WS5005: Value and Ideology Analysis of National Health Plan 2013-2023

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the National Aboriginal and Torres Islander Health Plan 2013-2023, focusing on its values and ideologies within the context of Australian social policy. The analysis examines the policy's goals of improving the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians, addressing health disparities, and aligning with government strategies. The report explores the political, social, and economic contexts of the plan, highlighting its commitment to social justice, respect for individuals, and professional integrity. It also discusses the challenges in healthcare facilities and the importance of data-driven sustainable service delivery. Furthermore, the report aligns the policy with social work values and ideologies, emphasizing the need for effective clinical practices, integrated care systems, and good governance. The report concludes by acknowledging the importance of comparative health policies and the influence of economic management on Indigenous wellbeing, emphasizing the role of government and associated organizations in serving communities.

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National Aboriginal and Torres Islander Health Plan 2013-2023
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Introduction
The issue of this particular social policy stresses on the health services in the context of
the Aboriginal and the health care settings in the Torres Strait across the entire country of
Australia. The research has also reported that there is a clear indication of the type of funding
that is essential for the improvement of health of the indigenous people living in Australia. The
policy also highlighted the health care gaps with the associated responses in the long term
investment plan for the financial investment patterns. The policy has also included the various
benefits of the different terms of the employment as an important contributor to the sector of the
economic benefits as provided by the ACCHSs. The policy has studied the different sentinel sites
around the entire country of Australia.
Social Policy under Analysis
The social policy highlights the commitment of the government of Australia in
the improvement of the health and the wellbeing of the of the indigenous Australians living in
the Torres Strait through the various closing gaps in the various health outcomes along with the
wider levels of the Australian population. The given set of targets are agreed by the different
states and the union territories through the various councils of the Australian government
(Browne et.al 2016). The social policy which has already started its work and resulted in making
a vast difference in the health of the aboriginal people of the Torres Strait of Australia. The
political context of this plan is involved in the robust form of the partnership measures among
the National congress Party of Australia which played a critical role in the forum of National
Leadership that will probably ensure the input and the type of feedback in the development of the
particular health plan (Stevens et.al 2016).

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The social context of this plan entails a focus on the wellbeing of not only the Aboriginal
and the indigenous people of Australia but also on issues like disability, and to ensure healthy
ageing. The health plan has also laid its emphasis on the broader aspects of the child healthcare.
The economic context can be referred to the commitment and the funding measures provided by
the Government on the annual plans and the expenditure of this particular health policy
(Ferdinand et.al 2016).
Values and Ideologies:
The Health Plan has always aligned its plan along with the plans and the strategies of the
government of Australia which will support the better form of the health outcomes of the
aboriginal people of Australia. The policy will uplift the values and the individual self-respect of
the indigenous people in front of the society (Murphy & Reath, 2015). The Government of
Australia has also committed in developing the Commonwealth plan of the implementation of
the health regimes. The different steps of the implementation of this social policy has the effect
on the intersection of the health , the emotional and the mental wellbeing of the talent centered
platform for the various agencies, the organizations and the various stakeholders that will be
allowed for the various representative bodies to draw a plan and deliver the better form of the
coordinated and the health priorities in order to reduce the inequalities regarding the health
benefits given to the indigenous people (Shannon, Brolan & Gajjar, 2015).
However there are various challenges that should be addressed in the context of this
policy. The first challenge is the gaps in the clinical healthcare facilities that should be guided
with proper evidences and the various other health standards of the indigenous people. There

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should be more clear data on the sustainable service delivery norms that will be based on the
various economies of scale for the sustainable service populations. This approach will help to
address the remote diversity measures in Australia particularly in the regions of vibrant
geography, language and the culture of the indigenous people living in Australia.
In the determination of the significance of the different aims and the objectives of
the social work values it can be mentioned that the values and ideologies will entail the
specific values of:
 To ensure social justice
 To ensure that all the persons are equally respected
 To ensure equal norms of the professional integrity.
 To shoe respect for the inherent integrity that will be worth of the dignity
and the autonomy that will ensure the dignity of the person residing in
Australia.
 That will foster the individual level of the wellbeing of the autonomy of the
justice along with the social responsibility and the consideration of the
others.
However the social policies of Australia “do not emphasize mainly on the comparative social
policy but also inevitably uses the analysis of the other countries and their various policies
and the regimes”.
Alignment with the social work values and the ideologies
The policy will be aligned to the various improved forms of the health outcomes of the
indigenous people living in Australia which includes:

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 The alignment with the individual health needs
 To ensure the clinical effectiveness
 The integration into the system of the complexity of the needs in the care based system.
 The good governance system that will be cost effective as well as accountable.
The people of Australia has a fine world class health system that is not always assessed
equally by the people. The various evidences also indicates that the people of the Aboriginal and
the Torres Strait will receive very few procedures and the associated prescriptions of the non-
indigenous Australians (Gajjar, et.al 2015).There has to be a proper use of the region based
approaches that will contribute to the efficient and the sustainable standards of the service
delivery mechanism based on the approaches on the economies of scale and for the sustainable
service populations. This particular approach will recognize the various urban, regional and the
remote form of the diversities in Australia.
The development of the regional infrastructure is also the most crucial aspect in the
implementation of the particular health policy that will allow the effective planning and the
coordination mechanisms that will be targeted towards the local needs of the indigenous people.
The local services will potentially benefit the corporate support system and the various quality
accreditation programs for the indigenous people (Canuto et.al 2017).
The AASW (Australian Association of the Social Workers) embrace the different
democratic values and the other principles that entails the following features:
 To show alignment and compliance with the features entailed in the Code of
Ethics.

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 To show belief and trust in the equal and the justifiable worth of the human
beings.
 To show the moral commitment to the pluralistic democratic society of
Australia along with the equality measures under law and the provision for
the equal opportunity for the people of Australia.
 To show acceptance and uniqueness of the individuals residing in Australia.
 The alignment with the collaboration of the cornerstone of the effective
practice.
 To produce high quality of social work and strengthening the service
provisions of the work.
“Our primary focus is on the overall development of the social policy of Australia”
as stated in the official document of ASWR. It also expressed the heightened crisis and the
awareness that have been accrued by the globalization processes of the international level
of the social policy transfer of the substantive areas of the social policies of Australia.
Conclusion
The social policy on health are also dependent upon the economic management scenarios
that will have a fundamental level of influence on the level of the wellbeing of the indigenous
people that will determine the different forms of the policies and the various programs that will
be maintained by the authorities of the government and the other associated organizations that
will serve the humans from the grass root level of the society. The primary focus is on the
formulating of the comparative health policies of Australia that will be specifically formed,

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implemented and will be eventually evaluated from the perspective of the other nations where
the welfare regimes will be considered for the development of the particular aspects of the social
policies in totality in Australia (Fogarty et.al 2018).

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