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Indigenous Australians and health : the wombat in the room / edited by Ron Hampton and Maree Toombs.
Chapter 1: Culture, identity and Indigenous Australian peoples. Chapter 2: Racism, colonisation/colonialism and impacts on Indigenous people. Chapter 3: Contemprary Indigenous Australians. Chapter 4: Indigenous Australian concepts of health and well-being. Chapter 5: Indigenous access to health and health services. Chapter 6: Ethics and Indigenous health care: cultural competencies, protocols and integrity. Chapter 7: Communication for working with Indigenous Australians. Chapter 8: Case examples of primary health care. Chapter 9: Physical health among Indigenous Australians. Chapter 10: Nutrition and diet in Indigenous communities. Chapter 11: Mental health among Indigenous Australians. Chapter 12: Impacts of substance abuse, violence and self-harm in Indigenous communities. Chapter 13: Disability in Indigenous Australians. Chapter 14: Allied health and Indigenous Australians. Chapter 15: Final word. "'Indigenous Australians and health' assists the 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. The text's key themes outline the fundamental and underlying components that continue to influence good health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It further seeks to provide an understanding of Indigenous Australian perspectives of their own health, and examines the historical connections between health and the impacts of colonisation, both past and present in Australia." - Back cover. Includes bibliographical references and index. "'Indigenous Australians and health' assists the 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. The text's key themes outline the fundamental and underlying components that continue to influence good health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It further seeks to provide an understanding of Indigenous Australian perspectives of their own health, and examines the historical connections between health and the impacts of colonisation, both past and present in Australia." - Back cover.