Healthcare Assignment

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HEALTH CARE ASSIGNMENT
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1HEALTHCARE ASSIGNMENT
Australia is termed as one of the few extremely culturally diverse countries around the
world, in which more than 120 ethnic communities live together (Australian Institute of
Health and Wellness, 2019). These communities are different due to their diverse language,
culture and ethnic background, within which, more than 3% belong to the aboriginal
communities. Australian government has implemented multiple schemes and policies for the
cumulative healthcare for the integrated population groups in the society, however poorer
health outcome has been observed for specific communities (Australian Institute of Health
and Wellness, 2019). This essay would discuss it in detailed.
As per Australian Institute of Health and Wellness or AIHW (2019) more than
400,000 people visit a general practitioner every day, and there are multiple reasons for
poorer health outcomes for specific communities in Australia. As mentioned in the AIHW,
few of the crucial reasons for such decreased health outcome are social determinants, health
risk factors, and access to accurate and appropriate health services. The Australian Bureau of
Statistics (2019) has mentioned in the report that social determinant of health is one of the
leading reason behind the occurrence of 34% gaps in health outcome among the indigenous
and non-indigenous population. As per Markwick et al. (2014), social determinants of health
such as access to education, healthcare, proper food, shelter and employment are critical in
determining the health outcome for Australian population. The discrepancy of education
attainment could be observed from the fact that less than 2% of indigenous population has
achieved higher education. Further, due to these aspects, the rate of deaths in lower
socioeconomic groups has been increased extremely (Australian Institute of Health and
Wellness, 2019).
Another reason for disparity in health outcomes could be observed due to the fact that
health risk factors are also the reason behind the critical health outcomes of few communities
or population group in Australia. As it was seen that majority of the indigenous or