Torres Strait Islanders

health are ultimately the root causes of disease and health, which determine the cause of many risk factors for disease. Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders are significantly more disadvantaged when referring to the social determinants of health leading to higher occurrence of disease in their socioeconomic groups than those of non-Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. The social determinants of health are comprised of many factors such as “safe pregnancy, early childhood experiences,…

and Medical Research Council 2011) The Close the Gap campaign is a strategy that was made by several organisations to achieve equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian’s by closing the health and life expectation gap that exists between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (Australian Human Rights…

campaigning indigenous land rights and to help make a change of the struggle for rights and freedom of the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. The Mabo case was a significant legal case held in Australia to the High court of Australia, that recognized land rights of the indigenous people. Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on the 29th of June 1936, on Murray island located in the Torres Strait. His mother had died giving birth and because of this, he was adopted by his uncle Benny Mabo and he…

Part A-Timeline of Significant Events in the Changing of Rights and Freedoms of Indigenous Australians: 1948- It is stated on the Youth for Human Rights webpage After the Second World War, wife of Franklin Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, led a committee of people to write up a special document that stated the basic human rights that everyone in the world should have. This Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the general assembly of the United Nations (UN) on the 10th of December,…

foods, and the diseases that came from overseas when Australia was invaded (Best & Fredericks, 2014). However there is another significant reason Aboriginal health has declined since the British invasion this is the fact that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been disconnected from their traditional country resulting in a loss of access to traditional food and medicines. They have also lost culturally significant sites, and they have lost their cultural identity (Campbell,…

Faith Bandler played an important role in promoting the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders people. The struggles and discrimination of the ATSI peoples was made evident to her during her childhood and she went on to co-found an organisation which supported their rights, making many public and private speeches. Bandler played a vital part in the 1967 referendum and has been acknowledged for her contribution with many awards. Bandler is in no doubt one of the most important…

Introduction Despite government funding, there is still a gap for indigenous students. The closing of this gap can be achieved when schools and teachers address the issue by acknowledging the impact the past has had on the present, for Indigenous students. I believe, to address the issue we have to stop the cycle of hate and shame between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous people. The past needs to be acknowledged and taught, however focusing on it can be detrimental to moving into the future.…

Wakerman, 2002) 3. Enhancing Indigenous ‘control and participation’ in health services and the environment (Field and Wakerman, 2002) 4. Form ‘a strategic research program to address cardiovascular disease and related disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and rural and remote settings’ (Field and Wakerman, 2002) 5. Health services models (Field and Wakerman, 2002) 6. Looking at social and economic inequalities (Field and Wakerman,…

reconciliation with indigenous people (Australian). In its final report, which was submitted to the Prime Minister and the Commonwealth Parliament, the CAR recommends Parliaments to change the Constitution to grant the rights for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and to make it unlawful to discriminate against people by race. In addition to that, it also encourages them to enact legislation to unite all Australians and resolve issues of…

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the obstruction of blood vessels that supply the heart muscle, due to the deposition of lipid material [1]. The risk factors affecting the prevalence of CHD within Australians today are presented in Figure 1. Figure 1: The risk factors affecting the prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease in Australia (extracted from [2] and [3]) Modifiable Risk Factors Non-Modifiable Risk Factors Diet, containing saturated fat and salt Increasing age Hyperlipidemia Gender…