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Case Study This assessment will enable you to synthesise your learning about Indigenous Health. This assessment gives you the opportunity to explore your learning and present a case study on Mutitjulu, the Uluru Indigenous community. Insights from your course experience will strengthen your understanding of culture, racism, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing. Your learning from the case study will enhance the work you do as a health professional working with both First Nations peoples and other cultural groups. Purpose In this assignment, you will turn your focus onto the remote community of Mutitjulu, caretakers of Uluru. You are required to consider the social determinants of health and the most pertinent health challenges faced by the residents of this community and other remote Indigenous communities. You will examine the social and ongoing health impacts of dislocation from country and long-term health issues. You will also examine the resources, funding and programs available to a community such as Mutitjulu. Use a cultural proficiency framework to address the social inequities and health needs of the community. Assignment Details: This is your final assignment. In the first part, review the available public health data on the community in focus; that is, Mutitjulu at Uluru. Then with a focus on one(1) type of health condition such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, renal failure or mental health, identify and discuss the resources available to a remote area nurse. Outline the positives and negatives of what is and what is not available to provide health care to a remote Indigenous community such as Mutitjulu.
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