Social Issues and Policy (CRITICAL ANALYSIS)

As per the view du Plooy, Lyons and Kashima, (2019) stated that social and emotional well-being is one of the holistic approach and that can be affected by the social determinants of healththatinclusiveof homelessness, education, removal from family, substance misuse, racism As per the view of Fisher and et.al., (2019) stated that social and emotional well-being undertaken by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to determine the social, spiritual and cultural well-being of person.

SOCIAL ISSUES AND SOCIAL
POLICY (CRITICAL
ANALYSIS ESSAY)

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Selected policy and issue. Define review of the policy and academic literature published on
policy and issue............................................................................................................................1
Carol Bacchi's approach to policy analysis..................................................................................4
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Social issue defined as problem that influences considerable number of individuals within
the society (Kamp and et.al., 2018). There are number of crucial functions that aids to ensure
social stability by pervasive inequality that based on social class, race, gender and other factors.
Henceforth, the present report is based on analysis of National Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Health plan 2013-2023.
Furthermore, report will cover following things as to undertake research on selected
policy and issue, to have the use of carol Bacchi's in order to represented the problem.
MAIN BODY
Selected policy and issue. Define review of policy and academic literature published on policy
and issue.
Implementation of the plan outlines the action that has to be taken by the Australians
legal authorities towards providing better health support to Aboriginal community. Therefore,
the main aim is to improve the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's health. This is
mainly in relations with the Aboriginal people to achieve the highest level of health within
people. As per the view of Fisher and et.al., (2019) stated that physical well-being of individual
defined as to bringing the total well-being to the community. Aboriginal community provides
people access to effective, high quality culture appropriately across the Australia. Henceforth,
Moore and et.al., (2019) stated that Aboriginal community mainly focused on prevention, early
intervention and comprehensive care that works as to reduce the barriers to access the
unintentional racism, to progressively improving the health outcomes of the Aboriginal people.
As per the view du Plooy, Lyons and Kashima, (2019) stated that social and emotional well
being is one of the holistic approach and that can be affected by the social determinants of health
that inclusive of homelessness, education, removal from family, substances misuse, racism
As per the view of Fisher and et.al., (2019) stated that social and emotional well-being
undertaken by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people to determine the social, spiritual
and cultural well-being of person. Therefore, to be the socially and emotionally well means to
realise the abilities, cope up with the stresses of the life and to work productively in order to
make contribution to community. Thus, main indicators of social and emotional issues that have
effect on general health and well-being such as distress, depression, lack of emotional expression
and anxiety etc. Henceforth, the people of indigenous community mainly suffers from issues as
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housing, employment and education that affects the well-being and leads to enhances the rate of
depression among aboriginal and Torres islander people. The main aim of National Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Health plan 2013-2023 policy is to define the Australian health system
and needs to get free of racism and inequality to all Aboriginal and Torres islander people. So,
they have access to health services that inevitably to be effective, high quality, affordable and
appropriate. Therefore, Aboriginal health plan of 2013 to 2023 mainly represents the
government’s commitment to close the health gap of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Thus, implementation plan outlines the actions that has to be taken by the Australian government
and stakeholder to give effect to the vision, principles, strategies and priorities of the health
plans.
Therefore, Butler and et.al., (2019) stated that the primary consideration of this
implementation plan over the Australian legal health specific actions and execution of the plan
that aids to address the effectiveness of the health system. As per the view of du Plooy, Lyons
and Kashima, (2019) stated that social and cultural determinants of the health will discuss in
depth manner in the future revision of the implementation plan. As per the view Fisher and et.al.,
(2019) stated that implementation plan mainly put their major consideration over Australian
government role that ensures the health system with terms to identified the needs and to support
the Aboriginal and Torres islander people to make the healthy choices and this also supports to
provide culturally safe access to the quality care intervention and integrated clinical services that
needs to be free of racism.
In contrary to Fisher and et.al., (2019) stated that Australian government has undertaken
the government agencies, territory legal authorities and private health sector with terms to
address the social, culture determinants of the health and this also leads to measures the priority
of the health outcomes. In contrary to Moore and et.al., (2019) stated that most serious mental
health problems that has huge impact on social and emotional well-being of the aboriginal and
Torres Islander people are due to mental illness. Social and emotional well-being contributes to
the mental illness to the community and this leads to contribute to deaths of some Aboriginal and
Torres islander people. As per the view of Marshall and et.al., (2019) stated that social and
emotional well-being in one of the holistic and whole of life view of health. Thus, policies and
practices lead of social and emotional well-being is very crucial for the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander community that leads to success and fulfilling lives. Henceforth, stated that
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National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social community aids to collects the
malformation on the varied range of social issues that is relevant to social and emotional well-
being of Aboriginal and Torres strait islander community. With the help of this survey, it has
been identified that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals retain strong links to the
traditional culture. National strategic framework has designed to provide the dedicated focus on
Aboriginal and Torres strait islander towards the social and emotional well-being.
As per the view of Fisher and et.al., (2019) stated that social and culture determinants of the
health are key driver of ill health and poor health and social well-being. Thus, legal authorities
mainly need to implement the strategies that aids to address the economic, environmental, social
inequalities that are pivotal to achieve the health equality. Poor income and low education is one
of the core issue that are affecting the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people.
Furthermore, improvement in the health of this community needs an integrated approach
that encompasses the strengthening of community functioning, bring improvement in education
participation, regional economic development that leads to have spiritual healing. Thus, high
quality care must be accessible and appropriate in terms to identify the needs of Aboriginal and
