Report: Alcohol Abuse, Violence, and Indigenous Australians' Health

This report investigates the significant issue of alcohol abuse and its correlation with violence within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. It highlights the high-risk drinking behaviors and the resulting health disparities, including increased rates of injury, violence, and related health problems. The report references statistical data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, demonstrating the prevalence of alcohol consumption within these communities. It emphasizes the need for increased awareness, accessible health services, and governmental actions to address social determinants and reduce alcohol-related harm, ultimately aiming to bridge the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The conclusion underscores the necessity for strong, effective interventions to reduce the impact of alcohol consumption and promote better health outcomes for these communities.

Alcohol abuse and Violence
in aboriginal and Torres
Strait Island people

Introduction
High risk of drinking is linked with physical harm at high rates, where
alcohol is reported consistently as a key concern for people belong to
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Consumption of alcohol
and other substances is increasing at epidemic rates in this population,
where people are perpetuated in a vicious poverty cycle. This leads to
create lack of access health disparities at large scale. The purpose of
present report is to demonstrate the prevalence of alcohol and substance
use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, which leads to
increase violence s among this group.

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High risk drinking is considered as a global problem that results in death of more
than 2.5 million each year. This hazardous not only often causes significant
problems for people who consumes alcohol, but also impact on their family
members and across society in a huge manner. Consumption of alcohol creates
immediate effects on people that increase the risk of several harmful health
conditions. It includes injuries by meeting with accidents, falls, drownings;
Violence, including sexual assault, rape, homicide, intimate partner violence and
more

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Through ABS (Australian Bureau Statistics) report, it has been evaluated thatThrough ABS (Australian Bureau Statistics) report, it has been evaluated that
Aboriginal people in Australia are more likely to curb by 1.4% from alcohol thanAboriginal people in Australia are more likely to curb by 1.4% from alcohol than
other communities. Along with this, percentage of Aboriginal people who did notother communities. Along with this, percentage of Aboriginal people who did not
consume alcohol almost double then other Australians in 2019. But still percentage ofconsume alcohol almost double then other Australians in 2019. But still percentage of
people in this community are more likely to consume alcohol at risky levels.people in this community are more likely to consume alcohol at risky levels.

Conclusion
It has been concluded from all over the report that alcohol-related
consumption and harm is a significant social and health issue for communities
belong to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Living in poverty, lack of
awareness about harmful impact of alcohol addiction, lack of accessibility of
health services and more, are some social determinant factors which leads to
increase gap and health disparities among aboriginal and non-original
Australians. However, a number of actions have been taken yet to reduce this
ratio of difference and prevent people from impact of alcohol consumption. But
still strong and more effective actions are needed to be taken by government,
especially for reducing social determinants.

References
Douglas, H. and Fitzgerald, R., 2018. The domestic violence protection
order system as entry to the criminal justice system for Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people. International Journal for Crime, Justice
and Social Democracy, 7(3), p.41.
Gray, D. and et. al., 2018. Review of the harmful use of alcohol among
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Australian Indigenous
HealthInfoNet.

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