Abstract:
This book offers a systematic overview of the relationship between the social and political environment and health. Highly respected contributors from around Australia examine the long term health impacts of the Indigenous experience of dispossion, colonial rule and rascism. Contents Introduction / Bronwyn Carson, et al. 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.
