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Contemporary Indigenous Health and Well-being | Essay

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Kenyatta University School of Economics

   

Introduction to Education (EDUCATION 100)

   

Added on  2020-03-07

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Nurses have a major role to play in improving the health of Australian Indigenous people. To be effective, however, nurses require both clinical skills and cultural respect. This subject focuses on improving students' knowledge of indigenous people in order to foster respect and understanding.

Contemporary Indigenous Health and Well-being | Essay

   

Kenyatta University School of Economics

   

Introduction to Education (EDUCATION 100)

   Added on 2020-03-07

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Running Head: CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELLBEINGContemporary Indigenous Health and WellbeingName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note
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1CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELLBEINGThe essay deals with “Closing the Gap” (CTG) policy in Australia. The essay brieflyexplains the topic, about the history of the policy and the factors that influenced the creation ofthe policy. Further the essay discusses the significance of the policy on Aboriginal & TorresStrait Islander People’s health outcomes using relevant literature and statistics. The policyaddresses several health issues. In this essay, one health issue will be focused that is coveredunder CTG. The policy in this regard is evaluated to identify the impact the CTG policy has hadon Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people’s health since it was introduced. The essay brieflyhighlights the challenges that have affected the changes.The Australian government launched closing the Gap or CTG policy for Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander people. The policy aims to .reducing health inequalities among this groupof population. The policy addresses the disadvantages in relation to the child mortality, lifeexpectancy, employment outcomes, education achievement and access to early education. Thepolicy was formulated in response to the “Social justice report 2005” and the “Close the Gapsocial justice campaign” (Australian Human Rights Commission 2016). The social justice report showed the Indigenous Australians had poorer health whencompared to the non-Indigenous population. This refers to the health gap and includes sixmain drivers. There was 20% of the health gap in respect to cardiovascular disease, 16% gap indiabetes, 9% in chronic respiratory disease, 7% intentional injuries, and estimated 6% in cancers.This altogether contributes the gap of 70%. Thus, the Indigenous Australian were highlyrepresented in mortality rate, low birth weight of children, and high prevalence of clinical,emotional and behavioural disorder. The health gap was due to 11 risk factors including highblood pressure and high cholesterol, smoking alcohol and drug abuse, child sexual abuse, unsafesex, and intimate partner violence, poor nutrition and obesity (Jamieson et al. 2016). Close the
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2CONTEMPORARY INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELLBEINGGap social justice campaign was initiated in 2006 with the aim to “close the life expectancy gap”between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This campaign was the joint effort fromNGOs and human rights organisation (Holland 2014). The council of Australian Government proposed this policy and included the leaders oflocal, state, territory and federal government to commit for closing the gap. In 2007, thegovernment and the Indigenous Australians agreed to work together to active health equality.The goal of this agreement is to establish equal health status between the Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (Taylor et al. 2013). The government targets to accomplish the goal by2030. The “Indigenous health equality summit statement of intent” signed the agreement. Duringthis summit the targets of the policy was presented to the delegates. The council of AustralianGovernment committed $4.6 billion to this agenda in 2008. These funds were allocated foreconomic participation, early childhood, health and housing and remote service delivery(Productivity Commission, 2015). The name of the policy is closing the gap because the targets of the policy is to reducethe gap in various health aspects. Firstly, to close the life expectancy gap. Secondly, to reducethe mortality rate gap of the Indigenous children under five to its half within 10 years. Thirdly, toimprove an access to early childhood education for all the 4-year-old children, dwelling inremote areas. Fourthly, reduce the gap in numeracy, reading, and writing skills of the Indigenousstudents by 50%. Fifthly, reduce the gap in attainment of year 12 in this population by 50%.Lastly, reduce the gap to its half in regards to employment outcomes within 10 years (Brueckneret al. 2014). Every year the government releases the CTG reports to track the progress andrecommend the government about solutions. The above-mentioned targets have helped thegovernment to identify the disadvantages experienced by the Indigenous Australians and the
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