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In Our Own Backyard: Urban Health Inequities and Aboriginal Experiences of Neighbourhood Life, Social Capital and Racism.

Gallaher G, Ziersch A, Baum F, Bentley M, Palmer C, Edmondson W & Winslow L
Flinders University
ISBN 978-0-9806286-0-9

This report is about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live in
urban areas. Thus it contributes to filling the gap in literature and knowledge
about the health and everyday life experience of urban Indigenous peoples. The
Adelaide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (AATSIH) study found that
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in urban Adelaide were:
* active participators in community groups
* strongly connected to family and friends, particularly other Indigenous people
* keen to have a positive neighbourhood environment
* well integrated in their local communities, though there were still a small
number of people who were quite socially isolated.

Access at http://healthandsociety.flinders.edu.au/publications.htm

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