EH2 Week 4

Question 1

What are the five leading causes of death in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander?

(I did like cooked stake)

Answer 1

1. Ischaemic heart disease
2. Diabetes mellitus
3. Lung cancer
4. Chronic lower respiratory disease
5. Intentional self-harm (Suicide)

Question 2

Name the broad determinants of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health?

(Hun solved Lilly’s puzzle)

Answer 2

 Socio economic status
 Low incomes
 High unemployment
 Poor educational attainment

Question 3

Describe the effects of the broad determinants
A) Intergenerational (transgenerational) trauma
B) Imbalanced power relations
C) Systemized and individualized discrimination and racism
D) Contribute to low income and standard of living
E) Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people continue to experience high levels of poverty, incarceration and ill-health

Answer 3

A) trauma that was transferred from the first generation of survivors that have experienced (or witnessed) it directly in the past to the second and further generations of offspring of the survivors via complex post-traumatic stress disorder mechanisms.

B) not full represented in government or have equality

C) one rule fits all, regardless of culture and identity, not taking into account the impacts of colonization on a people, fitting into the ‘norm’ what is normal for aboriginal people

D) Inability to gain employment and generational welfare recipients

E) Representation in prisons is high, low incomes contribute to poverty and ill health

Question 4

What are the three effective approaches that contribute to closing the gap?

Are U Ready?

Answer 4

1. Upstream environmental factors (Nine healthy living practices)
2. Access to patient-centred health care services (Identifying that patient’s agenda, understanding the whole person, finding common ground, enhancing the patient-doctor relationship, disease prevention and health promotion)
3. Recognition of Cultural influences

Question 5

Describe the Cultural Influence

KC Breathes in Oxygen not CO2

Answer 5

1) Obligation to family
2) Beliefs about their health
3) Kinship and Communication
4) Connection to Country and Community

Question 6

What is the purpose of the ACCHS?

Answer 6

Providing holistic care to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander People which are provided by Indigenous people

Question 7

What are the five reasons why the ACCHS was established ?

TAAP

Answer 7

1) Aboriginal people didn’t trust existing services
2) Aboriginal people received a poor level of service and there was poor access
3) Aboriginal people could not afford the health services
4) Health services didn’t address the differing Aboriginal health needs or priorities
5) Establishing ACCHSs was a practical expression of Aboriginal peoples self-determination over health matters after the momentum of the 1967 Referendum.