Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation : a human rights based approach / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner
Published
Sydney, N.S.W. : Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, [2007?]
Sydney, N.S.W. : Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, [2007]
1. Introduction: The challenge - addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality -- 2. An overview of health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples : The health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people -- Equality of opportunity in relation to health -- Social determinants of health status -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status a comment by Professor Sir Michael Marmot -- 3. Exissting policy approaches for improving the health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples : The commitments of the Council of Australian Governments to address Indigenous disadvantage -- Commitments to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality at the inter-governmental level -- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs at the federal level -- Summary - Existing policy frameworks and the challenge of addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality -- 4. The human rights based approach to health : Non-discrimination and the progressive realisation principle -- The human rights based approach to development -- The right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health -- Summary -- 5. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality and human rights : The human rights implications of the current health status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples -- Is the current framework for addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality consistent with the human rights based approach -- 6. A campaign for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality within a generation : The goal - Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation -- What role should health issues play in the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs -- Appendices: Appendix 1: An overview of the right to the highest attainable standard of health -- Appendix 2: Addressing Indigenous health inequality within a generation - a call to action, a speech by Tom Calma, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, at the launch of the campaign for Indigenous health inequality, 4 April 2007 -- Further information including about the campaign for Indigenous health inequality
Summary
"Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation--a human rights approach was first published in February 2006 in the Social Justice Report 2005. It is reprinted here as a stand alone publication due to popular demand."--P. v
Analysis
Aboriginal health
Australia
Child health
Child welfare
Health services
Public administration
Public health
Notes
"Achieving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health equality within a generation--a human rights approach was first published in February 2006 in the Social Justice Report 2005. It is reprinted here as a stand alone publication due to popular demand."--P. v
