Introduction
Australia is one of the countries in the world that is made up of different cultural groups with different cultural health determinants. Generally, the health of an individual begins from their homes, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces with some similarities being evident while differences crop up at some point (Nagata,et al., 2013). The social determinants of health refers to those conditions in the environment that surrounds a given group of people that in a way affects the health of the people within a given setting. The conditions also affect the quality of life of these individuals as well as the general functioning of the society in question (Garg, Jack, & Zuckerman, 2013). The social determinants of health also refer …show more content…
Some of the social health determinants of these individuals include the availability of the important resources to meet the daily healthy needs of these people. In this, the education standards of the aboriginals greatly affect the way that they seek health services at different occasions. The living wages of the aboriginals also tend to affect the way that this group of individuals accesses the healthcare facilities and the quality of services that they access during health crisis (Mitrou, et al., 2014). Additionally, the ability of this group of people to access healthy food also plays an important role in determining their health as unhealthy foods will definitely lead to poor health while health foods leads to appropriate health being experienced in the society (Carey, & Crammond, …show more content…
Greatly, a good population of the aboriginals tends to support their counterparts in accessing health related services. Again, the kind of interactions that are carried out in the community where the aboriginals live greatly affects the health of community members in the aboriginal society (Mitrou, et al., 2014). Additionally, poverty is another determinant of health among the aboriginals. This factor comes to play in that, the poor people who live in the society are not in a position to access healthcare facilities while those who are considered to be financially able have the ability to access appropriate health facilities when faced with different health conditions (Dahlgren, & Whitehead, 2016). As a result, being poor or rich in the aboriginal community plays an important role in determining the health of the
Australia is one of the countries in the world that is made up of different cultural groups with different cultural health determinants. Generally, the health of an individual begins from their homes, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces with some similarities being evident while differences crop up at some point (Nagata,et al., 2013). The social determinants of health refers to those conditions in the environment that surrounds a given group of people that in a way affects the health of the people within a given setting. The conditions also affect the quality of life of these individuals as well as the general functioning of the society in question (Garg, Jack, & Zuckerman, 2013). The social determinants of health also refer …show more content…
Some of the social health determinants of these individuals include the availability of the important resources to meet the daily healthy needs of these people. In this, the education standards of the aboriginals greatly affect the way that they seek health services at different occasions. The living wages of the aboriginals also tend to affect the way that this group of individuals accesses the healthcare facilities and the quality of services that they access during health crisis (Mitrou, et al., 2014). Additionally, the ability of this group of people to access healthy food also plays an important role in determining their health as unhealthy foods will definitely lead to poor health while health foods leads to appropriate health being experienced in the society (Carey, & Crammond, …show more content…
Greatly, a good population of the aboriginals tends to support their counterparts in accessing health related services. Again, the kind of interactions that are carried out in the community where the aboriginals live greatly affects the health of community members in the aboriginal society (Mitrou, et al., 2014). Additionally, poverty is another determinant of health among the aboriginals. This factor comes to play in that, the poor people who live in the society are not in a position to access healthcare facilities while those who are considered to be financially able have the ability to access appropriate health facilities when faced with different health conditions (Dahlgren, & Whitehead, 2016). As a result, being poor or rich in the aboriginal community plays an important role in determining the health of the