Indigenous Health and Well-being Report 2022

Running head: INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Indigenous Health and Well-being
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1INDIGENOUS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
There is a significant health equalities prevailing in Australian indigenous population. In
order to address this health inequality government of Australia has issued policy name “Closing
the Gap” (CTG) (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2018). The following essay is based
on the case study of a Aboriginal woman named Judy who suffering from Type 2 diabetes along
with foot ulcer. The essay will initiate with a brief over-view of the CTG policy followed by
poor social determinants of health of Judy and how CTG is addressing those issues. At the end
the essay will highlight the role of ALO and AMS and community health service in managing
the health of Judy.
“Closing the Gap” CTG policy is a government strategy that aim to decrease the
disadvantage prevailing among the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders people residing in
Australia (Australian Government 2019). The main parameters of inequalities that are taken into
in CTG policy include life expectancy, childhood mortality, and access to education for the
children, improved educational achievement and employment outcomes (Australian Government
2019). The policy was implemented on 2008 under the joint collaboration of the Australian
Government and Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander people via signing the Indigenous health
quality summit of intent, with an aim to close the gap within next 25 years (Australian
Government 2019).. The implementation of the policy is based on several reports published by
international and national organizations (Australian Government 2019). For example, the reports
published by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2007 stated that there is a significant
disparity between health of the indigenous Australian population in comparison to the rest to the
population residing in Australia and the condition is astonishing under the context of such
affluent country (WHO 2007). The report of Australian Bureau of Statistics (2006) highlighted
that average life-expectancy of indigenous population is 17 years lower than the total population.