Indigenous Booklet Australian Bureau of Statistics

Question: Discuss about theIndigenous Bookletfor Australian Bureau of Statistics. Answer: According to different health indicators highlighting health gap in indigenous Australians, there is need to take action to address the issues and provide equal opportunity for access to health care. The following are the plan proposed for improving health status in this group- Introduction Health in Indigenous Australians The Australian Bureau of Statistics reveals that there is significant gap in health outcome of indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The key attributes that highlights this findings includes the following: Factors Contributing to Gap in Health Status of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Australians The poor health outcome in indigenous Australians can be understood from the context of social determinant of health and behavioral risk factor in the group. Plan for Health Improvement in Indigenous Group Reference Gould, G.S., Munn, J., Watters, T., McEwen, A. and Clough, A.R., 2013. Knowledge and views about maternal tobacco smoking and barriers for cessation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders: a systematic review and meta-ethnography.Nicotine Tobacco Research,15(5), pp.863-874. Hospitalisation Overview of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status 2015 Health facts Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet. (2016).Healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au. Retrieved 24 September 2016, from https://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-facts/overviews/hospitalisation Hunt, L., Ramjan, L., McDonald, G., Koch, J., Baird, D. and Salamonson, Y., 2015. Nursing students' perspectives of the health and healthcare issues of Australian Indigenous people.Nurse education today,35(3), pp.461-467. Indigenous health (AIHW). (2016).Aihw.gov.au. Retrieved 24 September 2016, from https://www.aihw.gov.au/australias-health/2014/indigenous-health/ Mirzaei, M., Aspin, C., Essue, B., Jeon, Y.H., Dugdale, P., Usherwood, T. and Leeder, S., 2013. A patient-centred approach to health service delivery: improving health outcomes for people with chronic illness.BMC health services research,13(1), p.1. Mitrou, F., Cooke, M., Lawrence, D., Povah, D., Mobilia, E., Guimond, E. and Zubrick, S.R., 2014. Gaps in Indigenous disadvantage not closing: a census cohort study of social determinants of health in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand from 19812006.BMC Public Health,14(1), p.1. Phillips, B., Morrell, S., Taylor, R. and Daniels, J., 2014. A review of life expectancy and infant mortality estimations for Australian Aboriginal people.BMC Public Health,14(1), p.1. Sarrami-Foroushani, P., Travaglia, J., Debono, D. and Braithwaite, J., 2014. Implementing strategies in consumer and community engagement in health care: results of a large-scale, scoping meta-review.BMC health services research,14(1), p.1. Shepherd, C.C., Li, J. and Zubrick, S.R., 2012. Social gradients in the health of Indigenous Australians.American journal of public health,102(1), pp.107-117. Social determinants and the health of Indigenous peoples in Australia a human rights based approach | Australian Human Rights Commission. (2016).Humanrights.gov.au. Retrieved 24 September 2016, from https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/speeches/social-determinants-and-health-indigenous-peoples-australia-human-rights-based Ware, V., 2013.Improving the accessibility of health services in urban and regional settings for Indigenous people(Vol. 27). Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.