Poor Social Determinants of Health among Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander in Australia

Running head: PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
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Executive Summary
Important Social Determinants of Health includes genetic characteristics, healthy
child development, social support networks, education literacy, employment and
working conditions, social environments, physical environments, health practices,
health services and gender. The current report mainly highlights the poor social-
determinants of health among aboriginals and Torres Strait Islander in Australia in
the domain of education and literacy, social environment, employment and working
conditions, physical environment and health services and resources. The analysis of
these 5 social determinants of health highlighted that aboriginals in Australia suffer
from inequalities on this selected determinants and this again hampers their health
and well-being.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................. 2
Education and literacy.............................................................................................3
Social environment..................................................................................................3
Employment and working conditions.......................................................................3
Physical environment: Water and Sanitation...........................................................4
Health services and resources................................................................................4
Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 5
References..................................................................................................................6