Inequalities in health between Aboriginal people ad Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous people are noted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to be the largest in the world. The social gradient, stress, early life, social exclusion, work, unemployment, social support, addiction, food and transport are the ten determinants of health that recognized by World Health Organization (WHO). These determinants of health tend to influence each other and affect on individual and communities health. This paper will be based on the article “Government will fail to meet five out of six Closing the Gap targets: Productivity Commission” by Bridget Brennan. Identification of the social determinant of health from the article, analyses and discuss
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It is one of the social determines of health, which affecting contemporary Indigenous people health. As Brennan (2015) point out, there is a wide gap of employment level between Indigenous people and those non-Indigenous people. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (2013), the employment rate of Indigenous people is 26 percentages lower than the non-Indigenous people. Unemployment clearly has negatively impact on both unemployed person and their family health status (The Senate 2013). For example, psychological consequences and financial problems it brings such as debt. It has been liked to mental health such as anxiety and depression; self-reported ill- health and heart disease (The Senate 2013). Moreover, unemployment also has negatively impact on a range of developmental outcome for children’s behavior and emotional (Gray et al. 2011).
Early life is the second social determine of health relates to the article. Many factors powerfully impact fetal and child health development such as poor living environment and jobless family. As research documented there is inequalities of early childhood between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people (Bowes & Grace 2014). These inequities may cause Indigenous children significant lifelong discrepancies in area such as health, educational achievement and employment (Bowes & Grace
It is one of the social determines of health, which affecting contemporary Indigenous people health. As Brennan (2015) point out, there is a wide gap of employment level between Indigenous people and those non-Indigenous people. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (2013), the employment rate of Indigenous people is 26 percentages lower than the non-Indigenous people. Unemployment clearly has negatively impact on both unemployed person and their family health status (The Senate 2013). For example, psychological consequences and financial problems it brings such as debt. It has been liked to mental health such as anxiety and depression; self-reported ill- health and heart disease (The Senate 2013). Moreover, unemployment also has negatively impact on a range of developmental outcome for children’s behavior and emotional (Gray et al. 2011).
Early life is the second social determine of health relates to the article. Many factors powerfully impact fetal and child health development such as poor living environment and jobless family. As research documented there is inequalities of early childhood between Indigenous people and non-Indigenous people (Bowes & Grace 2014). These inequities may cause Indigenous children significant lifelong discrepancies in area such as health, educational achievement and employment (Bowes & Grace