Assignment title: Information


Part A - Reflective Journal Entry: The information presented and discussed in Workshops 1, 2, 3 and 4 introduces you to Aboriginal Australians and some of the issues that impact on health and wellbeing. Analyse and critically reflect upon an area of content from one of the four workshop topics listed drawing on at least three (3) of the references provided. 1. Welcome to Country 2. Introduction to Indigenous Cultures and Health 3. Global Indigenous Experiences 4. Australian Indigenous People Compulsory references for this assessment: l Graham, M. (2008). Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews, AustralianHumanitiesReview,Issue 45,pp181-194 l Eckermann, A-K., Dowd, T., Chong, E., Nixon, L., Gray, R, and Johnson, S. (2010) (3rd Ed) Binan Goonj: Bridging Culture in Aboriginal Health, Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier. l Taylor, K. (2010). Indigenous health in a global context. In K.Taylor & P. Guerin. (Eds.), Health Care and Indigenous Australians (pp.156-170). South Yarra, Vic: Palgrave MacMillan. l Freemantle, J., Officer, K., McAullay, D. & Anderson, I. 2007, Australian Indigenous Health—Within an International Context, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Darwin l Durey, A., 2010, Reducing racism in Aboriginal health care in Australia: where does cultural education fit? . Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Vol. 34 pp S87–S92 l Vodcasts from Workshops 1, 2, 3 and 4, ECHO Centre – Lectures Blackboard