Ageing in a New Culture: African-migrant populations ageing and adaptation in Australia

Highlights of the event

Associate Professor Lillian Mwanri, a public health physician and fellow of the Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (FAAPHM), will present her paper on ageing in a new culture, based on the research theme of Building Health Solutions.

Presentation Abstract: Globally, Population ageing is among our era's most significant public health issues, with a wide range of implications for healthcare practice and policy drivers. However, despite the known increasing diversity of the global population, ageing issues remain relatively under-researched, particularly in the newer culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) migrant populations living in the Western world. This presentation will focus on the research findings conducted among African migrants living in South Australia, exploring ageing and chronic disease and the changes in healthcare services access in these migrants due to ageing. Highlighting a selection of challenges faced by these newer migrants in the new space and how the individualistic culture in Australia collides with the practice of the collectivist culture (UBUNTU), where the older people are expected to be cared for by their significant others and the extended family. Furthermore, it highlights some implications of the research findings, including the provision of diverse mitigation strategies that may include the provision of alternative care for ageing African populations in Australia.

Vitae Framework Domains: The session will cover various Vitae Researcher Development Framework Domains, including Domain A (Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities) and Domain D (Engagement, Influence and Impact).

Location: This is a virtual event that can be accessed via Zoom here