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Indigenous Australians and health : the wombat in the room / edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hampton, Ron (Cultural educator in indigenous health)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aboriginal Australians--Health and hygiene.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Torres Strait Islanders--Health and hygiene.
- Torres Strait Islanders.
- Torres Strait Islanders--Services for.
- Community health services--Australia.
- Community health services.
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
- Health Services, Indigenous.
- Health Status.
- Cultural Competency.
- Australia.
- Medical Subjects:
- Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
- Health Services, Indigenous.
- Health Status.
- Cultural Competency.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 329 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- South Melbourne, Victoria : Oxford University Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- Assists the student reader, through simple and practical strategies, to appreciate and understand the importance of 'getting it right', when working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians in urban and remote areas. Authors: Toombs & Hampton from University of Queensland.
- Contents:
- Culture, identity and indigenous Australian peoples
- Racism, colonisation/colonialism and impacts on indigenous people
- Contemprary indigenous Australians
- Indigenous Australian concepts of health and well-being
- Indigenous access to health and health services
- Ethics and indigenous health care: cultural competencies, protocols and integrity
- Communication for working with indigenous Australians
- Case examples of primary health care
- Physical health among indigenous Australians
- Nutrition and diet in indigenous communities
- Mental health among indigenous Australians
- Impacts of substance abuse, violence and self-harm in indigenous communities
- Disability in indigenous Australians
- Allied health and indigenous Australians
- Final word.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195519624
- 0195519620
- OCLC:
- 867916623
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