When COVID-19 first appeared, some called it the great equalizer. But the facts quickly revealed a grim reality: COVID-19 disproportionately impacts racialized communities.
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Student respondents to a survey discussed memories of historical trauma of infectious disease and displacement, financial hardship related to Alberta tuition hikes and mental health concerns.
A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages may be intended to improve health, but for Indigenous consumers, such a tax would be unethical, contravene tax law and undermine Indigenous rights.
DUDES Club, with a little help from Movember, has shown how a grassroots health and mental health initiative could be mobilized to work by, for and with Indigenous men.
The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the health-care system that leave those without identification documents vulnerable.
Australian official guidelines need to reflect culturally safe dietary advice or risk worsening Indigenous people’s health.
It’s no wonder some Indigenous Australians are concerned about receiving different treatment in hospital.
Indigenous children have poor oral health compared to Australian kids overall. Our research shows involving local Aboriginal people in designing and providing services can make a difference.
Pluralism — the active process of inclusion — could reduce disparities in some of the most pressing health issues of our time.
Many white health students - our future doctors, nurses and health workers - find learning about the ongoing health impacts of colonisation on Indigenous Australians confronting. But it’s vital.
Indigenous communities are connecting over digital communities to survive and resist.
Researchers report on how COVID-19 is affecting isolated Indigenous communities. Their voices bridge the urban divide, reveal challenges and describe some unexpected bonuses.
Aboriginal communities have a long history of fighting off disease outbreaks – and self-determination is vital to their success.
Large households, poor health literacy, not enough soap and vaccines, scepticism of mainstream services. These are some of the reasons urban Aboriginal people face increased risks.
Despite chronic housing need and persistent health and infrastructural inequities, northern communities are turning to the land and each other to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Reducing crowding and repairing social housing can decrease the risk of COVID-19 in remote Indigenous communities. It will bring other long-term benefits, too.
Indigenous people suffered greatly during the last global pandemic – the Spanish flu in 1918-19. They are vulnerable again because we still haven’t addressed inequalities in our public health system.
Aboriginal people are at greater risk of severe illness from COVID-19 than non-Aboriginal people. But plans to protect remote communities and keep the virus out are progressing too slowly.
Just one in four Indigenous women play sport or are physically active, with many citing racism, cost and gendered expectations as barriers.
A safe home, a working fridge and access to transport are all needed before western medicine has a chance of working in the long term. But a new way of providing care can help.
Top contributors
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Director of POCHE Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
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ARC Research Fellow in Indigenous Health, Disability and Community Development, University of Sydney
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Professor, Public Health Policy, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
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Scientia lecturer, UNSW Sydney
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Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen's University, Ontario
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Tom Calma is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chancellor, University of Canberra
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Senior Fellow, Australian National University
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Head of Diabetes Clinics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor and Head Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Social Research and Policy, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Indigenous Health; Executive Director, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
