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Social Determinants Of Health Case Study

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ATSI people refers to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. In terms health outcomes, ATSI people experience the largest gap in Australia. ATSI people are less likely to join the labour force (employment). With no employment ATSI people cannot earn money, therefore having a low socioeconomic status, leading no private health insurance. This is also the case why 83% of ATSI people do not have private health care. 25% of ATSI people live in remote area, as this can affect access to health services, either due to costs, distance, transport or just lack of facilities. The graph above shows the life expectancy of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians at birth, 2005-2007 to 2010-2012. AS you can see both indigenous men and women have …show more content…

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The sociocultural determinants of health include: family, peers, religion, culture and media. Children that are raised in families that have high smoking rates, also have a high rate of second hand smoke and are more likely to become smokers. The same thing is also for children of obese and overweight parents, as they are more likely to be overweight or obese.
The socioeconomic determinants include: education, income and employment. People living in rural and remote living people are disadvantaged regarding education and employment opportunities, income and access to goods and services, therefore are more likely to work on farms, transportation or mines and can lead to lower health literacy.
Environmental determinants include: geographical location, access to health services and technology. In rural and remote areas, have a lower number of GP’s employed than in major cities, which limits access to standard health services. The use od health services is also poorer than in major cities, which includes some cancer screening programs such as bowel cancer.

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This is through reducing the prevalence of smoking an its associated health, social and economic costs, and the inequality it can cause. The NTS offers a national framework, reflecting the best practices for tobacco control and combines past policy frameworks at state and territory, national and global levels. The NTS provides an overview of the impacts of tobacco use, outlines the shared goals, objectives and targets for tobacco control across government and non-government organisations for the next six years. The approach of this strategy involves from the continuation and successes from previous national tobacco strategies and continue national-wide approaches that have reduced smoking prevalence over the last four decades. Over the decades, Australia have instigated various policies which include; mass media campaigns, cessation services, health warnings on packaging, prohibitions on tobacco advertising, price increases and access to tobacco. Also, the NTS adds new measurements to diminish harm caused from smoking, by using plain packaging laws for tobacco, new and expanded graphic health warnings in association with the plain packaging, limitations on online advertising of tobacco

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