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Assignment:
Read the case study, then answer the questions that follow.
Case study
Katie works with an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in a remote part of Australia. She has been approached by a group of leaders in the community to assist them raise an issue they want to change.
Their concern is that the price for fruit and vegetables is very high while the quality of the food is low. There is only one local store and the owner claims transportation costs result in high prices. The community leaders know that low fruit and vegetable consumption is a contributing factor in the high levels of ill health in the community. The high cost of fruit and vegetables means that the local people do not buy them.
The objective of the community is to reduce prices, increase the quality of the available fruit and vegetables and see an increase in the levels of consumption of fruit and vegetables, with the longer term aim of improving health status in the community.
Question 1. Identify two strategies or actions that Katie could use in her advocacy plan to promote the interests of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island community?
Question 2. Describe an opportunity that Katie can use to reflect, promote and represent the interests on behalf of the community she represents.
Question 3. After consulting with the local council's office wherein Katie presented the issues of her community, a subsequent announcement was made by the local council to launch a producer's cooperative that will offer locally grown produce such a fruit, vegetables, meat, and other homegrown and natural foods to the community. The cooperative will be subsidised by local government and run by the local farmers and growers of food and produce in the community.
What impact will this recent development have on the objectives and priorities of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community that Katie is representing?
How can Katie measure the success of the representation?
Question 4. Provide two types of reports that Katie can provide all key stakeholders regarding the representation and advocacy services.