Decolonising and Unpacking the Intersectionality of Communities and Groups

Flashcards covering the fundamentals of primary and community care, including decolonisation, intersectionality, health promotion strategies, and First Peoples' health frameworks.

Primary and Community Health

The intersection of healthcare, economics, and social interaction, focusing on a specific place, population, or community to maintain optimal health and manage adversity.

Social Cohesion

The strength of relationships, connection, trust, and belonging within a community that directly impacts the health and wellbeing of population groups.

Intersectionality

How different aspects of a person's identity, experiences, and social position overlap to shape their access to health, safety, care, and support.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers

Integral primary health care professionals who support culturally safe care, strengthen community connection, and improve access to health services.

NACCHO

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation; it represents community-controlled health services that support the health, wellbeing, and self-determination of First Peoples.

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act $2006$

A Victorian act establishing that human rights belong to all people without discrimination and have special importance for First Peoples regarding their relationship with traditional lands and waters.

Decolonising Community Care

An approach that involves shifting power by centring First Peoples' knowledge, community leadership, self-determination, and culturally safe models of care.

Strengths-based Approach

A practice of building on existing strengths and priorities of a person, family, or community rather than focusing only on problems or deficits.

Social Yarning

A culturally respectful way of communicating that supports connection, trust, and understanding, particularly when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Health Economics

The study of how health resources are funded, shared, and prioritised within health systems that have limited resources.

Health Promotion

A broad concept focused on helping people and communities have greater control over the factors that shape their health through advocacy, social mobilisation, and policy change.

Health Education

A component of health promotion that focuses specifically on sharing information and building knowledge.

Public Health

The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organised efforts of society, as defined by Acheson ($1988$).

Preventative Health

A biomedically driven approach that relates primarily to the prevention of risk factors that create illness, chronic disease, and disability.

Your Health Your Future

A community-led health promotion program created by AH&MRC and Aboriginal Communities NSW to enhance health literacy and awareness of annual health checks.

$$715s$$

The name used for annual health checks for First Peoples.

Primary Health Care ($PHC$)

An approach to healthcare strongly connected to social justice that considers social and environmental factors such as housing, education, and health equity.

Declaration of Alma-Ata ($1978$)

A global document that identified primary health care as a key strategy for improving health outcomes through community participation and access to local services.

Population Health

An approach aiming to improve outcomes across whole populations by working in partnership with communities rather than making decisions for them.

Gerlung Wal

Australia's first Treaty, developed in Victoria on $13$ November $2025$, designed to hold the government accountable for the inclusion of First Nations Australians in decisions.

Environmental Health

A branch of public health focused on how environmental factors, such as air quality, housing, and sanitation, affect health and wellbeing.

Country (First Peoples' Context)

A deep connection encompassing land, culture, spirituality, identity, and family; for many First Peoples, the health of Country is intrinsic to the health of the people.

Clinical Yarning

A culturally respectful communication approach in First Nations health care that recognises the value of story, relationship, and listening.