Exploring relationships between racism, housing and child illness in remote indigenous communities

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 440-447

  Priest, Naomi ^a   Paradies, Yin ^a   Stevens, Matthew ^b,c   Bailie, Ross ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH SURVEY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; HOUSING CONDITIONS; HYGIENE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; RACISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAVEL;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOUSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAVEL;

AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 84858437814     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.117366     Document Type: Article

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