Sentences with phrase «existing health inequality»

The increase in absolute terms of the size of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth population will require significant increases in services and programs simply to keep pace with demand and maintain the status quo, yet alone to achieve a reduction in existing health inequality.

Breast feeding is also less prevalent within certain socioeconomic groups, thus compounding existing health inequalities.

And we have an unprecedented opportunity, with new agreement making processes, to engage and empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to overcome existing health inequalities.

Not exact matches

Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wealth.

«Although many of these effects are already seen, their progression in the absence of climate change mitigation will greatly amplify existing global health challenges and inequalities,» they warn.

The new taskforce will launch later this year — with a mission to reduce childhood obesity in the capital and close the health inequality gap that exists across the city

The combination of the healthy economic situation of the country, the substantial potential that currently exists in the health sector and the national leadership being shown through the COAG process, means that the current policy environment is ripe for achieving the longstanding goal of overcoming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality.

Chapter 2 of the report examines existing commitments and processes for addressing the health inequality experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and sets out a human rights framework for achieving such equality within a generation.

Where health inequality and inequality of opportunity exists, governments must identify appropriate health indicators with achievable benchmarks, so that the rate of progress can be monitored and assessed.

acknowledge the existing inequality of health status enjoyed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;

So what can we ascertain about the existing policy environment for addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality?

This is particularly so given the slow pace of progress that has been made in recent decades in reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality and the opportunities that currently exist to address these issues in a coordinated, whole of government manner.

Substantial inequalities exist between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians, particularly in relation to chronic and communicable diseases, infant health, mental health and life expectation.

And we are, through the implementation, systematically, of special programs and policy initiatives, seeking to improve economic independence for our indigenous peoples to overcome inequalities which we know continue to exist in some areas, and we have targeted those areas of greatest need, particularly health, education, housing, employment, and economic development opportunities as areas in which we can move forward.

The combination of the healthy economic situation (at least in terms of the surpluses) of the country, the substantial potential that currently exists in the health sector and the national leadership being shown through the COAG process, means that the current policy environment is ripe for achieving the longstanding goal of overcoming Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality.

In my 2005 Social Justice Report1, I argued that it was unacceptable for a country as rich as ours, and one based on the notion of the «fair go» and the «level playing field», to tolerate the gross health inequality that has existed between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians for at long as records have been kept.

To developing a comprehensive, long - term plan of action, that is targeted to need, evidence - based and capable of addressing the existing inequalities in health services, in order to achieve equality of health status and life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non - Indigenous Australians by 2030