Assignment On First Peoples Health And Practice

Running head: FIRST PEOPLES HEALTH AND PRACTICE
FIRST PEOPLES HEALTH AND PRACTICE
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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First people are the term used for the description of the Indigenous community of
Australia. I have been opting for the course of the health care. In the term, of the 3121MED
course is the process, where I learned about the First people and the health condition of the
community. At first as per my lack of knowledge I could not be able to understand the
concept and neglected the course as well. However, with time the progress of the course has
developed a great impact in my mind. The factor of the large cultural gap has been found in
First people health care (Campbell, Hunt, Walker & Williams, 2015). Hence, there are
presence of the cultural gap, lack of understanding and discrimination in the health care
sector (Cross, Sculthorpe, Barnett & Dennis, 2017). However, the process of the health a care
for the Torres Strait Islander people has been improved for the better health outcome for
these people. I have learned the cultural differences and also the linguistic differences. It has
been found that there are more than one community of Aboriginal people in the country and
the European colonisation has led to the development of the racial discrimination. Not only
the racial but also the cultural discrimination has been developed. The First people health has
been a dynamic concept in the process of the health care as the financial and the social
determinants of health are the factors that affect the health outcomes of the people of this
community. However, it has been seen that the people of the Aboriginal community the
health literacy is one of the factor that affects the health outcome of the people drastically
(Durey, McEvoy, Swift-Otero, Taylor, Katzenellenbogen & Bessarab, 2016). On this context
I will be reflecting on the course learning and the process of the First people health in the
sector of health care.
I have working on the research of the history of the First people health and found that
the people of the community are affected after the European colonisation. Hence, it can be
stated that the people of the Aboriginal community has been secluded in the remote islands
and rural areas. These places are affected by lack of health care access, inadequate

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environmental resources, low socio-economic structure of the communities and lack of health
literacy. Moreover, the effect of the colonisation affected the trust of the people and also the
aspects of several grieving events. It has been found that the First people health is primarily
affected by the cultural disparity (Freema et al., 2016). Hence, I have found based on my
learning and also researching on the concept that the effects of the cultural differences has
made the situation worse. However, the government has developed different policies for the
people of the Aboriginal community. However, the policies have not been effective in many
ways and developed a huge gap in the health care system for the people of the community.
The concept of the cultural humility and the equity of health should be considered for the
improved condition of the health of these people (Walker, Schultz & Sonn, 2014). However,
it has been seen that the factor of the health care of the First people has been improved with
time by the awareness development among the people and also educating the health care
professionals as well. On this context I also can state that the changes in the health care
system for the improvement of the Aboriginal health have been considered with priority
(Goodman et al., 2017). The prioritisation of the care process of the people of the Aboriginal
community should be considering the cultural competence among the health care
professionals. The factors of the cultural competence have been found to be lacking among
the nurses and other health care professionals. It has been seen that the lack of knowledge,
skills and also cultural competence along with linguistic knowledge among the health care
professionals affected the health care system for the First people. I have learned that the
process of the health care can be improved if the nursing knowledge can be improved by
means of the implementation of the education system considering the skill development
regarding the cultural safety providence to the patients. The cultural safety and the process of
the cultural humility are two factors that are integrated with the skills and the holistic
approach of the health care. Most importantly the patients centred practice and the evidence