Opinion

The urgent need to embrace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture

By Michael Dockery
December 5 2019 - 7:00am
The urgent need to embrace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture
The urgent need to embrace Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture

Successive Australian governments have grappled with "Closing the Gap" on Indigenous disadvantage. Like many First Nations peoples, Indigenous Australians face poorer psychological well-being, physical health and socioeconomic outcomes than their non-Indigenous counterparts. In part, these gaps are often driven by factors that affect all people, including differences in access to services and social determinants of health.

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