10 years of preventive health in Australia. Part 2 – centring First Nations sovereignty

As First Nations public health professionals, we critically examine the National Preventive Health Strategy 2021-2030 (NPHS) and its shortcomings in addressing the structural determinants of health inequities affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (hereafter respectfully, First Nations peoples). Although the NPHS aspires to a systems-based and equitable approach, we argue that it fails to meaningfully engage with the enduring impacts of colonisation, systemic racism, and interge