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Thapa S, Ahmed KY, Giri S, Anyasodor AE, Huda MM, Gibbs P, Mahmood S, Astawesegn FH, Newman J, Ross AG. Population attributable fractions of depression and anxiety among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a population-based study. THE LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH. WESTERN PACIFIC 2024; 52:101203. [PMID: 39381087 PMCID: PMC11458540 DOI: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2024] [Revised: 08/28/2024] [Accepted: 09/03/2024] [Indexed: 10/10/2024]
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Background Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples face an increased risk of common mental disorders, which may be associated with underlying socio-economic challenges, racism, and discrimination. This is the first study to calculate the population attributable fractions (PAFs) for depression and anxiety attributed to potentially modifiable risk factors such as health behaviour, social and cultural characteristics, and past adverse events among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples aged ≥15 years. Methods This cross-sectional study examined the 2018-19 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Logistic regression models were used to compute odds ratios (ORs). PAFs adjusted for communality were calculated using adjusted ORs and prevalence estimates for each risk factor. Findings This study included a weighted sample of 5362 individuals, with a mean age of 40.8 years (SD = ±17.2). Personal income below the national average (PAF = 13.4%; 95% CI: 12.4, 14.5), severed access to Indigenous cultural affiliations (PAF = 12.8%; 95% CI: 11.8, 13.8), central obesity (PAF = 7.2%; 95% CI: 6.4, 8.0), daily smoking (PAF = 5.9%; 95% CI: 5.2, 6.7) and severed access to Indigenous knowledge (PAF = 5.2%; 95% CI: 4.5, 5.8) were associated with 45% of depression cases. Personal income below the national average (PAF = 10.7%; 95% CI: 9.8, 11.7), limited access to Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (PAF = 10.6%; 95% CI: 9.7, 11.6), central obesity (PAF = 7.1%; 95% CI: 6.3, 7.9), severed access to Indigenous knowledge (PAF = 5.7%; 95% CI: 4.9, 6.4) and the experience of discrimination in the last 12 months (PAF = 4.7%; 95% CI: 4.0, 5.3) were associated with 39% of anxiety cases. Interpretation To reduce the burden of depression and anxiety disorder among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, addressing socio-economic and cultural harms that constrain healthy connections to people/kin, their rights, languages, land, and healthy food sources should be a priority. Funding This work was funded by a grant from the Commonwealth of Australia, represented by the Department of Health and Aged Care (Grant Activity 4-DGEJZ1O/4-CW7UT14).
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- Subash Thapa
- Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI), Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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- Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI), Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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- Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI), Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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- Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI), Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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- Regional Enterprise Development Institute (REDI.E), Dubbo, NSW, 2830, Australia
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- Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI), Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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- Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI), Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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- Orange Aboriginal Medical Service (OAMS), Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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- Rural Health Research Institute (RHRI), Charles Sturt University, Orange, NSW, 2800, Australia
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Bastos JL, Bernardo FR, Reichenheim ME. One step further in mistreatment research: Assessing the scalability of the Explicit Discrimination Scale among Brazilian working-age adult respondents. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 2024. [PMID: 39171502 DOI: 10.1002/jcop.23146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 07/30/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
Abstract
Though the Explicit Discrimination Scale (EDS) has been subjected to extensive psychometric evaluation in Brazil, the instrument has yet to be comprehensively assessed among working-age adult respondents in the country. This study aimed to fill this knowledge gap. Data from around 1200 diverse members of a cohort investigation were used to examine: (1) the positioning of respondents along the continuum of the EDS latent trait; (2) how well the corresponding items represent the EDS construct map; and (3) the extent to which the EDS items follow their expected levels of intensity. We assessed these properties with Loevinger's H, Guttman errors, and Item Response Theory parameters. Findings suggest that two abridged versions of the instrument-but especially the eight-item EDS-may adequately arrange respondents along the latent trait continuum. Analyses also revealed that scale items are reasonably spread over the construct map, with some discrepancy between the expected levels of intensity and their empirical positioning in the corresponding plot. The shortened versions of EDS have good psychometric properties among Brazilian working-age adult respondents. In addition to examining the invariance of the EDS across multiple groups, future psychometric evaluations should assess the external validity of the scale.
