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.
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.
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 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).
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.
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.»
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
The government has launched a new web - based tool to help reduce
the life expectancy gap between England's wealthiest and most deprived areas.
Not exact matches
A Ted Talk by British researcher Richard Wilkinson, for example, focuses on the harm to society that results from economic inequality — notably the
gaps within (not
between) societies, which includes
life expectancy, literacy, infant mortality, crime, teenage births, obesity and mental illness.
While cuts in infant mortality and increases in
life expectancy have been achieved, there appears to be a widening
gap between the poorest and the better - off.
«When the
gap in
life expectancy between the richest and poorest in our country is now greater than at any time since Queen Victoria was on the throne the question isn't whether the NHS should change, it's how the NHS should change,» Mr Cameron said.
In which developed country is the
gap in
life expectancy between rich and poor now at its widest since the Victorian era?
Men tend to be more adversely impacted by deprivation than women, with the
gap in
life expectancy at age 30
between the top and bottom one per cent of deprived neighbourhoods at 10.9 years for men and 8.4 years for women.
They found that although
life expectancy is increasing overall and the
life expectancies of men and women are converging, any improvements are slower paced in more deprived areas, with the net
gap between rich and poor slowly worsening over time.
The results suggest that the
life expectancy gender
gap can't be fully explained by behavioral and social differences
between the sexes, such as risk - taking or violence.
Amid this dramatic shift, another sea change was afoot: As seen in the accompanying graphic, «The
Gap Between Life Expectancy and Retirement Ages,» over the past half century the average life expectancy has increased significantly while the average retirement age has decrea
Life Expectancy and Retirement Ages,» over the past half century the average life expectancy has increased significantly while the average retirement age has
Expectancy and Retirement Ages,» over the past half century the average
life expectancy has increased significantly while the average retirement age has decrea
life expectancy has increased significantly while the average retirement age has
expectancy has increased significantly while the average retirement age has decreased.
After World War II, rapid gains in
life expectancy in developing countries began to narrow the
gap between these nations and industrial countries.
The
gap in
life expectancy between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians is widening, not closing.
There remains a roughly 10 - year
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Both of them no doubt would like to solve the problems of the Murray Darling basin, save the Barrier Reef, close the
gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
life expectancy, support peace in our region and provide some overseas aid.
Some of the most glaring health problems in our society, such as the
gap in health and
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians are barely mentioned in this Budget.
About a quarter of the
gap in
life expectancy between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians is attributed to the ravages of alcohol.
Although progress has been made in closing the
gap, Indigenous Australians continue to experience a lower
life expectancy with the current
gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous estimated at 11.5 years for males and 9.7 years for females.
Clearly, this is an inadequate on both a practical and symbolic level to address the multiple factors that contribute to the significant health
gap between the health and
life expectancy of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
Perhaps the most famous and shocking
gap in Australia's health outcomes is
between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, where the ten - year
life expectancy difference has remained, despite a polity that purports to have placed a high priority on the issue.
Rheumatic heart disease is responsible for the highest
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians; higher than diabetes or kidney failure.
The
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians won't be closed by 2031.
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.
The Minister, who this year became Australia's first Indigenous member of a Federal Ministry, told the conference the acknowledgement of racism as a critical component for health in the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan was a «huge step forward» and he believed the subsequent Implementation Plan has «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The campaign is working towards a major goal — to close the
gap in health and
life expectancy outcomes
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«It was a time that the Government seriously committed to doing better by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people into the future, where we committed to Closing the
Gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous Australians.
Now the Australian Government's 2007 commitment to close the
gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous
life expectancy within a generation was welcome.
Wyatt said the acknowledgement of racism as a critical component for health in the National Health Plan was a «huge step forward» and said he was delighted the Implementation Plan had «sown seeds to tackle social and cultural determinants of health», which he said contributed to 31 per cent of the
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
The Close the
Gap Campaign Steering Committee released its Shadow Report - On Australian governments» progress towards closing the gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (Shadow Report) in February 20
Gap Campaign Steering Committee released its Shadow Report - On Australian governments» progress towards closing the
gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (Shadow Report) in February 20
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians (Shadow Report) in February 2011.
The campaign is working towards a major goal — to close the
gap in health and
life expectancy outcomes
between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation.
Similarly, in «rededicating this house to the pursuit of reconciliation,» Mr. Shorten reaffirmed that «as long as the
gap in
life expectancy, health, education, employment and justice stands
between Indigenous Australia and the rest of Australia — then there is unfinished business for us to resolve....
Furthermore, it promotes the closing of the
gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians on
life expectancy, educational achievement and employment opportunities.
On the final day, at the Great Hall, Parliament House, the Prime Minister, Hon Kevin Rudd MP, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon MP, the Opposition Leader, Brendan Nelson, as well as the leaders of the Indigenous health peak bodies2and the mainstream health peak bodies3signed a historic Close the
Gap Statement of Intent in which they agreed to work together to achieve equality in health status and
life expectancy between Indigenous and non - Indigenous Australians by the year 2030.
In their Communiqué they stated: COAG agreed the 17 year
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians must be closed.
COAG also agreed the 17 year
gap in
life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians must be closed.