The health of urban Aboriginal people: Insufficient data to close the gap

Sandra J. Eades; Bronwen  Taylor; Sandra Bailey; Anna B. Williamson; Jonathan C. Craig; Sally Redman

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04036.x

The health of urban Aboriginal people: Insufficient data to close the gap

Sandra J. Eades, Bronwen Taylor, Sandra Bailey, Anna B. Williamson, Jonathan C. Craig, Sally Redman

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Abstract

• The Australian Government has committed to reducing Indigenous disadvantage, including closing the life-expectancy gap within a generation, and to halving the gap in mortality rates for children under 5 years of age within a decade.

• Sixty per cent of the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is attributable to the health of Indigenous people living in non-remote areas of Australia.

• We conducted a brief review of recent Australian original research publications on the health of the 53% of Indigenous people who live in urban areas, and found that data are sparse; there were only 63 studies in the past 5 years (11% of all articles about Indigenous health during this period).

• Although Indigenous Australians living in remote areas experience greater health disparity, the government will not achieve its aims without paying due attention to the non-remote-living population.

• More research is required, and particularly research that actually tests the impact of policies and programs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	521-524
Number of pages	4
Journal	Medical Journal of Australia
Volume	193
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04036.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Indigenous health
Environment and public health

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