Contextual and composition determinants of urban health inequities: An Indigenous perspective

这项研究研究了生活在澳大利亚郊区的土著澳大利亚人的生活经历。该项目正在探索郊区的特点是否对居民的健康产生影响，而不管常住人口的构成如何。特别是，这项研究正在审查这种地点影响对土著人民和非土著人民是否有任何不同。它将特别考虑到社会和经济因素对健康的影响。更具体地说，这项研究将考虑土著人民的社会互动、信任和互惠模式-社会资本的要素-如何影响他们所认为的健康状况。这项研究将审查人们在多大程度上能够利用其社交网络获得福利，如日常生活援助、获得工作或接触有影响力的人，从而直接或间接地促进土著人口健康的改善。还将审议种族主义对健康的影响。这项研究将在阿德莱德的两个高收入和三个低收入郊区进行，以便在郊区之间以及在每个郊区的土著居民和非土著居民之间进行比较。信息将通过详细的访谈、面对面的调查和对案例研究郊区的社会环境、服务和设施的观察来收集。研究的最后阶段将让政策制定者和项目规划者参与进来，以确定研究对他们工作的影响。研究结果旨在供决策者和从业人员在制定旨在改善土著社区健康状况和成果的干预措施时使用。

This research studies the life experiences of Indigenous Australians living in suburban Australia. The project is exploring whether the characteristics of suburbs have an effect on residents' health, regardless of the make up of the resident population. In particular, this research is examining whether this locational impact is any different for Indigenous people compared to non-Indigenous people. It will specifically take into account the impact of social and economic factors on health. More particularly, the research will consider how Indigenous people's patterns of social interaction, trust and reciprocity - elements of social capital - affect their perceived health status. The research will examine the extent to which people are able to use their social networks to gain access to benefits such as assistance in daily life, access to jobs or to people with influence in ways that directly or indirectly contribute to improved health within the Indigenous population. The impact of racism on health will also be considered. The research will be conducted in two high income and three low income suburbs in Adelaide in order to allow comparisons between the suburbs and between Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents in each. Information will be collected from detailed interviews, a face-to-face survey and observation of the social environment, services and facilities available in the case study suburbs. The final stage of the research will engage policy makers and program planners to determine the implications of the research for their work. The research findings are designed to be used by policy makers and practitioners when they devise interventions aimed at improving health status and outcomes in Indigenous communities.