Aboriginal Australians' experience of social capital and its relevance to health and wellbeing in urban settings

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-28

  Browne Yung, Kathryn ^a   Ziersch, Anna ^a   Baum, Fran ^a   Gallaher, Gilbert ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australians; Bourdieu; Health; Social capital; Urban settings

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION; WELLBEING;

ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS; BOURDIEU; HEALTH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBAN SETTINGS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84886304465     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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