Health Disparities in the Indigenous Community Name of the Student Name of the University Author Note Introduction

Running head: HEALTH DISPARITY 1
Health Disparities in the Indigenous Community
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

HEALTH DISPARITY 2
Introduction
One of the longstanding health challenges globally is improving the health status of
the indigenous community, who are facing critical health disparities despite gaining global
attention on their poor health condition. The lower standards of health infrastructure
determined for the indigenous community limits the access of such individuals to quality
primary health care services, thus increasing their risk to poor health outcome and patient
safety. The following sections of the paper will address the inconsistencies between the
health practices that are leading to increasing disparities for the indigenous communities. In
addition to this, the paper will highlight the social factors concluding the health determinants
in context to a specific group from the indigenous population all across the globe.
Discussion
Inequality in opportunities is one of the leading causes that is continuously increasing
the gap between the indigenous and non-indigenous global community. The statistics which
are evident to this includes the fact that the indigenous Australians over the age of 65 years
have twice the age-specific death rate for the same age group in the non-indigenous
population and the gap of the life-expectancy is around 17 years between the non-indigenous
and indigenous communities, where the latter stands at the disadvantaged side of the statistic.
According to the Australian Human Rights Commission, very little progress has been ensured
by the concerned authorities to reduce the inequality gap, including the significant difference
in the life-expectancies of the two groups.
Amata, an indigenous community in South Australia is socio-economically
disadvantaged and are living in such conditions, which are not at all supportive of their good
health. The unmet basic health infrastructure, including healthy housing, sewerage systems,
and safe drinking water and the lack of access to primary health care services are increasing