Torres strait Islander people that acknowledged disabilities that faced by the additional barriers
in accessing to the health care facilities. Hence, in the past issues as housing, employment and
education affects everyone. This all has the huge effect on the social emotional well-being and
rates of depression among the Aboriginal and Torres's strait islander people. Therefore, the
Australian legal authorities must support to maintain their independence, good health, cultural &
social connections. Henceforth, health of Aboriginal and strait islander defined as physical,
social, emotional cultural well-being of the individuals. It aids to identify the significance of
addressing environmental, economic and social inequalities. This all plays the pivotal role in
order to achieve the health quality of the individuals. Social and emotional well being is the
foundation of the physical and mental health. Effective health promotional strategies by
Australian government aids to bring systematic and successful lives to Indigenous community.
The policy as National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health plan 2013-2023 has
implemented in terms to have improvement in social and emotional well-being to Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander individuals that requires comfort from all level of sectors. This policy has
recognized that individual’s person social and emotional well-being is one of the factor that has
widely influenced by the policies and past events. that Therefore, it can be stated that culture and
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cultural identity is very critical to the social and emotional well-being. This policy mainly
reflected about having self-esteem, respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people and
to provide fair treatment is crucial to social and emotional well-being. Thus, policy approaches
help to recognise the legacy of intergeneration trauma on the social and emotional well-being.
Hence, it has been recognized that sport plays the crucial role in strengthening individuals self
esteem and dignity that aids to connect people to local community and also helps to bring
improvement in social and emotional well-being. Therefore, issues towards the social well-being
occurred due to issues as employment, income, areas of education and overall position in
Australian society. Thus, social and emotional well-being is one of the foremost holistic
approach and also defines the whole life view of the health.
Carol Bacchi's approach to policy analysis.
Carol Bacchi is a professor of politics in Faculty of Arts. She mostly writes in feminist
political theories. She has offered an approach to policy analysis. According to her policy
examination allows an individual to understand the way governing take place as well as
implications for those being governed (Bacchi & Goodwin, 2016). It also helps in making
problems within the policy explicit. She offered an approach named as “What's the problem
represented to be? Approach”. This approach will help in analysing the selected approach which
is “National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health plan 2013-2023” which especially
focuses on 'mental health, social and emotional well being'. Here in-depth analysis of this policy
will be done using few of Carol Bacchi's approach questions.
What is the 'problem' represented to be in a specific policy?
Goal: To identify problem representation in the above policy.
This policy mainly focuses on actions taken by the Australian government Aboriginal
community controlled health sector for people's health and development, mental, social and
emotional well being but however the problem is something else. The main problem with this
policy is that it talks about the emotional, social and mental well being of an individual but
however social and emotional well-being can be different from mental health. It has been seen
that people with good social and emotional well being also can experience mental illness. For
this individuals need to take care of their mental, social and emotional well being all the three of
them can influence one another. For this government and Aboriginal community controlled
health sector need to ensure physical and social environment so that mental health of individuals
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can be improved. This problem is important to be focused on as all the three factors are
interrelated to each other and might influence each others. This policy focuses not only on
mental health, social and emotional well being of older age group people but it focusses on well
being of all age group people . But the main problem is something else i.e. today people who are
living a healthy life but are involved in negative things such as gambling, misuse of wrong
substances which affects their social and emotional well being which in future becomes one of
the main reason of their disturbance in mental health. Other than this many people are also being
abused as well as neglected due to which their mental health is disturbed as well . For this
government should focus on both health and environmental factors in which people can live a
healthy life (NSW Aboriginal Health Plan 2013-2023, 2019). This will help the government to
not only improve people's health and well being but will also improve their social as well as
emotional well being but it also help in focusing on their both physical and mental well being
and health. As it has already been discussed that this policy focuses on mental health, social and
emotional well being of people but the main problem is when an individual starts ageing their
main problem is not health and emotional well being but their financial and socials stability. As a
person starts to age their efficiency to work and socialize decreases. So government should focus
on financially and socially vulnerable population of Aboriginal people so that their financial,
healthy and social lives can be improved.
CONCLUSION
Hereby, it can be concluded that socio cultural issues defined as factors in which
customs, lifestyle and values characterized by the society and group. However, cultural aspect
includes beauty, education, law and politics, values and attitudes etc.
Thus, report has covered the policies and issues of National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health plan 2013-2023. Henceforth, it has covered activities as academic literature
published on particular issues. Lastly, Carol bacchi's policy has been analysed to undertake the
report.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Kamp, A and et.al., 2018. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's attitudes towards
Australian multiculturalism, cultural diversity,'race'and racism, 2015-16. Australian
Aboriginal Studies. (2). p.50.
Fisher, M and et.al., 2019. How the Social Determinants of Indigenous Health became Policy
Reality for Australia's National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan. Journal
of Social Policy. 48(1). pp.169-189.
Moore, E and et.al., 2019. Self-management programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Peoples with chronic conditions: A rapid review. Chronic illness. 15(2). pp.83-123.
Butler, T.L and et.al., 2019. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's domains of wellbeing:
A comprehensive literature review. Social Science & Medicine.
Marshall and et.al., 2019. Reef Grief: investigating the relationship between place meanings and
place change on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Sustainability Science, pp.1-9.
du Plooy, D.R., Lyons, A. and Kashima, E.S., 2019. The effect of social support on
psychological flourishing and distress among migrants in Australia. Journal of immigrant
and minority health, 21(2), pp.278-289.
Online
NSW Aboriginal Health Plan 2013-2023. 2019. [Online]. Available through :
<https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/aboriginal/Publications/aboriginal-health-plan-2013-
2023.pdf>.
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