Treatment and research of Indigenous populations

Question 1

What was the film documentary called that switched the perspectives of Indigenous people and whites?

Answer 1

Barbekiueria

Question 2

What is the AH&MRC?

Answer 2

Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council

Question 3

What is the role of the AH&MRC?

Answer 3

• Assess research proposals
• Health and well-being of Aboriginal people and communities in NSW
• Monitor the collection of data
• Ensure activities are ethical

Question 4

What are the 5 things, research of Indigenous peoples needs to be, to be ethical?

Answer 4

• Beneficial to the Indigenous community (is it necessary/ how does it benefit)
• Controlled by the community (open meetings, core bodies agree, researchers available)
• Culturally sensitive (awareness of history, legislation and current position & one’s own bias, sincerity)
• Reimbursed
• Able to enhance Aboriginal skills and knowledge

Question 5

What is one of the leading contributing factors to the indigenous health gap?

Answer 5

The cycle of distress: 
Distress 
Difficulty engaging 
Reduced capacity 
Reduced resources

Question 6

What are social determinants?

Answer 6

Factors that affect your social well-being

Question 7

When looking at Indigenous mental health it is important to place social determinants on what model?

Answer 7

The life-span model (too many negative social determinants spark a cycle of distress especially if experienced in close succession)

Question 8

Psychotherapy is grounded in western cultural values which are? (3)

Answer 8

• Individualism
• Materialism
• Secularity

… based on the concept of illness

Question 9

What does the Systemic Model of psychology suggest?

Answer 9

Individuals operate as part of a system and subsystems and each system seeks to maintain stability (change is resisted)

Question 10

What is Cognitive Decline in older adults?

Answer 10

Normal Ageing:
(MCI) Mild Cognitive Impairment: decline in memory and cognition without impairment
Dementia: decline causing impairment in ADLs (activities of daily living)

Question 11

What are 4 Types of dementia?

Answer 11

Alzheimer’s
Vascular
Frontotemporal
Lewy Bodies

Question 12

What is associated with greater risk of dementia?

Answer 12

Lower education (with an emphasis on years of education)
Old age
Male

Question 13

How did they validate the study?

Answer 13

Test-restest

Inter-rater reliability

Question 14

What was difficult about the study?

Answer 14

• SES Variable
• Alcohol (could have been an issue during childhood = variable affecting education)
• Recruitment = tired, stressed, unwell
Informal education = not sig. (maybe formal education provides something else other than stimulation that informal doesn’t e.g. structure)