Aboriginal Children, History and Health

Beyond Social Determinants
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-138-95524-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 262 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 658 g

This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities. Invaluably informed by Boulton’s close working knowledge of Aboriginal communities, the book addresses growth faltering as a crisis of Aboriginal parenting and a continued problem for the Australian nation. The high rate and root causes of ill-health amongst Aboriginal children are explored through a unique synthesis of historical, anthropological, biological and medical analyses. Through this fresh approach, which includes the insights of specialists from a range of disciplines, Aboriginal Children, History and Health provides a thoughtful and innovative framework for considering Indigenous health.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boulton, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword (Colin Tatz).

Preface

Part 1 The child in the human story

Chapter 2 The child and nurture in the human story
Gaynor Macdonald and John Boulton

Chapter 3 Childhood in deep human history: The evolutionary origins of human childhood Ze’ev Hochberg

Chapter 4 Traditions of Aboriginal parenting
Gaynor Macdonald

Part 2 The child in political history

Chapter 5 A history of legislation and attitudes towards British, non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australian children
Rani Kerin

Chapter 6 The health of Aboriginal Children in Western Australian 1829 – 1960 Christine Choo

Part 3 Political and social disruptions to the pre-requisites of parenting

Chapter 7 Disrupting demography: population collapse and rebound John Boulton

Chapter 8 Coolibah’s Story: Structural violence in the twentieth century John Boulton

Chapter 9 The destruction of food resources at the colonial frontier John Boulton

Part 4 Disorders of Child Growth and Development: a metric of structural violence

Chapter 10 Growth faltering as a metric of social exclusion and poverty John Boulton

Chapter 11 A model of children’s growth and adaptation to nutritional stress Ze’ev Hochberg and John Boulton

Part 5 Conclusion

Chapter 12 Growing up our way: beyond social determinants in the aetiology of growth faltering John Boulton

Chapter 13 Reflections John Boulton

Über Autor(innen)

John Boulton is Emeritus Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Newcastle, Australia.