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Evolution of Population Health in Australia (Europeans effects on health…
Evolution of Population Health in Australia
Europeans effects on health of Indigenous Australians
Introduced
New diseases
Small pox
Measles
Products
Sugar
Tobacco
Alcohol
Hunter gatherer lifestyle disrupted
Negatively effected...
Food production
Health nutrition
Shelter
Safety
No Response to these Health Issues
Disease
Theories
Germ (or contagion) Theory
Supernatural Theory
Miasma Theory
Response
strategies to remove rubbish and waste products from cities (miasma Theory)
Strongly influenced by British response
Main technique was legislation
Quarantining people and goods was a response (contagion Theory)
Fear of Cholera led to quarantine Act (1832)
Role of Federal Government
Established
commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth government
Quarantine Act (1908)
Interstate Quarantine
Research into infectious diseases
Collection of public health information
establishment of uniform standards for food and drugs
maritime quarantine
Department of Health (1921)
First formal process for cooperative Health strategies between government jurisdictions
Government became more involved
Development of Population Health
description
7 Eras
Indigenous Control
Colonial Era (1788 - 1890)
Nation Building Era (1900-1930)
Promise of Medicine (1950-1970)
Lifestyle Era (mid 1960 - mid 1980)
New Public Health (1990 onwards)
Ecological Health Era (2009 Onwards)
Factors
New Public Health
Recognition
Life style factors
Range of other factors
Individuals Health status
Lifestyle era did not fix Health Inequities from
Socio-economic disadvantages
Unemployment
Educational Status
Received more recognition as a result
National Public Health Partnership (1996)
Endorsed at Australian Conference of Health Ministers
emphasis on risk factors towards whole of system
Ecological public Health
Emphasis on environmental sustainability
Factors
Economic
Environmental
Social Issues
Sensitive Relationship between
Natural
Built
Environments
Strategies For decreasing pollution
Increasing energy efficiency
More social spaces and trees
Increasing recycling
Decreasing waste
Becoming more self sufficient in food production