Power disconnections in remote Indigenous communities: Impacts on health and well-being

Petra BUERGELT; Elaine Maypilama; Julia McPhee; Galathi Dhurrkay; Shirley Nirrpuranydji; Sylvia Manyturrpuy; Marrayurra Wunungmurra; Timothy Skinner; Anne Lowell; Simon A. Moss

Power disconnections in remote Indigenous communities: Impacts on health and well-being

Petra BUERGELT, Elaine Maypilama, Julia McPhee, Galathi Dhurrkay, Shirley Nirrpuranydji, Sylvia Manyturrpuy, Marrayurra Wunungmurra, Timothy Skinner, Anne Lowell, Simon A. Moss

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Abstract

Before European colonalisation, Australian Indigenous people were healthy and well due to being nomadic, eating nutritious native foods and engaging in sophisticated spiritual and cultural practices (Griffith, 2015; Lawler, 1991; Purdie, Dudgeon, & Walker, 2010). In 2008, the inequalities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people were the largest in the world according to the World Health Organisation. Whilst the Australian Government tried to address these inequalities resulting from historical and ongoing colonalisation, a decade later the mental illness, domestic and family violence, suicide and trauma are increasing at an alarming rate (AHMAC, 2017; Dudgeon, Milroy & Walker, 2014). Consequently, achieving better outcomes for Indigenous peoples is a national research priority in Australia.

Original language	English
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	Improving Residential Energy Efficiency Conference, 2019 (IREE) - Duration: 15 Apr 2019 → 16 Apr 2019 https://www.iree.org.au/

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Conference	Improving Residential Energy Efficiency Conference, 2019 (IREE)
Abbreviated title	IREE
Period	15/04/19 → 16/04/19
Internet address	https://www.iree.org.au/

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Power disconnections in remote Indigenous communities: Impacts on health and well-being

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