Topic: Cardiovascular Disease
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Essay Cardiovascular disease
Length 2000 Words
Details Select one (1) of the following essay questions:
1. In the Australian context, how might differences in Indigenous and non-Indigenous worldviews affect concepts of health and treatment of illness?
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2. Describe the key elements in the process of colonisation, which have had adverse effects on the health of Indigenous societies. Refer to Australia and one or two other countries.
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3. Briefly outline the main health policy approaches taken by State and Federal governments to Indigenous people. Select two or three of these policy approaches and list some possible consequences for health.
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4. Choose one contemporary Indigenous health issue and critically analyse the key elements and factors, which contribute to, and impact on it. Compare this with one other indigenous population from either North America or New Zealand.
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5. Describe and comment on the adaptation of primary health care in the Indigenous community health context in Australia.
**Please choose 4 and health issue (Cardiovascular disease)
Style and format Essay/Harvard style
REFERENCES
Chilisa, B (2012) Indigenous Research Methologies. SAGE publications: Los Angeles, ISBN
978-1-4129-5882-0
Eckermann, A, Dowd, T, Chong, E, Nixon, L, Gray, R & Johnson, S 2010,
Binan goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health, 3rd edn, Elsevier, Australia. Carson, B, Dunbar, T, Chenhall, RD & Bailie, R (eds) 2007,
Social determinants of Indigenous health, Allen & Unwin, Sydney McMurray, A 2003, Community health and wellness: a socioecological approach, 2nd edn, Mosby, Sydney.
**Please use at least 6-8 more references. References not older than 10 years