| Description |
xvii, 307 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Aborigines in Australian society ; 9 |
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Aborigines in Australian society ; 9
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| Contents |
Includes index |
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Includes lists of tables and illustrations |
| Summary |
Part of Academy of the Social Sciences project; examines concepts and definitions of health, its measurement, statistical identification of Aborigines; p.26-42; demographic factors (population, distribution, density, community size, family structure & size, age structure, fertility, mobility); p; 43-122; mortality - sources of data, patterns in full-blood populations, N.T., W.A., Qld., S.A., N.S.W. (death rate, infant mortality, causes of death) and in part-Aboriginal populations (mainly N.S.W.), mortality as an index of health; p.123-126; morbidity in Aboriginal populations; p.127-177; from infectious & parasitic diseases; p.178-194; from malnutrition & the anaemias; p.195-203; mental health; p.204-211; diseases of the nervous system & sense organs; p.212-215; diseases of the circulatory system; p.216-220; diseases of the respiratory system; p.221-223; diseases of the digestive system; p.224-228; dental disease & diseases of the oral cavity & jaws; p.229-240; others (genito-urinary system, pregnancy, childbirth & the puerperium, skin & sub-cutaneous tissue, musculo-skeletal system, congenital anomalies, accidents); p.241-250; notes lack of total morbidity studies, suggests reasons, comments on similarity in State mortality patterns; Empty Australia - health status, comments on economically poor & unhygienic environment of mothers & babies, influence of maternal malnutrition on infant health, outlines likely pattern of health from birth to early adult life, notes sex differences; in death rates; Economic Australia - low economic status, outline of likely health pattern from birth to adult life, greater risks for women in child-birth & pregnancy; p.251-264; health/medical services effectiveness, contact with organised services, lack of personnel often minimises contact, notes on N.S.W. & Eyre Peninsula survey of households (occurrence of illness, occurrence of hospitalization, presence of; chronic handicap, results of pregnancies), results; suggests baby clinics have little or no impact on infant or childhood mortality; quotes results of surveys of N.S.W. coastal community (comparisons between 3 groups, nos. of children who had received barriers to treatment, part- Aborigines at a disadvantage with Europeans, comments on; attitudes to baby clinics, their inadequacy with infant populations of high morbidity, need for teams of visiting experts in remote areas, discusses need for agent within the community; p.265-276; attempt to predict future health problems, improvements in environment may lead to greater similarity with European health status but natural increase among Aborigines may counteract improvements in housing & income, inflation reducing; potential benefits of financial assistance, cultural barriers to preventive or therapeutic medicine; discusses possible future influence of medical technology on mortality & morbidity patterns (compares attempt to modigy disease pattern among Navajo in northern Arizona & lessons to be learned from such attempts), possible alternatives (community; p.277-285; Appendix I - growth indices; appendix II - genetic diseases; implications in Aboriginal ecology effects of consanguinity, increased mobility & migration; appendix III - criteria for identification of N.S.W. Aborigines in registers of death |
| Notes |
"A series sponsored by the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia" |
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Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [286]-295 |
| Notes |
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Medical care.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100478
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| Author |
Jones, F. Lancaster (Frank Lancaster)
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Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
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| LC no. |
73076201 |
| ISBN |
0708104606 |
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