Determinants of Health and Cervix Cancer in Aboriginal Women

This report investigates the determinants of health affecting Aboriginal women in Australia, specifically addressing the issue of cervix cancer. It identifies key social determinants such as income level, social status, access to basic amenities, education, and literacy, highlighting how these factors contribute to health inequalities. The report emphasizes the impact of socioeconomic factors, including the increased exposure to unhealthy behaviors like smoking in low socioeconomic areas. It further explores the influence of environmental factors, such as industrial waste and poor living conditions, on the health of indigenous populations. The analysis includes statistical data on health disparities, particularly the higher rates of certain diseases among Aboriginal populations. The report also examines the contextual factors, including geographic remoteness and lifestyle choices, and their impact on health outcomes. The conclusion emphasizes the need for improved health services and support for Aboriginal women, who are identified as a vulnerable population facing significant health challenges.

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

Introduction
The main aim of the report is to identify the health issue among the Aboriginal women of
Australia. The issue is related to women reproductive system where they have been suffering
from cervix cancer. There is an identification of social determinants of health, which is
affected by the income level, social status, and inequities of appropriate accessibility of the
basic amenities, education, and literacy. Furthermore, women living in low socioeconomic
regions most suffer from 3.6 times more exposed to the unhealthy smoking (Government of
Western Australia Department of Health, 2018).
Health issue
With the increase in unhygienic places to live, indigenous people living near industrial area
tend to suffer from malnutrition, industrial waste, contamination of ecosystem, lack of
medical treatments, and poverty. Furthermore, due to high male domination, it is seen that
indigenous Australians living near industrial waste are likely to suffer from respiratory issues,
breast cancer, chronic diseases, and mental health issues while comparing it to the non-
aboriginal people. The reasons of breast and cervix cancer are quite hazardous and difficult as
it relates to the social and economic influences. Garbage and Dead pigs around areas where
the pregnant women use for toilet and excretion, which creates infection near the female
urinal areas affecting the reproductive system of females (Wilam, 2018).
Social determinants and Contextual factors
The health has been affected by several social determinants, which has created inequalities
amongst the people. 2014 and 2015 data statistics describes that 20 percent of the non-
indigenous and indigenous people have been suffering from low socioeconomic factors such
as heart diseases, cancer, and diabetes. Females are existing in low socio-economic extents
are nearly 30 percent who give birth to babies (low weight) as related to the women who live

with higher socioeconomic areas (Government of Western Australia Department of Health,
2018). Higher proportion of unemployment will lead to lower socioeconomic areas occur
because of increase in disabilities to view the global picture of the aboriginal women, which
suffer from breast cancer. Current (ABS) Australian Bureau of statistics regarding 2013
describes where there is huge gap health of 46 percent amongst aboriginals and local
Australians (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015). The risks towards the profile
depends on place of habitation, genetic factors, daily consumption, content of highly
saturated fat, domestic factors, mammographic density, and generative history. Age risk of
the developing breast cancer increased by age (Wilam, 2018). Nearly 77 percent of the best
cancer cases, which is diagnosed women who are around 50 years and above. Several risks
associated with women expectancy life has been still at 46650 (Australian Institute of Health
and Welfare, 2015). Poorer health has been upsurging with the geographic remoteness such
as poorer nutrition, social disadvantage, economic disadvantage, lower accessibility to health
and hygiene service with association with Australian geographic remoteness. Complex
obesity rates, poor nutrition, unnatural behaviour, smoking, alcohol abuse, lowering the
access to hygiene service, and also the issues related to the Australian geographic remoteness
(Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016).
As far as the health issues are concerned, it is seen that patients of breast cancer and
cosmopolitan breast cancer has advanced rate of mastectomy as comparison to the breast
conversation and surgery. The reports also suggest that the people who live in differentiated
areas, who will have confined access to the particular knowledge and behaviours leading to
persistence risks. There are factors, which is associated with increasing breast cancer because
of null parity, low parity, and first pregnancy after the age of 35, attaining of menstruation
process before 11 years, and continuing the menstrual cycle after the age of 60. The dilution
of exogenous and endogenous oestrogens in female body, which had increased the risk of

breast cancer (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2015). As aboriginal females suffer
from lack of social status and other health determinants, which indicates that, they have to
work even in pregnancy to earn their livelihood. While lifting heavy weights, women suffer
from repetitive abortion due to lack of education causing cervix into trouble (Australian
Institute of Health and Welfare, 2016).
Crime in rural area experience physical violence since the last years, more than 12 percent of
the aboriginal females suffer from domestic violence during pregnancy that was three times
more than the non-indigenous women were. Some influences, which includes the health
determinants such as sexual violence, low nutritional diet, pollution due to industrial
operations (Griffiths, Coleman, Lee, & Madden, 2016).
Conclusion
From the above discussion, it is seen that women of the indigenous community must promote
best health service because they suffer from labour harassment and domestic violence during
pregnancy. Even after establishing several improvements in recent years by the government,
aboriginal women has been facing health issue and it is one of the most vulnerable
inhabitants of the Australia. Indigenous Australians derive nearly 41 percent of the daily
working by in taking the unhealthy optional products that have high soaked fat, salt, alcohol,
and other discretionary food.

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