Assignment- Outline and discuss some of the major underlying factors contributing to poor health outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
In your response, identify and analyse the following:

1. Social determinants of Indigenous health

2. Indigenous Australian cultures and historical backgrounds and examine legislation, policies and practices that have impacted on Indigenous Australian identity, cultures and health.

3. The relationship between historical, cultural, legislative, policy and practice factors, that affect the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians.

http://student.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0007/463381/CSU_CommonInstructionWords.pdf

Step 1 - This assignment is asking that students review Cassie's Story to conceptualise key components that will be discussed in the essay. The story needs to be referenced or referred to in text. Feel free to use sub headings. These will provide structure to your essay.

Step 2 - When you have reviewed the story start to plan your essay- a template for a concept map is found in the resources folder of NRS212. A student example of a completed concept map is attached.

Step 3 - Collect some information

What are the Social determinants of health?

Start a journal search; review your textbook and the modules. This will get you started: http://www.lowitja.org.au/beyond-bandaids

Step 4 - Consider Indigenous Australian cultures and historical backgrounds and examine legislation, policies and practices that have impacted on Indigenous Australian identity, cultures and health. What are the policies, practices and legislation that have made an
impact? These resources will assist in your exploration of this section. They are found within the modules (Topic 3) and available at the CSU library.

Step 5 - Start to consider the relationship between historical, cultural, legislative, policy and practice factors that affect the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians. Resources to assist this section are within the modules (Topic 2C) and available at the
CSU library.

Palmer GR and Short SE (1989) Health care and public policy: An Australian analysis. Melbourne: MacMillan.

Step 6 - Write your essay:

Introduction: Start with a concise introduction that introduces the key concepts that will be discussed in your paper.

I am in urgent need of help to write a 2000 word essay. Could you ensure you please use the required textbook as one source of reference: Indigenous Australians and Health by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs.

Also the following sites as I have found useful information on them and would also like to use them and any others journals or sources you have access to, any other textbooks

http://www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/states-territories-home/wa/reviews/our-review/health-risk-factors

https://www.humanrights.gov.au/news/speeches/social-determinants-and-health-indigenous-peoples-australia-human-rights-based

http://www.naccho.org.au/

Attachment:- Assignment.rar