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- João L Bastos
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
- Graduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Public Health, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Shao L, Zhu X, Li DL, Wu L, Lu X, Fan Y, Qiao Z, Hou L, Pan CW, Ke C. Quantifying depressive symptoms on incidence of common chronic diseases and multimorbidity patterns in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults. J Psychiatr Res 2024; 173:340-346. [PMID: 38579479 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024]
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BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms are highly prevalent and increase risks of various morbidities. However, the extent to which depressive symptoms could account for incidence of these chronic conditions, in particular multimorbidity patterns, remains to be examined and quantified. METHODS For this cohort analysis, we included 9024-14,093 participants aged 45 years and older from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for the longitudinal associations between depressive symptoms and 13 common chronic diseases and 4 multimorbidity patterns. Population attributable fractions (PAFs) combining the information on both exposure prevalence and risk association were estimated to quantify the magnitude of the burden of these conditions attributable to depressive symptoms. RESULTS Depressive symptoms were associated with increased risks of liver disease, stroke, heart problem, asthma, diabetes, arthritis, kidney disease, chronic lung disease, digestive disease, dyslipidemia, and memory-related disease, and the adjusted HRs (95% CIs) and PAFs (95% CIs) ranged from 1.15 (1.05-1.26) to 1.64 (1.38-1.96) and 5% (0-10%) to 17% (6-28%), respectively. In addition, individuals with depressive symptoms had elevated risks of the cardiometabolic-cancer pattern, the cerebrovascular-memory pattern, the articular-visceral organ pattern, and the respiratory pattern, with respective HRs (95% CIs) of 1.26 (1.11-1.42), 1.34 (1.07-1.69), 1.45 (1.29-1.63), and 2.01 (1.36-2.96), and respective PAFs (95% CIs) of 5% (0-10%), 8% (-4-21%), 12% (7-17%), and 20% (5-35%). CONCLUSION Depressive symptoms contribute substantially to the burden across a broad range of chronic diseases as well as different multimorbidity patterns in middle-aged and older Chinese.
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- Liping Shao
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Suzhou Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Suzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- School of Public Health, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, China.
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- School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China.
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Basit T, Toombs M, Santomauro D, Whiteford H, Ferrari A. Correlates of mental disorder and harmful substance use in an indigenous Australian urban sample: an analysis of data from the Queensland Urban Indigenous Mental Health Survey. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2024:10.1007/s00127-024-02648-8. [PMID: 38506954 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-024-02648-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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PURPOSE Limited data exists on the relationship between sociodemographic and cultural variables and the prevalence of specific mental and substance use disorders (MSDs) among Indigenous Australians, using diagnostic prevalence data. This paper utilises data from the Queensland Urban Indigenous Mental Health Survey (QUIMHS), a population-level diagnostic mental health survey, to identify socioeconomic and cultural correlates of psychological distress and specific MSDs in an urban Indigenous Australian sample. METHODS Using a mixture of household sampling (door-knocking) and snowball sampling (promotion of the survey in the community), 406 participants aged 18 to 89 were recruited across key locations in Southeast Queensland. The study investigated various demographic, socioeconomic, and cultural factors as predictors of psychological distress (measured by the Kessler-5) and MSD diagnoses (utilising the Composite International Diagnostic Interview, CIDI 3.0) using a series of univariate logistic regressions. RESULTS Individuals in unstable housing (homeless, sleeping rough) and those reporting financial distress were more likely to experience an MSD in the past 12 months and throughout their lifetime. Individuals reporting lower levels of connection and belonging, limited participation in cultural events, and lower empowerment were more likely to have a lifetime mental disorder. CONCLUSION This data emphasises the importance of addressing systemic and social determinants of health when designing and delivering community mental health services and underscores the need for holistic approaches when working with Indigenous communities.
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- Tabinda Basit
- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Level 3 Dawson House, Wacol, QLD, 4076, Australia.
- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia.
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- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
- School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Level 3 Dawson House, Wacol, QLD, 4076, Australia
- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Level 3 Dawson House, Wacol, QLD, 4076, Australia
- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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- Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, The Park Centre for Mental Health Treatment, Level 3 Dawson House, Wacol, QLD, 4076, Australia
- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston, QLD, Australia
- Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
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Anderson I, Paradies Y, Langton M, Lovett R, Calma T. Racism and the 2023 Australian constitutional referendum. Lancet 2023; 402:1400-1403. [PMID: 37778359 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01954-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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- Ian Anderson
- Academic Division, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia.
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- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia
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- School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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- University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Egoroff N, Bloomfield H, Gondarra W, Yambalpal B, Guyula T, Forward D, Lyons G, O'Connor E, Sanderson L, Dowden M, Williams D, de Dassel J, Coffey P, Dhurrkay ER, Gondarra V, Holt DC, Krause VL, Currie BJ, Griffiths K, Dempsey K, Glynn-Robinson A. An outbreak of acute rheumatic fever in a remote Aboriginal community. Aust N Z J Public Health 2023; 47:100077. [PMID: 37625204 DOI: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES We describe the public health response to an outbreak of acute rheumatic fever (ARF) in a remote Aboriginal community. METHODS In August 2021, the Northern Territory Rheumatic Heart Disease Control Program identified an outbreak of acute rheumatic fever in a remote Aboriginal community. A public health response was developed using a modified acute poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis protocol and the National Acute Rheumatic Fever Guideline for Public Health Units. RESULTS 12 cases were diagnosed during the outbreak; six-times the average number of cases in the same period in the five years prior (n=1.8). Half (n=6) of the outbreak cases were classified as recurrent episodes with overdue secondary prophylaxis. Contact tracing and screening of 11 households identified 86 close contacts. CONCLUSIONS This outbreak represented an increase in both first episodes and recurrences of acute rheumatic fever and highlights the critical need for strengthened delivery of acute rheumatic fever secondary prophylaxis, and for improvements to the social determinants of health in the region. IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH Outbreaks of acute rheumatic fever are rare despite continuing high rates of acute rheumatic fever experienced by remote Aboriginal communities. Nevertheless, there can be improvements in the current national public health guidance relating to acute rheumatic fever cluster and outbreak management.
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- Natasha Egoroff
- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Australia; Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Australia; Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Health, Australia.
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- Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Australia; Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Health, Australia.
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- Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Health, Australia.
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- Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Australia.
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- Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Australia.
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- Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation, Australia; Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Health, Australia; Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, Australia.
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- Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Health, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia.
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- Centre for Disease Control, Northern Territory Health, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia; Rheumatic Heart Disease Australia, Australia.
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- Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Australia; University of New South Wales, Australia; University of Melbourne, Australia.
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- National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Australia.
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Adane AA, Shepherd CC, Reibel T, Ayano G, Marriott R. The perinatal and childhood outcomes of children born to Indigenous women with mental health problems: A scoping review. Midwifery 2023; 125:103779. [PMID: 37562160 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2023.103779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Maternal mental health problems are common during the perinatal period and have been associated with several negative outcomes in children. However, few studies have examined the associations between maternal mental health problems and offspring outcomes among Indigenous people, and the findings across these studies have been inconsistent. This scoping review examined the birth and childhood (≤12 years) health and development outcomes of the children of Indigenous women with mental health problems. METHODS A scoping review was conducted following the methodological framework developed by Arksey and O'Malley and based on the PRISMA-ScR guidelines. Eight databases were searched electronically for studies examining the associations between any perinatal maternal mental health problems and birth and childhood outcomes among the Indigenous populations of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the USA. Two authors reviewed studies for inclusion. A narrative synthesis approach was adopted. RESULTS Of 2,836 records identified, 10 were eligible. One of three studies evaluating maternal depression and anxiety problems found a negative (adverse) association with birth and childhood behavioural outcomes. Six of seven studies that examined the associations between maternal substance use disorder (mainly alcohol use disorder) and several birth and childhood outcomes found at least one negative association. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE Maternal substance use disorder appears to be associated with adverse birth and childhood outcomes among some Indigenous populations. However, there is preliminary evidence for the other common maternal mental health problems. Further research is critically required to draw definitive conclusions regarding the impact of maternal mental health problems on the birth and childhood outcomes.
