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 |
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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, 1950รข#x80;#x93;70; Conclusion; Summary; Discussion Questions; References; 4 Racism; Theoretical considerations |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Health and hygiene
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions
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Social history.
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Medical policy.
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Medicine, Traditional
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Health Services, Indigenous
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Social Conditions
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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
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Health Policy
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social history.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Social history
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Medical policy
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Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Health and hygiene
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Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions
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SUBJECT |
Australasia |
Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Dunbar, Terry
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Chenhall, Richard D
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Bailie, Ross
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ISBN |
1741761581 |
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9781741761580 |
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9781003117247 |
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1003117244 |
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