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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health / edited by Justin Healey.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Issues in society (Balmain, N.S.W.) ; Volume 376.
- Issues in Society ; Volume 376
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aboriginal Australians--Health and hygiene.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Aboriginal Australians--Medical care.
- Aboriginal Australians--Public welfare.
- Torres Strait Islanders--Health and hygiene.
- Torres Strait Islanders.
- Torres Strait Islanders--Medical care.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (60 pages) : colour illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Thirroul, Australia : The Spinney Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since 2006, the 'closing the gap' campaign has been pursued in collaboration between government and health, welfare and rights agencies to close the health and life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation. This book evaluates the uneven progress being made towards closing the gap. How can Indigenous outcomes be improved across a range of key social and economic determinants of health and wellbeing?
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Health status of Indigenous Australians
- Chapter 2. Closing the gap in Indigenous health.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-922084-53-0
- OCLC:
- 878950821
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