Transformations in Health Outcomes: towards an understanding of the impact of Aboriginal community controlled health

Regional health data to track changes in the health of Aboriginal people in Central Australia 1964-1971: Aboriginal IMR in Central Australia = 172 deaths per 1,000 live births What’s changed for Aboriginal people in Central Australia? 1. [...] Improvement in infant mortality (especially in the 1970s and early 1980s, more for Aboriginal children in town than remote since then) 2. [...] Worsening effect of alcohol on health until the mid- 2010s, then (uneven) improvement In all cases the gap remains unacceptably large What about the social determinants? • Improvements in some social determinants (e.g., education) mainly in town but from very low base • Still a big gap to non-Indigenous NT • Increasing poverty and inequality in remote areas • Improvements in income in town likely. [...] Canberra, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care. [...] Action on alcohol and petrol sniffing • Alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs • OPAL fuel Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 Slide 5 Slide 6 Slide 7 Slide 8 Slide 9 Slide 10 Slide 11 Slide 12 Slide 13 Slide 14 Slide 15 Slide 16 Slide 17 Slide 18.