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- Akilew A Adane
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia; Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia.
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- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia; Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA, Australia; Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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- School of Indigenous Studies, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia; School of Population Health, Curtin University, Bentley, WA, Australia
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- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
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Wispelwey B, Tanous O, Asi Y, Hammoudeh W, Mills D. Because its power remains naturalized: introducing the settler colonial determinants of health. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1137428. [PMID: 37533522 PMCID: PMC10393129 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1137428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Indigenous people suffer earlier death and more frequent and severe disease than their settler counterparts, a remarkably persistent reality over time, across settler colonized geographies, and despite their ongoing resistance to elimination. Although these health inequities are well-known, they have been impervious to comprehensive and convincing explication, let alone remediation. Settler colonial studies, a fast-growing multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary field, is a promising candidate to rectify this impasse. Settler colonialism's relationship to health inequity is at once obvious and incompletely described, a paradox arising from epistemic coloniality and perceived analytic challenges that we address here in three parts. First, in considering settler colonialism an enduring structure rather than a past event, and by wedding this fundamental insight to the ascendant structural paradigm for understanding health inequities, a picture emerges in which this system of power serves as a foundational and ongoing configuration determining social and political mechanisms that impose on human health. Second, because modern racialization has served to solidify and maintain the hierarchies of colonial relations, settler colonialism adds explanatory power to racism's health impacts and potential amelioration by historicizing this process for differentially racialized groups. Finally, advances in structural racism methodologies and the work of a few visionary scholars have already begun to elucidate the possibilities for a body of literature linking settler colonialism and health, illuminating future research opportunities and pathways toward the decolonization required for health equity.
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- Bram Wispelwey
- Department of Global Health and Population, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
- Division of Global Health Equity, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
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- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
- School of Global Health Management and Informatics, College of Community Innovation and Education, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States
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- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
- Institute of Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine
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- François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
- Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
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Dudgeon P, Bray A, Walker R. Mitigating the impacts of racism on Indigenous wellbeing through human rights, legislative and health policy reform. Med J Aust 2023; 218:203-205. [PMID: 36871199 PMCID: PMC10953442 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.51862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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- Pat Dudgeon
- Poche Centre for Indigenous HealthUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWA
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- Poche Centre for Indigenous HealthUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWA
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- Poche Centre for Indigenous HealthUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWA
- Ngangk Yira Institute for ChangeMurdoch UniversityPerthWA
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Tanous O, Asi Y, Hammoudeh W, Mills D, Wispelwey B. Structural racism and the health of Palestinian citizens of Israel. Glob Public Health 2023; 18:2214608. [PMID: 37209155 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2023.2214608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI) constitute almost 20% of the Israeli population. Despite having access to one of the most efficient healthcare systems in the world, PCI have shorter life expectancy and significantly worse health outcomes compared to the Jewish Israeli population. While several studies have analysed the social and policy determinants driving these health inequities, direct discussion of structural racism as their overarching etiology has been limited. This article situates the social determinants of health of PCI and their health outcomes as stemming from settler colonialism and resultant structural racism by exploring how Palestinians came to be a racialized minority in their homeland. In utilising critical race theory and a settler colonial analysis, we provide a structural and historically responsible reading of the health of PCI and suggest that dismantling legally codified racial discrimination is the first step to achieving health equity.
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- Osama Tanous
- FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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Dudgeon P, Walker R. An urgent call to address interpersonal and structural racism and social inequities in Australia. Lancet 2022; 400:2014-2016. [PMID: 36502827 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)02491-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Pat Dudgeon
- School of Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia Perth, Nedlands, 6009, WA, Australia; Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, WA, Australia
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- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, WA, Australia.
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