Aboriginal Health Research Paper
Abstract
Background
There are many challenges associated with health care among indigenous communities in remote and rural areas in Australia.
Aim
This paper overviews three challenges faced by indigenous people while getting health care in remote and rural communities in Australia. It describes present approaches to solve these alarming health issues and evaluates the approaches.
Results
The Cultural beliefs of indigenous people, lack of nurses from indigenous communities and poor assess to transportation are the leading causes behind poor health care. Various approaches are being implemented to provide better health care for remote indigenous people and are showing some positive results.
The results suggest the approaches are being implemented …show more content…
But this gap is more in rural and especially in remote areas 17 years compared to urban communities (Reeve et al, 2015). Therefore, health care challenges for aboriginal people in rural and remote areas are significant across the Australia. This assignment aims to discuss the three major health care challenges for aboriginal people in rural and remote Australia and evaluate the present approaches to these challenges. Due to the word limit, only three major issues will be discussed. If these problems are addressed properly it can make a huge difference to reduce the life expectancy gap among aboriginal and non-indigenous people. Indigenous people are defined as “inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists” (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.).
Three major challenges associated with health care for Aboriginal people, namely, cultural beliefs, lack of nurses from indigenous communities and difficulties in accessing transport will be discussed. In addition, three current approaches to overcome those challenges, being, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs), recruiting and retaining more indigenous nurses and the Telehealth scheme will also be discussed and …show more content…
In Sydney, the first Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) was set up in 1971. Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services are defined as “primary health care services initiated and managed by local Aboriginal communities to deliver holistic and culturally appropriate care to people within their community” (Dwyer, Wilson, & Silburn, 2004). The purpose behind developing ACCHS was to provide comprehensive primary health care to the first people of Australia. Therefore, this is a holistic approach which focuses on social, emotional and physical well-being while treating indigenous people. It is oldest and widely used approach as it dealt in all states and territories of Australia with 152 centers (mostly located in rural and remote areas) since 1971. ACCHS are trying to provide efficient patient-centered health care. It is a broader and effective in scope compared to mainstream general practice as it encompasses early intervention, prevention and comprehensive care. It means manage the health risk through diagnosis and provide support to citizens, families and groups to be responsible for their personal health (Panaretto, Wenitong, Button, & Ring, 2014; Dwyer, Wilson, & Silburn, 2004). In addition, it involves community, cultural safety, cultural respect, social determinants and health promotion in health program. ACCHS are
Background
There are many challenges associated with health care among indigenous communities in remote and rural areas in Australia.
Aim
This paper overviews three challenges faced by indigenous people while getting health care in remote and rural communities in Australia. It describes present approaches to solve these alarming health issues and evaluates the approaches.
Results
The Cultural beliefs of indigenous people, lack of nurses from indigenous communities and poor assess to transportation are the leading causes behind poor health care. Various approaches are being implemented to provide better health care for remote indigenous people and are showing some positive results.
The results suggest the approaches are being implemented …show more content…
But this gap is more in rural and especially in remote areas 17 years compared to urban communities (Reeve et al, 2015). Therefore, health care challenges for aboriginal people in rural and remote areas are significant across the Australia. This assignment aims to discuss the three major health care challenges for aboriginal people in rural and remote Australia and evaluate the present approaches to these challenges. Due to the word limit, only three major issues will be discussed. If these problems are addressed properly it can make a huge difference to reduce the life expectancy gap among aboriginal and non-indigenous people. Indigenous people are defined as “inhabiting or existing in a land from the earliest times or from before the arrival of colonists” (Oxford Dictionary, n.d.).
Three major challenges associated with health care for Aboriginal people, namely, cultural beliefs, lack of nurses from indigenous communities and difficulties in accessing transport will be discussed. In addition, three current approaches to overcome those challenges, being, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs), recruiting and retaining more indigenous nurses and the Telehealth scheme will also be discussed and …show more content…
In Sydney, the first Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHSs) was set up in 1971. Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services are defined as “primary health care services initiated and managed by local Aboriginal communities to deliver holistic and culturally appropriate care to people within their community” (Dwyer, Wilson, & Silburn, 2004). The purpose behind developing ACCHS was to provide comprehensive primary health care to the first people of Australia. Therefore, this is a holistic approach which focuses on social, emotional and physical well-being while treating indigenous people. It is oldest and widely used approach as it dealt in all states and territories of Australia with 152 centers (mostly located in rural and remote areas) since 1971. ACCHS are trying to provide efficient patient-centered health care. It is a broader and effective in scope compared to mainstream general practice as it encompasses early intervention, prevention and comprehensive care. It means manage the health risk through diagnosis and provide support to citizens, families and groups to be responsible for their personal health (Panaretto, Wenitong, Button, & Ring, 2014; Dwyer, Wilson, & Silburn, 2004). In addition, it involves community, cultural safety, cultural respect, social determinants and health promotion in health program. ACCHS are