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Thematic Boundaries Constructing Aboriginal Holistic Health* |
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| Problems with the Aboriginal holism Examples: difficult to define; holistic health care compounds unrealistic expectations; holistic concept is used to distract health services from their core business; and data definitions and standards not adequately developed to encompass holistic view. |
9 |
| Concept Confusion Examples: ecological model, WHO definition of health, primary health care, ethnomedicine, and social medicine. |
17 |
| Consistent with Comprehensive Primary Health Care Examples: holistic comprehensive primary health care; CPHC is holistic; supports provision of CPHC; and holistic CPHC services. |
26 |
| Essential to Improved Health Status Examples: it must be understood that when the harmony of these interrelations is disrupted, Aboriginal ill health will persist; improvement of Aboriginal health depends upon more holistic systems; and a holistic approach to the delivery of services is essential to the improvement of Aboriginal health. |
27 |
| Opposite of the Western, Biomedical Approach Examples: holistic lifestyle opposite of European lifestyle; not built around specialities or body parts; in contrast to mind/body dichotomy of biomedicine; and body parts programs conflict with principle of holistic health. |
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| Exemplified in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Examples: Indigenous services insist on an holistic understanding; Aboriginal medical services incorporate an holistic approach; Aboriginal community controlled health services take account of the holistic context of service delivery; and they deliver holistic primary health care. |
38 |
| Mainstream Health System Failure Examples: fragmentation of roles; lack of coordination; areas that affect health outside the health portfolio; and vertical and inflexible programs. |
39 |
| Broad View of Health Examples: broader context of health; whole of life cycle; multi-faceted view of health; and encompass all aspects of life. |
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| Embodied by Aboriginal People Examples: the holistic view of health traditionally held by Indigenous people; Aboriginal concepts of health are holistic; acceptance of Aboriginal peoples' holistic view of health; and a holistic Aboriginal concept of health. |
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| Underpinning Philosophy of Health Examples: Aboriginal holism should be an underlying principle and philosophy of policy, program development, service delivery, strategies, and practice. |
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Lutschini Australia and New Zealand Health Policy 2005 2:15 doi:10.1186/1743-8462-2-15 |
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