Sentences with phrase «cultural determinants»

Uniquely, the Steering Committee is also developing cultural determinants of health that will reflect the importance of strong and thriving cultures to the health, notably the mental health, of Indigenous Australians.

It's time to move away from the deficit model that is implicit in much discussion about the social determinants of health, and instead take a strengths - based cultural determinants approach to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

As reported previously at Croakey, Professor Brown is an advocate of taking a strengths - based cultural determinants approach to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

The study tells the story behind the statistics, finding that widespread disadvantage across social and cultural determinants underpins the complex needs identified.

Calma also revealed that the Commonwealth Department of Health is establishing a social and cultural determinants unit that will come into effect from 1 January 2017 and will be trialed for six months.

Consistent with the thematic approach to the Articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), cultural determinants include, but are not limited to:

In health, social and cultural determinants explained one - third of the gap and Tauli - Corpuz said understanding the impacts of intergenerational trauma and racism were essential:

She is also an Assistant Professor at the Department of Native Hawaiian Health at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the UH Manoa, where her primary research interests are in health disparities, social and cultural determinants of health, community - based participatory research, and patient safety.»

«strengths - based cultural determinants approach to improving the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people»

The «demand - side» view attributes the unbanked phenomenon to cultural determinants (i.e. the poor may distrust financial institutions or may not have a «culture of saving») or to a lack of financial literacy.

In our projects, we incorporate the analysis of economic, social and cultural determinants and gender analysis.

The former was widely expanding mostly in the West while the latter, in a non-western cultural context, was shaped primarily by specific geopolitical and cultural determinants, and the circulation of ideas in the realm of Iron Curtain was constantly challenged.

Gilewicz's practice invites a reflection on the mechanisms governing our perception and on the cultural determinants of the way we see things.

Cultural psychiatry is concerned with the social and cultural determinants of psychopathology and psychosocial treatments of the range of mental and behavioural problems in individuals, families and communities.

Azzopardi, who has worked as an adolescent physician in Aboriginal communities and undertook the study as part of his PhD, said he believes the big focus on the social and cultural determinants of health «is a particular strength of this study».

Transcultural Psychiatry provides a channel of communication for psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, and social scientists concerned with the social and cultural determinants of psychopathology and psychosocial treatments of mental and behavioural problems in individuals, families and communities.

He explored the critical role of social justice, social and cultural determinants of health and increasing the numbers of Native Hawaiian medical practitioners in achieving «Mauli Ola» or optimal health and wellbeing for all Native Hawaiians.

The mainstream re-oriented itself around our ways of doing business — to focus on primary health care, communities, prevention, social justice, and the social and cultural determinants of health.

These include: the setting of specific goals; a focus of social and cultural determinants of health; a commitment to work in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, organisations and their representative bodies; an emphasis on mental health; the inclusion of fathers in the maternal and parenting section; the recognition of the protective role of culture; the focus on teenagers as a distinct group; and the support for ageing on country.

The draft, which is open for comment until December 10, acknowledges the role of institutional racism «as a factor that impacts on health service delivery» and of the «ongoing importance of research into the social and cultural determinants of health as well as health system, service delivery and translational research».

I was also concerned that the section on Addressing Social and Cultural Determinants of Health only mentions the Indigenous Advancement strategy.

See also this slide from Associate Professor James Ward's presentation to the conference about the cultural determinants of health for Indigenous people.

• Prof Ngiare Brown on the cultural determinants of health • Previewing the summit and some suggestions for Q and A

«The ATSISPEP Team believes that this Report should be considered by all Government agencies, particularly in relation to social and cultural determinants of health.

The article highlighted the importance of the social and cultural determinants of health in any discussion about the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

NHLF describes racism as a key social and cultural determinant of health and said legislative protections were an essential component in addressing it.

Professor Ngiare Brown's presentation on resilience and the cultural determinants of health generated plenty of Twitter interest..

Everyone understands that Closing the Gap in health status and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and non-Indigenous Australians requires improvements in the social and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing — which lie outside the health sector.

Coupled with genuine engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this will provide the basis for the generational change and commitment that is clearly necessary in order to deal with the fundamental issues which are the social, economic and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing.

«It is important to address the social and cultural determinants of health as there are many drivers of ill health that lie outside the direct responsibility of the health sector.»

A cultural determinants approach and cultural revitalisation drive sustainable intergenerational change.

The cultural determinants of health originate from and promote a strength based perspective, acknowledging that stronger connections to culture and country build stronger individual and collective identities, a sense of self - esteem, resilience, and improved outcomes across the other determinants of health including education, economic stability and community safety.

A «social and cultural determinants» approach recognises that there are many drivers of ill - health that lie outside the direct responsibility of the health sector and which therefore require a collaborative, inter-sectoral approach.

«Exploring and articulating the cultural determinants of health acknowledges the extensive and well - established knowledge networks that exist within communities, the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service movement, human rights and social justice sectors,» she said.

The cultural determinants of health and wellbeing may be seen to be wrapping around, or cutting across individual, internal, external and collective factors.

She believes that the Social Determinants take a deficit approach whereas a Cultural Determinants approach is focused on strengths (listen to her interview with the National Indigenous Radio Service).

In sharing some experiences of racism and violence within his family as a young boy, Darren Parker highlights the importance of the social and cultural determinants of health in any discussion about the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

«The IPAG Consultation 2017 will consider more broadly the social and cultural determinants of Indigenous health, by examining the integral and supportive role culture plays, and by addressing how social factors such as education, employment, justice, income and housing impact at each stage of life, on a person's health and wellbeing.»

The challenge now is how to build on that foundation — how to implement the commitments and agreements we have secured in a comprehensive, integrated and coordinated manner and across all the necessary government portfolios, in a way that addresses not only health but also the many social and cultural determinants of Indigenous health inequality.

Note: My Life My Lead — Opportunities for strengthening approaches to the social determinants and cultural determinants of Indigenous health: Report on the national consultations December 2017, 2017 Commonwealth of Australia December 2017.

«From here, we must all ensure implementation of the plan, including addressing the wider social and cultural determinants of health and wellbeing.»

The Campaign believes that strong leadership at all levels of government in taking forward a social and cultural determinants approach to Closing the Gap is required.

Special consideration is given to the following topics: models of individual - society relationships; social cognition and attribution processes; social influence processes; prosocial and altruistic behavior; and antisocial behavior (models of human violence and social - cultural determinants of prejudice).

Of particular importance for all levels of government, is to develop a more comprehensive approach to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health that encompasses the social and cultural determinants of health.