifestyle and nutritional habit must be some significant causes behind the occurrence of
diabetes among the aboriginal people (Gray & Threlkeld, 2019).Carbohydrate and fat rich
foods are responsible for obesity and inducing level of glucose with high levels of triglycerides
in blood of an individual(Zheng, Ley & Hu, 2018). Genetic predisposition is another reason of
higher prevalence of diabetes in aboriginal people. Other risk behaviours such as cigarette
smoking, alcohol abuses and sedentary lifestyles increase the level of occurrence of diabetes
in the patient (Bertoglia et al., 2017). Socioeconomic causes such as European influence in
lifestyle , less connectedness or remoteness, health inequalities, lack of resources, low birth
weight and low level of health literacy can act the risk factors for diabetes among the
population.
Health Promotion Intervention Program
Better living Diabetes program will help in educating the patients who are aboriginal
and live in remote areas of Australia(www.goondir.org.au. ,2020). Better living diabetes
program helps people with suggestions of better management and prevention regarding
diabetes. This project started in 2001 with the help of Goondir aboriginal and Torres Island
Corporation for health services in Queensland. The project was launched in collaboration
with University of Southern Queensland and department of Health and ageing for the better
living diabetes project. The program was able to share the knowledge about sales
management of chronic disease as National Health Care initiative. This program is helpful for
no- insulin dependent Diabetes mellitus and other diabetes program. Better living program
help in social care and research of aboriginal Taurus Island people by identifying participants
risk factors (healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au. ,2020). . The goal of the project is to reduce the health
impact of diabetes education to the sufferers and their family in relationship to Healthcare
lifestyles and diabetes.
Strategies of this framework what the program categories into education and clinical
outcomes. This program educate the patient and the family for self-management and
prevention of diabetes and share some clinical interventional with the help of physician and
nurses for better outcome of diabetes. The program will help in healthy eating habit and stress
free life levelling by seeing smoking and attending regular check-ups. This program aims to
improve the interest about health and enhance the willingness to participate in in diabetes
activity which are being offered. Specialist like diabetes coordinator and physician are
involve in this program to improve the long term and short term condition of any patient. The
program offers full health assessment and screening procedure which include sugar level test,
haemoglobin test, urine and cholesterol check-up. The program depends on the
multidisciplinary approach where different range of specialist are included in giving the
service to the patient and increasing the awareness among the adult. Program will help the
adults in tele-health services like calling the specialist with providing better facility of
Healthcare. The client connection is one of the most important aspect for this programs. The
effectiveness of the program might be evaluated by the help of regular checking of the patient
and auditing the occurrence rate of diabetes in the community.
Conclusion

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This assignment will conclude that self-management program and prevention can lead
to a better result in health care facility with proper interventions. Aboriginals are highly
affected by the diabetes especially the young aboriginals are more affected than others.
Additionally, the assignment has discussed about the social determinants behind any
healthcare needs with respect to the vulnerable group. This assignment has analysed the
critical factors and their effect on diabetes with mentioning a reference of Better Living
Diabetes Program.

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