Week 14 ~ Aboriginal Health ~ PBL J

Education - Jess

Employment - Raph• In 2010, 202,700 indigenous people in labour workforce (this represents 56% of population) • 18% unemployed (36,600)• 46% employed (166,100)• Participation in labour workforce declines with remoteness

• Unemployment gap between indigenous and non-indigenous people 12.6%• In 2009, 63% of indigenous employees at lower salary levels while only 4.8% at upper salary level

Schemes to Help• Public Calling• Making it Our Business• Aboriginal Employment Strategy• Community Development Employment Projects

Socioeconomic status - Hannah

Housing - Sylvie

Transport (Access to health Services)Remoteness: 26% Ind v 2% N/IMed Practitioners: 281/100k v 312

metro.Specialists: 29 v 114/100k78% of communities > 78k from hospital

50% > 25k from Community Health Centre

Vehicular access/ability: 60% Ind v 85% N/I

Remote = 48% Ind (? N/I)

Transport (Access to Health Services)“transport difficulty” (getting from A to

B)◦12% Ind v 4% N/I

Reference: http://www.aihw.gov.au/access-to-health-services-indigenous/

Discrimination - Joey

Cultural Identity - Sam

Leadership/role/structure - Vic

And Rebecca will be reflecting