Healthcare Report: Challenges and Solutions for Indigenous Healthcare

This report addresses the healthcare disparities and challenges faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia. It begins by providing a historical context, including the impact of colonization and the introduction of diseases. The report highlights the health issues such as mental health, respiratory diseases, chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. It then explores the concepts of cultural awareness and cultural safety in healthcare, emphasizing the importance of understanding and respecting cultural differences. Finally, the report outlines strategies to improve healthcare outcomes, including employment initiatives and enhanced healthcare services, with the goal of providing equal rights and access to quality care for Indigenous Australians. The bibliography includes sources used for the report and provides further reading on the subject.

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Task I
In the historical period, it was assumed that the aboriginal people population was more than
750,000 and they were inhabited in the island since 1788. Additionally, they were declared as
Australian in 1770. In the case of Torres Strait Islander, they were the people who came to
Australia from the island named as Torres Strait. The Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginals
are people which mostly faces the health problems such as mental issues, respiratory
diseases, chronic kidney disease, diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Wilson & Palermo,
2018).
Australian colonisation period starts with the violation of Indigenous people for right to land
and it has affected the culture and the communities of the Indigenous people. At that time
almost 20,000 Aboriginal Australians were killed as the result colonial violence get started.
Task II
The Cultural awareness is refers to the awareness of various cultural groups. This concept
includes the identification of own or individual cultural identity, practice and values. This is
the foundation of the communication, which includes the standing back ability and becoming
aware of the perceptions, values and the beliefs of the culture. On the other hand, Cultural
safety in context of healthcare system, could be examination of the own belief, practices and
behaviour (Guerra & Kurtz, 2017). The cultural safety ensures the perceived services must be
safe for the culture of the patient as well as for the provider.

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Task III
The individual goals of learning regarding the care of the Aboriginal People are to provide
them education and health services so that they would able to get the equal rights just like the
other people of the nation. To fulfil these goals the strategies that can be adopted (Goold,
n.d.). The most appropriate strategy is developing the employment strategy to provide
Aboriginals, the appropriate employment, which encourages them to work in all the fields of
the Business without any restrictions. Another strategy is to improve the healthcare system to
provide them the proper healthcare and medication services for their wellbeing, which
encourages them to participate in the community.

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Bibliography
Goold, S., n.d. Caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Accepting and
Celebrating Diversity. [Online]
Available at: https://www.anglicare.asn.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/
caring-for-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-people-accepting-and-celebrating-
diversity.pdf?sfvrsn=0
[Accessed 30 July 2019].
Guerra , O. & Kurtz, D., 2017. Building Collaboration: A Scoping Review of Cultural
Competency and Safety Education and Training for Healthcare Students and Professionals in
Canada. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 29(2), pp. 129-142.
Wilson , A. & Palermo, C., 2018. Measuring the impact of a community of practice in
Aboriginal health. Studies in Continuing Education, 40(1), pp. 62-75.