List five factors that contribute to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ill health and common diseases.

1.Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people often define illness in cultural terms. The early European model of viewing health issues did not include an understanding of the complexity of many Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people’s culture and their holistic approach to health. 2. The history of European contact has been one of conflict, domination and suppression, leaving many Indigenous Australians dispossessed and culturally bereft. As a result many Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people continue to suffer significant health, social and educational disadvantage. 3. Since colonisation, healthy Aboriginal ‘bush tucker’ has mostly been replaced by high fat, low fibre, high salt and high sugar foods of low nutritional value. As a result, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are disproportionately common among Indigenous Australian communities. 4. loss of group identity result in mental health issue eg suicide and smoking, alcohol and substance abuse. according the above, use 50wrods to answer the below question What factors are likely to contribute to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ill health and give examples of three common diseases experienced by these groups of people

Identify two factors that led to Australia’s Indigenous population being highly susceptible to the diseases brought by Europeans.

What factor does NOT contribute to the disadvantaged health landscape of Indigenous people?Question 7Select one:a.Language barriersb.The additional use of traditional medicines and healing practicesc.limited localised health servicesd.Change in diet composition and physical activitye.Loss of ancestral land and its resources

What are the top two factors that Grieves (2014) discovered are most important for Indigenous peoples’ wellbeing?

Using all the dimensions of health, compare ATSI peoples health to that of all other Australians