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Running head: POLICY, POWER AND POLITICS IN HEALTHCARE PROVISIONPolicy, Power and Politics in Healthcare Provision Name of the student:Name of the university:Author note
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1POLICY, POWER AND POLITICS IN HEALTHCARE PROVISION Executive SummaryThe health condition of the aboriginal people is miserable in comparison to the non-aboriginalpeople. They have higher morbidity and mortality rates due to several factors like poor healthcare facilities, illiteracy, unemployment, etc. In order to explore more about the health conditionof these people have compelled me to select this topic. This paper will analyze the aboriginalhealth plan 2013-2023 and its various aspects related to Health Care System. As there aresignificant health disparities between the non-people in New South Wales, this paper will discussthe NSW government’s commitment in filling this gap. This ten-year plan has been developed inpartnership with the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of New South Wales.
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2POLICY, POWER AND POLITICS IN HEALTHCARE PROVISION ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................3Policy Analysis................................................................................................................................4Understanding of policy issues....................................................................................................6Evidence of critical discussion and analysis................................................................................7Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10References......................................................................................................................................12
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3POLICY, POWER AND POLITICS IN HEALTHCARE PROVISION Introduction The aboriginal people have distinct culture, tradition, practices and are the first peoples ofAustralia. The resilience of these people forms the framework for the plans and policies toimprove the overall health of this group (Singer, Bennett-Levy & Rotumah, 2015). According tothe survey of 2011, 172,621 people reside in New South Wales which is 2.5% of the totalpopulation of Australia and 31.5% of the total aboriginal people in Australia. It is estimated thatby 2031, the number of Aboriginal people will be more than 1 million comprising 3.9% of thetotal population (Gwynn et al., 2015). It has been found that majority of people i.e., 43.8% live inregional area in comparison to 34.8% in cities and 21.4% in rural or remote areas. According to2011 survey, more than one in three aboriginal people were under 15 years in comparison to onein fifth of non- original people. The aboriginal people aging more than 65 years comprised 4% ofthe total aboriginal in comparison to 14% of the non-indigenous people.According 2010-2012 survey, the average life expectancy of indigenous people was 10 yearslesser than in comparison to the non-indigenous Australians (Australian Government, 2015). Themain contributor to high mortality and death rate in aboriginal people are diabetes, mental healthissues, chronic diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancer and several other injuries (Liaw et al.,2015). There are multiple factors which are responsible for the poor health status of this group ofpeople. There is a direct relationship between the socio-economic factors and the health of thepeople. The improvement of the socio-economic factors like education, housing, employment,socio-cultural capital, environmental factors and racism can minimize the gap between theaboriginal and non-aboriginal people (Lin, Green & Bessarab, 2016). The policies, programs andservices should be formed and implemented in such a way that it considers all the socio-economic factors experienced by the aboriginal people. The health care policies should alsoconsider the barriers so that people can access health care facilities available for them.It is estimated that, one in five aboriginal women experiences domestic or physical violence inthe previous year in comparison to 7% non-indigenous women were 3 times (12%) more likelyto face sexual violence in comparison to the non-indigenous (4%).According to 2008 data, almost half of the population of age 15 years and above had some kindof disability (Parker & Milroy, 2014). In urban areas, indigenous people were one and half time
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