Diabetes in Australia: Impact on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

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Health care
Diabetes

Contents
Introduction: Diabetes overview in Australia......................................................................3
How history of colonisation has impacted on the development of this health issue for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Australians.................................................................................... 3
Social determinants of health on the development and progression of this health issue...................4
Cultural implications and obstacles to address the issue of diabetes among aboriginal and Torres
islanders Australians.................................................................................................... 5
Social determinant of the diabetes among indigenous people of Australia...................................5
Conclusion............................................................................................................. 6
Rrferneces................................................................................................................. 7

Introduction: Diabetes overview in Australia
A chronic disease is marked by the high level of glucose in the blood. It occurs either
by the inability of body to produce insulin or if body not using enough insulin. The major
type of diabetes are type a diabetes, gestational diabetes and type 2 diabetes. It is one of the
biggest fast growing chronic diseases all over the World. In Australia also, it tends to possess
the challenge for the public health system everywhere. The biggest burden of this disease is
seen on the indigenous people and socially disadvantage people. Moreover, Torres and
Aboriginal Strait Islander of the Australia tends to experience the high level of diabetes. They
like to face three times more diabetes as compare to the non-indigenous people. Besides this,
it is also found that the aboriginal children of Australia like to face eight times more type 2
diabetes. Aboriginal people of Australia likely to die six times more from the diabetes as
compare to the non indigenous people (O’Brien et al, 2016).
The complications of diabetes include the large blood vessels such as stroke, heart disease,
such as eye disease, kidney disease as well as nerve disease. Type 2 diabetes usually sene in
the adult people due to the deficiency in the production of insulin. They are not able to
control type 2 diabetes due to the lack of lifestyle modifications. The rates of hospitalisation
have also increased among those people due to the increasing remoteness.
How history of colonisation has impacted on the development of this health issue for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
It is seen that the Aboriginal and Torres Strait people used to maintain the hunter
gatherer lifestyle up. However, the arrival of some Europeans in 1788 has led the significant
changes in their lifestyle. The adverse changes in the nutrition and physical activity played
the significant role in the diabetes development of aboriginal people. the first ever issue of
diabetes among the aboriginal people is the biggest problem. Prior to this record, aboriginal
people were found to be lean and fit and did not hurt from any of the metabolic feature of the
European population. After the age adjustment, aboriginal people started facing the issue of
high blood pressure as compare to the non-indigenous adults. After the age adjustment it is
also seen that aboriginal and Torres Strait islander likely to have abnormal triglycerides and
HDL cholesterol.