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Aboriginal Holistic Health

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  • "Reflective Writing 1IntroductionWhat do we actually mean by aboriginal holistic health and what are the ways in which it affectsstrategies, policies, and programs I begin this study by defining few terms; the Aboriginal communityformed that controls..

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  • "Reflective Writing 1IntroductionWhat do we actually mean by aboriginal holistic health and what are the ways in which it affectsstrategies, policies, and programs I begin this study by defining few terms; the Aboriginal communityformed that controls the issues which directly impact their community. Wholistic health it is not onlythe matter of physical health of an individual but it is the matter and concern of the society andcommunity where he lives.(Canberra, 1981)In order to take care of the physical well-being of anindividual along with the society and community, a potential health strategy has been introduced whichentirely focus on the healthy lifestyle to prevent sudden deaths by improving the health status.Potential Health strategyAs per my study and observations following are the objectives: Reducing spreading of non-infectiousdiseases and health risk factors; decreasing infant mortality by improving the health of mother andchild; providing equal opportunities to all individuals to access all the healthcare services.I would suggest that by organizing public health awareness camps proper knowledge of these policiesmust be given, policies related to healthy diet, knowledge improvement of inhabitants with respect tocreating a significant balanced diet which improved and maintains health levels, providing healthy andnutritious food in all the educational institutes and organizations (Kite and Davy, 2015). Someimportant tasks need to be performed to achieve these objectives. Reflective Writing 2 Introducing health programs in schools and offices like “3 a day” in which an individual mustconsume at least three healthy fruits in a day to increase their immunity levels. The concept of culturalsafety and collaboration is also one of the major outcomes of implementing the policy. It has been seenthat in few places aboriginal people have experienced social, cultural and colonization assimilationthrough various programmes conducted and introduction of policies. In this context of delivery ofhealthcare there are few unsafe cultural practices which has defined as “an action that is disempower,diminish or demean the cultural identity and well- being of an individual.”(Cooney, 1994)Policy outcomesI completely agree that by providing equal opportunities to all individuals for having access tohealthcare services provided to them will lead to increase in life expectancy at birth, reduction inmortality from non- infectious diseases for adults below the age of 64, improvement in healthconditions of children, decreased morbidity with infectious decease, equally balancing the fundingamong public and private sectors of healthcare, giving proper treatment to outpatients (Funston, 2013).I would say that to achieve these outcomes certain actions must be taken like restricting alcoholconsumption and also restricting the amount of Trans acids used in various products, and to decreasethe infant mortality, I would suggest that parents must be informed timely about the impact of usingaddictive products at the time of pregnancy and importance of mother’s milk for child’s health. Developing action plans for reducing environmental pollution as it is the most hazardous thing for anindividual's health causing traumatism and mortality. Reduction in infectious disease can only be doneby providing updated information on treatment of such diseases and what preventive measures must betaken should also be defined (LoGiudice, 2016).Reflective Writing 3As per my observations, in order to implement the policies successfully it is important to ensure theavailability of culturally safe environment. It has been observed that there is a strong relationshipbetween a nurse and a patient but the impact of this relationship will not be seen until and unless thepolicies and structures are not culturally safe. As per NCCC(National Centre for Cultural Competence)the culturally competent organisation consists of set of structures, principles and values. There are setof person who still does not have proper access to healthcare services provided by the government dueto which these set of people often do not get timely medications and they die. By implementing thestrategy which I have chosen there will be an improvement in health outcomes of the indigenouspopulation thus leading to filling the gap between indigenous and non-Indigenous (McWhirter et al.,2015). This can be done by eliminating the inequality and thus introducing the measures to ensureequal opportunities for everyone. To achieve this objective I will take the help of local government toarrange promotional activities for good health, prevention of disease , early diagnosis of disease anddifferent health care services provided to them and all this will be done irrespective of status, placewhere the person lives, age, gender etcin order to ensure the equality, proper cooperation andcoordination is a must among all the local government bodies, public sectors, private sectors theyshould come up with improving the accessibility of these promotional activities introduced and alsotimely monitoring the general public health status. What all must be done to reduce the gap can also beensured by making an action plan under which proper cooperation between media, journalists, editorsmust be there to spread the information related to healthcare camps (Practitioners, 2016). The government must allocate proper funding to these camps and to the hospitals for improving thefacilities provided to patients because sometimes it happens due to non-availability of funds patientssuffers a lot in terms of shortage of beds, medications, cleanliness and other major facilities so toensure the healthy life style government must allocate proper funds. Organizing activities to informgroups about the health issues taking into consideration the age and gender as people from different Reflective Writing 4genders have different body requirements so their health issues will also be different likewise; peoplefrom different age groups will react differently in different situations, cultural safety, collaboration,self-determination. Aboriginal people have seen self-determination as a means of regaining control onthe matters of management which directly impacts them and their cultural identities. It is at the sametime may be a matter where such people can take advantage to control the situations as per theirrequirements through self-determination and can be easily negotiated and agreed upon quickly.(Stout &DowneyI would implement the policies which promote a healthy choice in society, making these choices easierfor an individual to access. This can be done by organizing public health awareness camps under whichproper knowledge of these policies must be given, policies related to healthy diet, knowledgeimprovement of inhabitants with respect to creating a significant balanced diet which improved andmaintains health levels (Watson, Young and Barnes, 2013). Healthy and nutritious food is madeavailable in all educational institutes and organizations. Proper cooperation and coordination is a mustamong all the local government bodies, public sectors, private sectors they should come up withimproving the accessibility of these promotional activities introduced and also timely monitoring thegeneral public health status (Practitioners, 2016). What all must be done to reduce the gap can also beensured by making an action plan under which proper cooperation between media, journalists, editorsmust be there to spread the information related to healthcare camps. Focused self-determination must be there in order to achieve all the objectives of the policies as thereare so many factors which are affecting negatively and will not let the implementation a success.ConclusionIn this study I have focused on few parameters mainly introducing the policy keeping in mind the "

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