Indigenous and Aboriginal Health

Indigenous and Aboriginal Health

Table of Contents
Cultural safety of aboriginal people.................................................................................................1
Aboriginal history and policies past and present and before, during and after Colonisation..........1
Impact on health...............................................................................................................................2
Indigenous health statistics today....................................................................................................3
Success stories in Indigenous/aboriginal people in society.............................................................3
Reflection.........................................................................................................................................4
Nursing role on Aboriginal community and life..............................................................................4
References........................................................................................................................................5

Cultural safety of aboriginal people
Culture safety is all about the criterion of developing an atmosphere secure for people who
belong to aboriginal community to follow their rituals and traditional activities. It includes
making everything safe and normal for them so that they can follow their own cultural values,
principle and norms. Meanwhile, it is observed that individual belongs to aboriginal community
face several kinds of abuse, assaults and inequality which should be removed from the society to
make it safe of for these people (Battersby and et. al., 2018). It is necessary for other citizens to
respect their values and tradition along with make them comfortable to follow their religions or
cultures. However, it includes to give them right to follow their traditions in society along with
experiencing learning together with dignity and truly listening. It is necessary for government to
provide equal fundamental rights and responsibilities of being a citizen of the country to follow
their culture and traditions. In addition to this, it includes to an important element that is
knowledge and respect for self which is all about proper awareness of own cultural values,
knowledge and skills that are responsible for affecting others in terms of addressing racism,
unconscious bias and discrimination.
Aboriginal history and policies past and present and before, during and after
Colonisation
Considering the past condition before colonisation, it has been analysed that aboriginal
communities were living on land and it is believed that they were living there from over 40000
years. It includes the fact that their way of living is different in present scenario as they have
lived before colonisation. However, it has been identified that people belong to aboriginal
communities were lived together in small groups and survive with the help of carrying out
hunting as well as gatherings. It involves their way of dividing their tasks of daily basis to
survive in proper manner (Lin, Green and Bessarab, 2016). Moreover, it is observed that men
have task of hunting large animals whereas women as well as children are responsible for
collecting other eatable items like fruits, plants and berries respectively. Additionally, the most
interesting thing was that aboriginal people use their land for only things which are necessary for
their survival and easy living such as shelter, water, food and weapons. They have history that
these people never overuse or damage the land.
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