Sexually Transmitted Disease among Aboriginal Population in Australia

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Nature of the health problem...........................................................................................................2
Population affected..........................................................................................................................2
Magnitude of the health problem.....................................................................................................3
Proximal and distal determinants of the health problem.................................................................5
Additional features of the targeted population................................................................................6
Requirement of the public health intervention strategy...................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction
The aboriginal and the indigenous group of population tends to experience a very poor
health outcomes as compared to the other Australians (Reekie et al., 2018). One of the major
factor of concern of the health challenges among the aboriginal group of population is the area of
their sexual health. According to governmental reports, the aboriginal community people have
substantially higher rate of the BBVs, STIs and high rate of the teen pregnancy than the non-
aboriginal population in Australia. The targeted population is the sufferer of the gonorrhea,
chlamydia, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and infectious syphilis (Wand et al., 2016). This report aims
to focus over the sexually transmitted disease and the health hazards within the aboriginal and
Torres Strait islander people in Australia and draws attention towards the urgent requirement for
the preventive approaches related to health for addressing this particular critical health issue.
Nature of the health problem
Each year, there are innumerous number of reports that gets published regarding the
sexually transmitted infections and the blood borne viral diseases among the aboriginal
community people. The nature of the health hazard ranges from the HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea,
and infectious syphilis. The existence of the substantial deficits in the status of the aboriginal
people together with their social economic disadvantages has over represented in the national
BBV and STI data regarding the notification.
Population affected
The population or the targeted people are the aboriginal community people residing in
Australia. Apart from the adults, the aboriginal children below the age of 15 years are at the high