Australia is a country with a rich multicultural heritage, where diversity of language, culture and, religion continue to grow throughout the nation; working within a workplace with such diversity presents challenges to the health care system. To meet the needs of such diverse groups requires nurses and other health care providers to successfully practice cultural competence when it comes to the delivery of care (National Health and Medical Research Council, 2006, p.4). Cultural competence in health care WRITE SOMETHING HERE ABOUT MEDIA EFFECTS AND RACISM IN HEALTH.
Media Article One http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-11/close-the-gap-initiatives-failing-in-key-areas-mundine-says/6084512 Key Issues
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Aboriginal Health is …show more content…
Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon revealed in a statement that the latest results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) illustrated that the gap was less severe than what the UN report had made it appear. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma had also released a statement in regards to the UN report; highlighting that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remain marginalised in Australia, even though the nation has made large steps forward in regards to the indigenous people over the last few …show more content…
The commentator at the end of the advertisement states that discrimination in all its forms leads to depression and anxiety in Indigenous Australians, bringing awareness to the consequences of discrimination. It encourages Australians to respect others different from them, check their behaviour and to think about the effect of what they say and do can have on others.
Links to models, approaches and current debate
The Beyond Blue television advertisement shows just how small an action or word has an effect on those who are being discriminated against. Those who belong to minority groups especially those who are visually recognised to belong to certain races experience more discrimination due to fixed ideas and notions about that particular race (Fanany & Fanany, 2012). There have been many studies undertaken that have shown poorer mental health in minority groups and culturally competent approaches that allow health care providers to be culturally considerate and aware (Durey, 2010). In 2008 a survey undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) discovered that 32% of Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) over the age of eighteen had experienced high levels of psychological distress which
Media Article One http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-11/close-the-gap-initiatives-failing-in-key-areas-mundine-says/6084512 Key Issues
Media Article Two
Aboriginal Health is …show more content…
Minister for Indigenous Health Warren Snowdon revealed in a statement that the latest results from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) illustrated that the gap was less severe than what the UN report had made it appear. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma had also released a statement in regards to the UN report; highlighting that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people remain marginalised in Australia, even though the nation has made large steps forward in regards to the indigenous people over the last few …show more content…
The commentator at the end of the advertisement states that discrimination in all its forms leads to depression and anxiety in Indigenous Australians, bringing awareness to the consequences of discrimination. It encourages Australians to respect others different from them, check their behaviour and to think about the effect of what they say and do can have on others.
Links to models, approaches and current debate
The Beyond Blue television advertisement shows just how small an action or word has an effect on those who are being discriminated against. Those who belong to minority groups especially those who are visually recognised to belong to certain races experience more discrimination due to fixed ideas and notions about that particular race (Fanany & Fanany, 2012). There have been many studies undertaken that have shown poorer mental health in minority groups and culturally competent approaches that allow health care providers to be culturally considerate and aware (Durey, 2010). In 2008 a survey undertaken by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) discovered that 32% of Indigenous Australians (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders) over the age of eighteen had experienced high levels of psychological distress which