Vulnerable Populations and Advocacy

Vulnerable Populations
Advocacy

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY ..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................8
REFRENCES ................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Vulnerable populations consists of patients who are ethnic or racial minorities, children,
under-insured, socioeconomically disadvantaged or those with certain medical conditions. They
often have health conditions which are exacerbated by inadequate healthcare. Vulnerable
population can might experience specific benefit from community-level of advocacy efforts due
to influence of social and environmental circumstances on health.
Aboriginal peoples are the peoples who reside in the remote areas of the Australia. They
are suffering from poverty, unhealthy lifestyle, lack of unemployment etc. which tends to suffer
them from mental illness and mental disorder and which become more major due and become
various harmful diseases that can be lung disease, anxiety, chronic diseases, heart stroke and
head injury etc., In the above study evaluation of social determinants is done along with
describing its impact on the aboriginal people. Accessing through health inequalities and health
equities along with the health outcomes with that issues. Further the study carried froward with
the discussion of availability of facilities or services and describing its impact on health. The
report ends with the identification of target audience for making policy decision and allocating
resources and providing recommendations for such.
MAIN BODY
Social determinants of health are conditions in which the people are grown, born, work,
live and age. These circumstances are formed by distribution of resources and power at the
national, global and local levels. Considering aboriginal people as vulnerable populations social
determinants are found for such are as follows -
 Criminal Justice–Aboriginal peoples of Australia are specifically presented in the
interactions with criminal justice system. The indigenous population of Australia
consist of overall 3 percent of the population of Australia, by this they form one
quarter of total prison population. They are comprises 40% of people who are
imprisoned for assault charges. Whereas the juvenile justice is also higher, with
indigenous young people who are aged 10-17 years which 24 times more
detained. High rates of the incarcerations which can be viewed as indignant of