Title Social Determinants of Indigenous Health

Published Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (337 pages) Contents Cover; Part Title; Title Page; Contents; Figures, tables and boxes; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Note on photographs; Introduction; References; 1 Defining what we mean; The biomedical model of health: Its successes and limits; The origins of contemporary social models of health; The role of the individual: Lifestyle and risk; Social Determinants; Causality and the social gradient of health; Explanations for the social gradient in health; Social determinants and indigenous health; Summary; Discussion questions; References; 2 Understanding the processes Theories of society, evidence and epidemiological modelsModels, relationships and social epidemiology; Social epidemiology and biological models; Applying social health models to indigenous health; Conclusion; Summary; Discussion questions; Acknowledgments; References; 3 History; Illness and invasion, sin and sorcery: The first hundred years; Protection, exploitation and activism: Indigenous health; 'We demand that this genocide should cease': Health and human rights, 1950â#x80;#x93;70; Conclusion; Summary; Discussion Questions; References; 4 Racism; Theoretical considerations Empirical studies of self-reported racism and healthAnti-racism and indigenous Australians; Summary; Discussion questions; Acknowledgments; References; 5 Poverty and social class; Social cases; Social class and health; Casual pathways; Conclusion; Summary; Discussion questions; References; 6 Social capital; Social capital: What is it?; Key social capital thinkers; Bonding, bridging and linking social capital; Outcomes of social capital; Anomie: The absence of social capital; Racism, economic inequity and its impact on social capital; Measuring social capital Does social capital offer any directions for improving indigenous health status?Conclusion; Summary; Discussion questions; References; 7 Education; The associations between educational attainment and indigenous health outcomes in Australia: Background; Indigenous education and health outcomes in Australia: A statistical overview; Associations between educational attainment and indigenous health outcomes: The Australian research; Conclusion; Summary; Discussion questions; References; 8 Employment and welfare; Employment; Some neo-classical views of employment; Wider considerations; The CDEP Understanding the indigenous perspective on workfulnessWelfare; Indigenous people and the Australian welfare system; Indigenous direct welfare and health; The broader dimensions of indigenous welfare; Racialised 'welfare' rhetoric and indigenous health; Political dimensions: Indigenous welfare dependency; Critiquing the political dimension of indigenous welfare from a health perspective; Conclusion; Summary; Discussion questions; Acknowledgment; References; 9 Country; Indigenous definitions of place; Contemporary indigenous places: An historical perspective; Country needs its people Summary A systematic overview of the impact of social and political factors on the health of Australia's Indigenous population. Australia's Aboriginal and Islander groups suffer 'Fourth World' standards of health: this book explains the causes for such poor health outcomes and approaches behind health programs which have been successful Notes Healthy country, healthy people Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene Torres Strait Islanders -- Health and hygiene Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions Social history. Medical policy. Medicine, Traditional Health Services, Indigenous Social Conditions Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Health Policy social history. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. Social history Medical policy Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions Torres Strait Islanders -- Health and hygiene Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions SUBJECT Australasia Form Electronic book Author Dunbar, Terry Chenhall, Richard D Bailie, Ross ISBN 1741761581 9781741761580 9781003117247 1003117244

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