 | Aboriginal Children, History and Health: Beyond Social Determinants Subjects: Health and Social Care; Humanities; Social Sciences; Health & Society; Nursing; Public Health Policy and Practice; History; Anthropology - Soc Sci; Children and Youth; Sociology of Health and Illness; Community and Public Health Nursing; Maternal and Child Health; Population Health; Social & Cultural History; Childhood - Anthropology; Health & Medical Anthropology; Indigenous Peoples; Social & Cultural Anthropology; Regional Anthropology; This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities. Invaluably informed by Boulton's close working knowledge of Aboriginal communities, the book addresses growth faltering as a crisis of Aboriginal parenting and a continued problem for the Australian nation. The high rate and root causes of ill-health amongst Aboriginal children are explored through a unique synthesis of historical, anthropological, biological and medical analyses. Through this fresh approach, which includes the insights of specialists from a range of disciplines, Aboriginal Children, History and Health provides a thoughtful and innovative framework for considering Indigenous health. John Boulton is Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Newcastle, Australia. |
