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dc.contributor.authorHornosty, J.
dc.contributor.authorGray, Dennis
dc.contributor.authorSaggers, Sherry
dc.contributor.editorJohn Germov
dc.contributor.editorJennie Hornosty
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:34:17Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:34:17Z
dc.date.created2015-03-03T20:14:25Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationHornosty, J. and Gray, D. and Saggers, S. 2012. Canada's Aboriginal Peoples and Health: The Perpetuation of Inequalities, in Germov, J. and Hornosty, J. (ed), Second Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology, pp. 119-141. Canada: Oxford University Press.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32968
dc.description.abstract

Who are Aboriginal Canadians and what is their reality? How is the health inequality experienced by Aboriginal Canadians being addressed? Why do such health inequalities persist today? Canada has a publicly funded health-care system that many Canadians understandably are proud of. However, not all peoples have benefited equally. The health status of Canada's original peoples on virtually all indicators of health is below that of non-Aboriginal Canadians. They have higher mortality and morbidity rates and higher incidences of tuberculosis, alcoholism, and suicide than the rest of the population. They also are more likely to be unemployed, to live in poverty and substandard housing, and to have lower education attainment levels. This chapter explores possible explanations for these equities and situates the existing inequality in a broader social and historical context Aboriginal people's experiences of colonization, dispossession, and marginalization from the dominant economy. As well, the chapter explores the health implications of these processes. Although efforts have been made to improve the health status of Aboriginal peoples, many structural inequalities remain.

dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.titleCanada's Aboriginal Peoples and Health: The Perpetuation of Inequalities
dc.typeBook Chapter
dcterms.source.startPage119
dcterms.source.endPage141
dcterms.source.titleSecond Opinion: An Introduction to Health Sociology
dcterms.source.isbn9780195431988
dcterms.source.placeCanada
dcterms.source.chapter16
curtin.departmentNational Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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