Most people have heard ofClosing the Gap. In 2008, the Commonwealth government adopted a community-led campaign to close the gap in life expectancy for our people. The 2008 Closing the Gap national strategy – agreed to by federal, state and territory governments – set targets to improve life...
Looks at `The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Peoples,' a report which revealed a widening gap between the health of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in Australia. Lower life expectancy of the country's indigenous people; Smoking as the most common ...
Cardiovascular diseasesGeneral medicineHealth services administrationWestern Sydney University, Penrit he recent 10-year review of the Closing the Gap Strategy, T which aims to eliminate the difference in life expectancy between Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders and other Australians by 2031, found ...
The RACP is a founding member of the Close the Gap Campaign for Indigenous health equality, a campaign by peak Indigenous and non-Indigenous health bodies to close the health and life expectancy gap by ...
By studying what helps those at risk to become more resilient and subsequently healthier it could lessen the devastatinglife expectancygap for ironically one of the oldest known cultures in the world.
The health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is well known. Over 60% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people live in capital cities or regional centres. The Aboriginal Medical Service Redfern has been providing accessible primary healthcare to this popula...
A damning report has revealed a widening gap between the health of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. The most comprehensive survey ever on the subject shows that Aborigines are six to eight times more likely to die aged 25 to 55 years than white Australians. They have a life expectancy ma...
Ischaemic heart disease, Myocardial infarction, Healthcare Disparities, Hospitals, urban, Coronary angiography, Age factors, Comorbidity Introduction Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is the highest ranking con- tributor to the substantial life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in...
Along with different factors contributing to the life expectancy gap, Aboriginal people also face significant barriers in the use of the healthcare system.What does this paper add? Aboriginal patients' lived experience of cardiac care at a major metropolitan hospital in Melbourne is explored in this...
Closing First Nations life expectancy gap Closing the gap in life expectancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be the focus of an Australian first health alliance. The Research Alliance for Urban Goori Health will unite a research organisation, health service and primary health ...