Part A
Addressing disparities in Indigenous social determinants of health
Reference: AP7 within last 5year.
Word Length - 500 words of a social determinant within a service delivery program that you locate and of your choosing of the 8 social determinants listed below.
Description: ‘The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries’ (World Health Organisation 2017).
1. Cultural identity
2. Connection to Family
3. Connection to Country
4. Employment
5. Income
6. Education
7. Early life
8. Social Inclusion
9. Housing
Instructions for Individual critiques:
· As an Individual, find a service or program that is being delivered to Aboriginal and/or Torres Islander peoples.
· You are welcome to choose any of the 8 social determinants, including the one you did the group presentation on. This is an opportunity to select a social determinant that resonates with you or the specific service/program that you are interested in.
· Write a 500-word critical analysis of the service that includes a brief description (1-2 sentences only) of the service.
· The emphasis must be on critically analysing what, how, when, where, the social determinant is or is not being addressed and how the service/program might be improved.
Part B
Could you please make two slides with what to say below with focus on
Collaboration with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
(In regards to housing and health services, housing projects run by the government and providing care for them)
Instructions for Group Project
· Describe and critique the housing and health services as it relates to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and Include an analysis of how an understanding of this housing and health services could influence nursing practice when caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.