well being an international student, i SO have not been educated about this whole stolen generations... aboriginal people stuff. (there are aborigines in taiwan as well but they don't suffer as much from this healthcare access imbalance afaik)
anyway, i had the impression of aborigines in australia as those people in tribes... so how did they get all that alcohol and cigarettes lol... but apparently alcoholism & smoking are 2 factors that contribute to their poor health outcomes, especially in terms of pregnancy. & apparently THESE are caused by the huge magnitudes of stress they undergo due to their poor financial/employment situation. and THAT, usually arises from a certain extent of discrimination i think. & yeah, i can remember more from this teaching session than in embryology, 'cos this isn't so scientific, HAHA.
but anyway because of this social stigma that the aborigines face, the aborigines approach healthcare services less "naturally" than normal aussies do(as in, they may hesitate and stuff). well in deb's scenario video, apparently she goes to this support centre for aborigines, & i think that's pretty good. though i still think this aborigines v.s. aussies issue is still quite apparent, and i wonder if it will take some time before they are just regarded as normal aussies and the social stigma gets dissolved. i think they're a little unfortunate but hopefully this changes with time.
i think this learning issue was pretty straightforward, and so was the quiz. so i did pretty well for this one(compared to the embryo one LOL).
basically this teaching session helped me have a better understanding of the situations of the aborigines in australia now. :)
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