Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health - Eddie Mabo - Midwifery Board Of Australia - Nursing Assignment Help

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Assignment Task:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the role of history and past/present government policies have on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
2. Understand the experiences of the Stolen Generations and the consequences on the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
3. Critically analyse how historical policies impact the provision of culturally appropriate health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Section 1:  Colonisation & government policies Activity 1:  Reflect and write.  Before accessing the link below, make some notes on your thoughts about what you understand about ‘colonisation’ in Australia. Activity 2 The first Australians and the British, the most powerful Empire in history, come face to face in Sydney on January 26, 1788.  Their differences are immense, but apprehension quickly turns to curiosity. Friendships form, some between powerful men such as Governor Arthur Phillip and the Aboriginal man called Bennelong. But by the time this pair leave for London three years later, relations between the two races have soured. The bloodshed worsens as settlers spread out across the land. Activity 3:   Reflect and write.  Having watched this episode, what do you think about colonisation now?  Activity 4: Access the link to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation (2017) Bringing Them home 20 years on: An action plan for healing. Read pages 18-19 and answer the following questions:

1. What was a realistic estimate for the number of Stolen Generation members?
2. What are the continuing effects on the Stolen Generations and their immediate family and descendants?

Activity 5:  A review of several major Australian nursing texts that incorporate chapters on the history of nursing will demonstrate there is little reference made to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives. Why do you think Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives are not recognised in Australian nursing history? What are the consequences for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people when the knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives, which is based on holistic perceptions of health, is not integrated into mainstream health services? Activity 6:  Why do you think that there has been an underrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses in healthcare? What do you think the barriers are and how do you think they could be removed?   Section 2. Native Title (Eddie Mabo) Eddie Koiki Mabo was a gardener and civil rights activist who, while working at James Cook University, met historians Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds, who recalled: “...we were having lunch one day when Koiki was just speaking about his land back on Mer, or Murray Island. Henry and I realised that in his mind he thought he owned that land, so we sort of glanced at each other, and then had the difficult responsibility of telling him that he didn't own that land, and that it was Crown land. Koiki was surprised, shocked... he said and I remember him saying, 'No way, it's not theirs, it’s ours.” This realisation led to a test case to claim land rights and on 20 May 1982, Koiki and fellow Mer Islanders - began their legal claim for ownership of their lands on the island of Mer with the High Court of Australia. This became known as the ‘Mabo Case’. On 3 June, 1992, the High Court of Australia decided in favour of Eddie Koiki Mabo and his fellow plaintiffs. The judgments of the High Court resulted in the legal doctrine of Native Title being introduced into Australian law. The Court recognised the traditional rights of the Meriam people to their islands in the eastern Torres Strait and also held that Native Title existed for all Indigenous peoples in Australia. The doctrine of terra nullius was overturned (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Studies, 2017).  Activity 7: Watch Eddie Mabo. He challenged the doctrine of terra nullius and won. Section 3: Application to Nursing and Midwifery Practice When working with patients from diverse cultural backgrounds nurses and midwives work in the ‘intercultural space’. If there is a lack of recognition of differing worldviews and/or unconscious bias, patients will not feel culturally safe. Nurses need “to understand how their own culture, values, attitudes, assumptions and beliefs influence their interactions with people and families, the community and colleagues”.

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