Week 7 Flashcards
Explain the holistic model of A&TSI social and emotional wellbeing
Connection to body, connection to mind and emotions, connections to family and kinship, connections to community, connections to spirituality and ancestors, connection to country, connection to culture. Surrounded by social, cultural, political and historical determinants. Protective or risk factors to the connections.
Which stressors have been identified as being relevant to A&TSI social and emotional wellbeing?
Discrimination and racism, physical health problems, child removals and unresolved trauma, violence and family violence, death of family members or friends, substance/alcohol use, social and economic factors.
What are the prompts associated with A&TSI social and emotional wellbeing?
1- Biology
2- Expectations
3- Opportunities
What are the facilitators associated with A&TSI social and emotional wellbeing?
1- Intellectual flexibility
2- Good language development
3- Emotional support
What are the constraints associated with A&TSI social and emotional wellbeing?
1- Stress 2- Chaos 3- Social exclusion 4- Racism 5- Social inequality
What are the three most significant medical conditions with regards to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) and Cancer.
Why is race described as a social construct?
Artificial construct, society assigns people to racial categories because of power and social opinion. Variation in skin pigmentation is an evolutionary process to differences in the directness of sunlight. Therefore the concept of human races is scientifically invalid. All humans share a common ancestry. Less than 0.1% variation.
What is racism?
The doctrine that the world is divisible into categories based on physical differences which can be transmitted genetically. Categories are ordered hierarchically so some elements of the worlds population are superior to others.
What types of racism exist?
1- Individual. 2 or more people. One expresses negative attitudes and beliefs against someone else/specific group
2- Institutional (systemic). Actions by social institutions/systems that systematically privilege members of a certain racial group and disadvantages other minority groups
3-Cultural. Views certain minority group’s culture as the cause of their disadvantage.
4- Environmental. Related to policies and practices that disproportionately affect certain population groups in relation to living and health
Explain resilience
Concept is based on a western understanding of the ability to cope with distress. Our thoughts and adversity are causally related to our feelings and behaviours.
Explain social capital
Definition of resilience needs to correspond with what cultures recognise as familiar and integrated into a holistic world view. When social capital is partnered with resilience, can form a basis from which a sense of control and self determination can emerge.
Explain the Aboriginal perspective of resilience
Strong spirit that confronts and conquers racism and oppression, strengthening the spirit.
