ABSTRACT
This volume traces the complex reasons behind the disturbing discrepancy between the health and well-being of children in mainstream Australia and those in remote Indigenous communities. Invaluably informed by Boulton’s close working knowledge of Aboriginal communities, the book addresses growth faltering as a crisis of Aboriginal parenting and a continued problem for the Australian nation. The high rate and root causes of ill-health amongst Aboriginal children are explored through a unique synthesis of historical, anthropological, biological and medical analyses. Through this fresh approach, which includes the insights of specialists from a range of disciplines, Aboriginal Children, History and Health provides a thoughtful and innovative framework for considering Indigenous health.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|60 pages
The child in the human story
part 2|40 pages
The child in political history
part 3|56 pages
Political, ecological and social disruptions to the prerequisites of parenting
part 4|30 pages
Disorders of child growth and development
part 5|31 pages
Conclusion