Sentences with phrase «expectancy gap»

Tackling harmful drinking among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of closing the health and life expectancy gap.

And in our presence here I see we are united in the common belief that we are the generation to close the health and life expectancy gap.»

Australian governments must join forces with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to urgently address the national shame of a widening life expectancy gap for our nation's First Peoples.

Financial commitments of this size, accompanying the current reform agenda, bodes well for the future of a partnership between Indigenous peoples and their representatives and the future of our collective efforts to close the Indigenous health and life expectancy gap.

the leading contributing factors to the life expectancy gap — chronic disease, injuries and respiratory infections

The campaign's goal is to close the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.

On 12 February in the nation's parliament, political leaders joined with members of the Close the Gap Campaign Steering Committee to reiterate their shared ambition to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians by 2030.

It was my Social Justice Report in 2005 that called for the gap in Indigenous health equality to be closed, challenging governments to commit to closing the life expectancy gap in one generation.

the main components of life expectancy gap — chronic disease (cardiovascular disease (CVD), renal, diabetes), injuries and respiratory infections account for 75 % of the gap.

at the December 2007 Council of Australian Governments meeting where Australian governments committed to closing the life expectancy gap within a generation, and halving the mortality gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non - Indigenous children under 5 - years of age.

To further support the importance of the Governments Strategy, a recent report published by Access Economics and Reconciliation Australia [89], establishes a clear link between economic development and closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

This is intended to contribute to addressing the COAG - agreed closing the gap targets for Indigenous Australians, closing the life expectancy gap within a generation and halving the mortality gap for children under five within a decade.

Over 2005 - 2007 and 2010 - 2012 the life expectancy gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men closed by 0.8 years, and for women by only 0.1 years.

That connections between the Indigenous Advancement Strategy and the Closing the Gap Strategy are clearly articulated and developed in recognition of their capacity to mutually support the other's priorities, including closing the health and life expectancy gap.

the modesty of the gains, and the magnitude of the remaining life expectancy gap remind us why the Council of Australian Governments» (COAG) Closing the Gap Strategy and the target to close the life expectancy gap was needed.

CVD is the largest component and a major driver of the life expectancy gap (~ 1/3); and

The implementation of the Health Plan provides a significant opportunity to address many of the challenges to closing the health and life expectancy gap raised in this report.

The COAG Reform Council closes its final report on the Closing the Gap Strategy questioning whether the indicators that the health and life expectancy gap is closing need to be reconsidered.

The Close the Gap coalition today presented the federal government and Opposition with a set of National Indigenous Health Equality Targets to address the 17 - year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

The project enables reporting against the COAG target «to close the life expectancy gap within a generation».

The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has set a target of closing the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other Australians within a generation (see Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage: Key Indicators 2011, available at www.pc.gov.au).

Increased support to Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations needed to Close the Gap in life expectancy gap

[62] Although within the margin for error, [63] this was taken at face value by the ABS as evidence of a slight reduction in the life expectancy gap of 0.8 years for men and 0.1 years for women since 2005 - 07.

Today the Close the Gap campaign has released its Shadow Report, an annual report released since 2009 to coincide with the Prime Minister's report back to Parliament, that assesses progress toward closing the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians.

«The agreement to move forward with a long - term action health plan to close the Indigenous life expectancy gap within a generation is a major step.

«The Australian Government signed the Statement of Intent to close the Indigenous life expectancy gap in March 2008 and today's announcement is critically important to seeing through that commitment,» Mr Gooda said.

It's about addressing broader health issues like closing the 17 - year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians and treating alcoholism and substance abuse.

Suicide rates among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people continue to throw a confronting spot light on the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

However, we still have a long way to go to close the health and life expectancy gap between non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.»

It is the only jurisdiction currently on track to close the life expectancy gap by 2031.

The Croakey Conference Reporting Service's last post from the Health Workforce Australia Conference details how the development of a culturally inclusive, interdisciplinary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health curriculum framework is contributing to closing the health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians.

Among the divides between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous people in Australia, the health and life expectancy gap and the stark difference in the rates of imprisonment are among the most well - known.

Closing the Gap 2015 showed the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is 10.6 years for males and 9.5 years for females.

Chronic disease and mental health disorders are the greatest contributors to the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.

Gordon's vision for rural health includes: closing the life - expectancy gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; cooperative service delivery through multidisciplinary health teams; consumer empowerment for health through health promotion; health education for self - management and illness prevention; the role of the arts in establishing good health; and a broad understanding of the social determinants of health, including education, transport, fresh food, sustainable industries, viable communities etc..

Finding out why Indigenous nurses are not finding employment is an important way to address cultural safety and ultimately close the health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.

The positive outcomes that would flow from increased participation by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the health workforce are dramatic, and include closing the life expectancy gap within a generation.

AIDA is firmly committed to working across the health education and training sector to achieve Close the Gap's key health targets; namely, to close the life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous Australians by 2031, and to halve the gap in mortality rates for Indigenous children under five by 2018.

They are around twice as likely to be hospitalised or die from injury; six times more likely to die from assault and four times more likely to die from suicide.1 Up to 15 % of the 10 - year life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is attributed to mental health conditions, 2 and Indigenous young people aged 12 — 24 years are hospitalised for mental and behavioural disorders three times more often than non-Indigenous young people.3

«While Indigenous mortality rates have declined since 1998, the life expectancy gap is still around 10 years — an unacceptably wide gap, and this target is not on track to be met by 2031.»

It is time to close the health and life expectancy gap and to make sure that any Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander child born in this country has the same opportunity as other Australian children to live a long, healthy and happy life.

While there has been a decline in overall mortality, the target to close the life expectancy gap by 2031 is unlikely to be achieved.

Racism is considered to be critical to closing the health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, as a key social determinant of health, which can lead to other social problems.

«If we are to close the unacceptable health and life expectancy gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians, racism must be addressed.

If the Federal Government is wanting to continue demonstrating its commitment towards closing the life expectancy gap for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the country, then firstly we must ensure that any new budget announcements to support this work are highlighted in parliament and not just placed on the Treasury website for those interested in budget detail to find out for themselves.

Researchers from La Trobe University wrote an opinion piece for The Conversation arguing that nutrition was key to closing the Aboriginal life expectancy gap, and that this policy area was being sorely neglected.

The Government has set national targets across six areas, including closing the life expectancy gap within a generation.

The cause of this life expectancy gap is complicated, and likely not driven by one single thing.

Dr Bobbie Jacobson, vice-chair of the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) and director of the London Health Observatory said: «The tool is the first of its kind to provide hard - edged, local evidence to planners and commissioners, on the causes of their life expectancy gap and how it can be reduced.

The government has launched a new web - based tool to help reduce the life expectancy gap between England's wealthiest and most deprived areas.