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Socially Valued ResourcesUnequal access for Indigenous Australians
Kate Donnelly Sydney Secondary College, Blackwattle Bay Campus
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• Yolngu family members continue to teach their children traditional ways of life.Photo: Supplied
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Heritage & enculturation
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Health
•Indigenous Australians experience lower levels of access to health services than the general population due to:▫Proximity▫Availability▫Cultural appropriateness of services▫Transport availability▫Health insurance▫Affordability▫Proficiency in English
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Remote communities
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Health - Distance and Availability•ATSI people live further away from health
care▫26% live in remote or very remote areas▫Compared to only 2% of non-ATSI
• In 2002, 281 medical professionals per 100 000 population were employed in remote or very remote areas▫Compared to 312 in cities▫Largest difference in paediatrics (children’s
care)
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A men’s shed without a Shed Titjikala NT
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Health - Other factors affecting access• Transport
▫ATSI households are larger and are less likely to have a motor vehicle
• Insurance▫17% of ATSI people in
urban areas have health care
▫Compared to 51% of other Australians
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Health - risk factors• Impact upon quality of
life▫Conditions such as
kidney disease, respiratory disease, circulatory system diseases and hearing loss
▫Nutrition▫Alcohol consumption,
smoking and use of other drugs
▫Mental health
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BUT…• Major disparities in health status despite
higher spending on ATSI health (ABS 2005)
• In 2004-5 ATSI were 3 times as likely to be hospitalised as other Australians▫Diabetes is 4 times more prevalent
• Shorter life expectancy (17 yrs less)• Infant mortality is still 3 times the national
average
ATSI Non-ATSI
$3 901 per person $ 3 308 per person
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Education & Employment
•Steady increases in school enrolment rates
•ATSI adults are twice as likely to be unemployed (13% in 2002) than non ATSI
•Income is equivalent to 59% other Australians
•40% of 10 – 17 yr olds in detention are ATSI (ABS 2002)
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Pride in achievement
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Pride in culture
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Housing•More likely to live in some form of social
housing•Those in remote areas live in conditions that
do not support good health•9% living on overcrowded conditions
▫Can contribute to the spread of infectious disease
•1882 improved dwellings in 2001▫Of permanent dwellings, 31% required major
repair or replacement▫153 had not organised sewerage supply
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• At Yarrabah Aboriginal Mission, two or three families - sometimes up to 25 people - share each house, which are little more than tin sheds.Photo: Meredith O'Shea
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Solutions
•Reconciliation
•Northern Territory Intervention (?)
•http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtOxgkZDS4A
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