Government Strategies Learning Process

This learning issue, government/community management strategies for young mothers, is closely related to the issue I'm teaching(Maternal Responsibility).

Basically, mothers have to lead a conscientious lifestyle that doesn't inflict harm on their babies(maternal responsibility), and the government strategies generally educate the moms on how to do so, in areas such as(what I have retained at this point in time):

• how to breastfeed
• drug/alcohol use(really related to my learning issue)
• ensuring that teenage moms continue to receive education(i think this is pretty important)

so basically these are the 3 that i have a stronger impression of, but more of the latter 2 'cos they're related to the topics i'm gonna discuss in my learning issue.

i think that when moms(esp. teenage ones) are all alone and especially when they're indigenous(well i don't really understand very much of the population in oz 'cos i've only been here for less than 4 months X/ ) and may not be able to receive as much support as other aussies do, i think these indigenous-directed government strategies are really helpful and provide adequate support, especially when the educating medical professionals are indigenous as well, that makes these indigenous teen mothers more receptive and feel more secure/safe. i think cultural aspects are really important as a form of consideration when making policies/strategies to improve the welfare of people. this issue is really interesting, and shows us that medicine is not just all the science-y stuff, but there are so many patient aspects we have to consider.

we did a quiz after the teaching session. lol i'd have to say, that quiz is so technical!!! my main takeaways from this teaching sessions were mainly reflected in two questions, which asked about the issues that are taken into account in the making of those government strategies... & also one asking about the effects of smoking on pregnancy. i think these are pretty important subpoints in this learning issue. :) and also, these government strategies obviously require some budget, so yeah, better make sure they really solve those identified issues/problems before implementing the strategy.

in my vague impression i think the situation of indigenous patients' v.s. an average aussie's access to healthcare is still imbalanced, so hopefully as time goes on these government strategies' effects will just keep improving instead of stopping at an "asymptote".