Callie Torres

Indigenous Australians have poorer health outcomes than Non-Indigenous Australians due to historical events, including Colonisation, that introduced infectious and unknown diseases, and created intergenerational health issues, and the Stolen Generation, that has contributed to psychosocial implications. The continuing inequities of social determinants, including but not limited to, poor education and low socio-economic status, have contributed to the poor health outcomes of Indigenous Australians

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

As an example, the life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males was 69.1 years, and 73.7 years for females in 2010-2012 and it was lower than the non-Indigenous Australians. In 2008-2012 the infant mortality represented 4% when compared to 1% of non-Indigenous deaths (AIHW 2104). Completing higher education among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples represent 30% when compared with non-Indigenous students (Sue and Stephen

Aboriginal Education has been typified by policies of cultural suppression, the creation of servants to white people and promulgation of the belief in European racial superiority. ‘In the late 1700’s the government position was assimilation or annihilation. The pattern of black-white relations began, set in superior-inferior power position that remains today‘(Lipmann 1994:6). Early white settlers believed their mission to be the rounding up of aborigines and converting them into “civilised”

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people experience social disadvantages which significantly impacts their physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual and social health. This essay analyses the impacts of the social determinants of health such as socioeconomic status, early life and psychological distress to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health which causes the wide gap in the social disadvantages experienced by the Indigenous community. According to the assessment of a Productivity

school, home, work and communities. Action is required through educational, professional, commercial and voluntary bodies. If an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander obtain skills that enable them to be empowered and self reliant over their health, they will find it easier to make informed decisions regarding health. As a result Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people will be exposed to better health. Creating Supportive Environments Creating supportive environments focuses on people being

Indigenous people will have generally retained their cultural practices and traditions that will differ greatly from that of the settlers. The term ‘Indigenous person’ is used to describe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. (Australian Human Rights Commission, n.d.) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are the original land owners of Australia, having lived here for more than 40,000. They were free to practice a different way of life and culture before European settlement in the late 1700s

inventory of prejudiced and misguided policies against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples that manifested in the “dispossession, physical ill-treatment, social disruption, population decline, economic exploitation, codified discrimination and cultural devastation of the first people of this land” (Vos, Barker, Begg, Stanley & Lopez, 2008, p. 471). It is undisputed that compared with mainstream Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are still experiencing significantly worse

What are some of the key issues teachers need to consider for working successfully with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students? Introduction Teaching Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students requires a number of strategies and ideas which the teacher needs to keep in mind at all times. Teaching Aboriginal students requires sensitivity for their needs and knowledge about Aboriginal cultural conventions. An example of being wary of their needs is understanding the lack of eye contact

globally, and in Australia. However, the prevalence of CHD is disproportionately high in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, at approximately twice the rate of other Australian populations. There are a number of established risk factors for developing CHD, including hypercholesterolaemia, obesity and hypertension. These risk factors are especially prevalent in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. A multifactorial model for the causation of CHD addresses both distal and