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spaceThe health of young Aborigines (full report)


The health of young Aborigines: A report on the health of Aborigines aged 12 to 25 years, prepared for the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme, by Maggie Brady, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 1991

(Full report)
Hobart: National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
Copyright © 1992, National Youth Affairs Research Scheme, ISBN 1 875236 12 0

Price and availability:

Out of print, but available online in PDF format
as individual chapters (see list ) or
as a single document (start download; 1 MB)

Summary:

One of two companion reports, the Full Report draws on published data and research, and provides an overview of the current health issues affecting young Aboriginal people. It discusses major health issues and recommends strategies to improve the health of young Aborigines. This paper has been prepared for the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme and is intended to provide background research and other information as a basis for discussion. The views expressed in this paper are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily those of the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme, Youth Ministers Council or individual Commonwealth or State/Territory Ministers or Departments responsible for Youth Affairs.

Also see the Short report: The health of young Aborigines aged 12 to 25 years: A short report for Aboriginal communities prepared for the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme by Pamela Lyon, Canberra, 1992 (ISBN 1 875236 167 3)
This short report is availabile both in hardcopy for AUD$13.20
(see order forms), and online in PDF format (start download) .

About the author

Maggie Brady, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 1991

Maggie Brady is an anthropologist who has specialised in health issues, particularly substance abuse among Aboriginal people. She has worked in the School of Medicine at the Flinders university of South Australia, for the Northern Land Council in Darwin, and is now a research fellow at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies in Canberra. She has recently completed a study of the diet and lifestyle of Aborigines living in the vicinity of the Maralinga atomic testing sites in South Australia, as well as a major study of petrol sniffing in Australia. Both of these have been published by the Aboriginal Studies Press.

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