Social Support In Australia

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Social Support and Social Inclusion Social support involves the feeling and actuality that one is cared for, has the assistance one requires from other people and that is part of a supportive social network in a society. In the current globalised world, aspects of social determinants of health are effective in the eventual actualization of equitable health and wellbeing. This essay evaluates social support and social inclusion as crucial attributes in respect to social determinants of health. The social support and inclusion of an individual involves various support resources that include emotional support, tangible support, informational support and companionship support. Emotional support involves empathy, concern, love and affection making an individual feel …show more content…

The Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders constitute the indigenous groups of people living in Australia. They have a culture that is distinct from others and they are administered by a system based on traditional pre-Chirstian local government with elected council. According to Rachel and Relly (2013), the ATSI have a distinct culture with deep religious value. These cultural differences of the islanders helps in coordinating the relationships among the community. Their culture discourages individualistic and hence they seek social support from others with hope of getting help as they have same cultural assumptions of assisting each other (Thompson, Chenhall and Brimblecombe, 2013). This helps them a lot in supporting each other both physically and mentally which will make the whole community to have stable health conditions. The social support within the cultural set up helps the ATSI people to enhance their wellbeing albeit the fact that they are marginaled in the

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