Social Determinants of Indigenous Health

ISBN-13: 9781741751420 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 336 str.

Bronwyn Carson; Terry Dunbar; Richard D. Chenhall

Opis

This groundbreaking study examines the social and political circumstances that have led to the Fourth World health standards of Australia s Indigenous population. Providing a systematic overview of the relationship between the social and political environment and health, leading researchers discuss the causes behind poor health outcomes and outline how such programs can be successful while reflecting on the long-term health effects that dispossession, colonial rule, and racism have had on the Indigenous people."

Spis treści

Figures, tables and boxes

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction - Terry Dunbar, Bronwyn Carson, Richard D. Chenhall and Ross Bailie

1 Defining what we mean - Sherry Saggers and Dennis Gray

2 Understanding the processes - Ian Anderson

3 History - Jessie Mitchell

4 Racism - Yin Paradies

5 Poverty and social class - Maggie Walter and Sherry Saggers

6 Social capital - Fran Baum

7 Education - Terry Dunbar and Margaret Scrimgeour

8 Employment and welfare - Maggie Walter and Gavin Mooney

9 Country - Paul Burgess and Joe Morrison

10 Housing - Ross Bailie

11 Policy processes - Ian Anderson

12 Human rights - Natalie Gray

13 Interventions and sustainable programs - Kathleen Clapham, Kerin O'Dea and Richard D. Chenhall

Index

O autorze

Bronwyn Carson is a Researcher with the Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin and has published a number of articles and chapters on Indigenous health issues.

Terry Dunbar is an Iwaidjan person from north-west Arnhem region, and a Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education, Health and Science at Charles Darwin University.

Richard D. Chenhall is a medical anthropologist and an NHMRC Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research.

Ross Bailie is Professor of Public Health at the Menzies School of Health Research and an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow.