Health can be mentioned in many definitions due to the various cultures and beliefs. Health not only indicates the physical health which should being well, but also the mental health and social (World Health Organization, 1948 ; Reily et al., 2013). Non-indigenous Australian may identify some behaviours and habits may bring out the negative outcome in physical health, like smoking and drinking. However, Australian indigenous may consider smoking and drinking are a part of culture and social behaviours for them, those behaviours can bring out the positive outcome in social and mental health (Neil, 2003). Thus, environment, cognitive, social and culture factors may affect people's belief and lifestyle choices and it will bring out different preparative
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Also, the Australian indigenous who are lower education level, also believe the behaviours like smoking which is not harm but also can reduce their stress, they may learn it by their peers or even parent (Necil, 2003 ; Carson, Dunbar, Chenhall & Bailie 2007). As the sharing house with more than one family and monogamy are part of the culture of Australian indigenous, their behaviour may easily influence each other (Necil, 2003 ; Carson, Dunbar, Chenhall & Bailie 2007). Moreover, “Individual wellbeing is always contingent upon the effective discharge of obligations to society and the land itself” (Maher, 1999, p.230), this mentions that Aboriginal Australian believe individual’s being health is established by person’s social responsibilities and obligations. If there is person suffer the serious illness or death, their traditional healer need to identify the reason and cause but if the result is legitimate punishment like breach …show more content…
This behaviours which truly resolve indigenous people mental health and build up their interpersonal relationship, but also bring out the negative outcome in their physical heath such as asthma (Wood et al.,2008). That is also the reason why some of the Australian indigenous are still prefer to get the treatment with indigenous heeler and health professionals rather than non-indigenous Australian, but there are only 0.5% of doctors and 1% of the nurses are Australian indigenous (Wakerman & Shannon, 2016). Hence, some of the Australian indigenous still persevere to gain the traditional Aboriginal medical treatment, eg. the traditional healer, bush medicines, chanting and singing
Also, the Australian indigenous who are lower education level, also believe the behaviours like smoking which is not harm but also can reduce their stress, they may learn it by their peers or even parent (Necil, 2003 ; Carson, Dunbar, Chenhall & Bailie 2007). As the sharing house with more than one family and monogamy are part of the culture of Australian indigenous, their behaviour may easily influence each other (Necil, 2003 ; Carson, Dunbar, Chenhall & Bailie 2007). Moreover, “Individual wellbeing is always contingent upon the effective discharge of obligations to society and the land itself” (Maher, 1999, p.230), this mentions that Aboriginal Australian believe individual’s being health is established by person’s social responsibilities and obligations. If there is person suffer the serious illness or death, their traditional healer need to identify the reason and cause but if the result is legitimate punishment like breach …show more content…
This behaviours which truly resolve indigenous people mental health and build up their interpersonal relationship, but also bring out the negative outcome in their physical heath such as asthma (Wood et al.,2008). That is also the reason why some of the Australian indigenous are still prefer to get the treatment with indigenous heeler and health professionals rather than non-indigenous Australian, but there are only 0.5% of doctors and 1% of the nurses are Australian indigenous (Wakerman & Shannon, 2016). Hence, some of the Australian indigenous still persevere to gain the traditional Aboriginal medical treatment, eg. the traditional healer, bush medicines, chanting and singing