HLSC120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nephron, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Cerebrovascular Disease
Assessment
● Consider influences such as the mass media and the literature that have shaped
your views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
● Reflect on how your personal views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have
been shaped
● Describe family and/or personal history influences on your perceptions of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander people
● There should be no introduction or conclusion
● The assignment should be written in the first person
● Review the marking criteria associated with this assessment item as your marks will
be allocated based on rubric criteria
● How beliefs, attitudes, values were formed
● Consider current culture and attitudes towards Aboriginal people
● Use reading and literature
● Must provide evidence if referring to inequalities - text citation
● References at end of lecture notes
The State of Indigenous Health
● Makes no difference where you live if you are Indigenous - you will be worse off
health wise, regardless of the economic status of the country
● Such large differences are related to poverty, poor education levels, employment
status, and access to health services, and whether Indigenous people are actually
counted, which they are not in some countries
Why does Indigenous Disadvantage occur?
● Destruction of sociopolitical structures
○ Destruction and collapse of belief systems
○ Breakdown of tribal structures
○ Breakdown of traditional symbols
○ Dispossession
○ Ethnocide and ethnic cleansing
Disparities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
● Social determinants
○ Socio-economic status
○ Impact of poverty
○ Unemployment
○ Housing
○ Educational attainment
○ Racial discrimination
○ Exposure to violence
○ Trauma
○ Stressful events
○ Access to community resources
● Historical determinants
○ Impact of past government policies
○ The extent of historical oppression
○ Cultural displacement
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