INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND KEY DETERMINANT

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Intergenerational Trauma and Key Determinant in Utopia
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INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA AND KEY DETERMINANT IN UTOPIA
Q4) According to Quinn (2019) intergeneration trauma is the transmissions of historical
oppressions and its undesirable results across all generations Intergenerational trauma
impacts the wellbeing and health and social disparities facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people. Intergenerational trauma is passed through behavioral problems, violence,
parenting practices, mental health issues, and harmful substance use.
How intergeneration trauma affects Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people today
Stolen generation people face high levels of problems concerning their welfare and
health (Funston& Herring, 2016). The stolen generation children are faced with depression,
family violence, anxiety, mental illnesses, and suicidal thoughts. The people experience high
levels of reduced health risks in comparison with the ones on the indigenous land. They also
experience discrimination and violence compared to other indigenous Australians. When in
schools, they are mistreated since they are indigenous, and they don't get quality education as
compared to other Australians.
Based on Funston& Herring (2016) stolen children staying in stolen generation
households experience stress, which leads to suicidal cases. Irrespective of whether the
children live in stolen generation households, their social-economic status is affected.
Intergeneration trauma has led to low life expectancy; this is manifested in health conditions,
both physical and mental. The generation suffers low self-esteem, lack identity, and feel
lonely. They end up not trusting anyone in their life stages. They don't trust the government
and always experience internal guilt since the members often blame their parents for not
caring and loving them (Funston& Herring 2016). They experience difficulties in parenting
because their parents had never shown them love; they end up dragging their children into
their intergeneration trauma cycle.
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Q5) key social determinant in Utopia
Economic status can constrain or support healthful behaviors. For instance, people
who are economically lame cannot quickly eat a healthy diet, mostly if they live in places
where food is unaffordable and not readily available (Campbell, 2016). These people cannot
be able to carry out the exercise, nor do they have enough time to have such healthy
behaviors. They cannot be able to access health care as well as quality treatments.
The critical social determinant in the Utopia community is economic stability.
Economic instability affects the health outcomes of an individual. Children living in such an
environment end up having lower life expectancies due to malnutrition (Campbell, 2016).
Poor financial status, education, and unemployment lead to the people living in Utopia to
suffer high levels of social crimes. Due to their low wellbeing life, they relatively have low
levels of education that, in turn, affect their lifestyles.
People in Utopia fear about their security, and they always fear the fact that they don't
have anywhere else to go if they leave their ancestral lands. According to Bourke, Wright,
Guthrie, Russell, Dunbar & Lovett (2018) argued that poor social, economic factors lead to
an unhealthy physical environment; for instance, the levels of education influence one's
choice of employment, which in turn determines the level of income, and this mostly
influences the ability to afford to live a healthy, supportive environment without hazards.
Considering the Utopia community, their physical environment is unhealthy. The evident is
some sleep outside in dusty grounds, and children have no clothes and food to sustain them
(Bourke et al., 2018).
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References
Quinn, A. (2019). Reflections on intergenerational trauma: Healing as a critical
intervention. First peoples child & family review, 14(1), 196-210.
Funston, L., & Herring, S. (2016). When will the stolen generations end?: A qualitative
critical exploration of contemporary'child protection'practices in Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander communities. Sexual Abuse in Australia and New
Zealand, 7(1), 51.
Campbell, D. (2016). Economies through application of nonmedical primary-preventative
health: Lessons from the healthy country healthy people experience of Australia’s
aboriginal people. International journal of environmental research and public
health, 13(4), 400.
Bourke, S., Wright, A., Guthrie, J., Russell, L., Dunbar, T., & Lovett, R. (2018). Evidence
review of Indigenous culture for health and wellbeing: Supplementary Table.
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