Indigenous Health: Post-Colonial Impact on Aboriginal Community Report

This report examines the impact of post-colonialism on the Aboriginal community's health, highlighting the inequalities and racism that affect their wellbeing. It emphasizes a holistic approach to health, considering environmental, emotional, social, and cultural factors. The report discusses the National Cultural Security Framework, which aims to improve healthcare delivery by fostering communication, ethical practices, and strong leadership. The framework focuses on enhancing the community's lifestyle and addresses the need for a stable environment to improve emotional and social well-being. The provided references support the implementation of policies that promote cultural security and improve the health of the Aboriginal community.

Running Head: Indigenous Health
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The post-colonial impact on the aboriginal community of Australia consists of the
inequality and racism that directly influence the health of the community which is significantly
influencing the aboriginal community to date. The indigenous health consists of the well being of
the aboriginal community that includes the physical, social, emotional and cultural aspects of
human life. The health conditions include a holistic approach that considers the environmental
interaction with a person along with aligning the health factors with mind spirit and body apart
from focusing on specific parts of the body. The Australian government develops a National
cultural security framework that helps to implement policies in the aboriginal community. The
aboriginal culture security framework considers diversity in a workforce that enhances the
aboriginal community in the workplace (Browne, et al., 2017). The framework considers the
importance of communication between the professional providing healthcare to the aboriginal
community and ensures high-quality care that is ethical as well as safe. The framework
recognizes the positive influence of strong leadership in improvising cultural security.
Improvement along with planning the entire process that will address the cultural security of the
aboriginal community is a component of the framework that was developed to help the
discriminated community. Existing policies that were developed to help the aboriginal
community are effective as is based on the holistic approach that focuses on the other external
factors that influence the well-being of the people of the community (Howell, et al., 2016). The
framework attempts to provide a stable lifestyle to the community that will enhance their
environmental emotional and social status that directly influences the wellbeing of the
community.

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References
Browne, J., de Leeuw, E., Gleeson, D., Adams, K., Atkinson, P., & Hayes, R. (2017). A network
approach to policy framing: a case study of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Health Plan. Social Science & Medicine, 172, 10-18.
Howell, T., Auger, M., Gomes, T., Brown, F. L., & Leon, A. Y. (2016). Sharing our wisdom: a
holistic aboriginal health initiative. International Journal of Indigenous Health, 11(1),
111-132.