Health disadvantages experienced by Indigenous Australians are considered to be historical in origin, but the endurance of the disadvantages can be put down to the modern structural and social factors, embodied in what have being termed the ‘social determinants of health’. Indigenous Australians experiences a greater rate of health problems and worse health outcomes then the non-Indigenous community. For non-Indigenous Australians the important social determinants of health are feeling safe, work, education, earning enough money, and feels connected to friends and family. The social determinants of health most important to Indigenous Australians are their connecting to the land, heritage and culture, and the historical past that took people
