Journal article
Racism as a determinant of social and emotional wellbeing for aboriginal Australian youth
NC Priest, YC Paradies, W Gunthorpe, SJ Cairney, SM Sayers
Medical Journal of Australia | Published : 2011
Abstract
Objective: To explore the associations between self-reported racism and health and wellbeing outcomes for young Aboriginal Australian people. Design, setting and participants: A cross-sectional study of 345 Aboriginal Australians aged 16-20 years who, as participants in the prospective Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study, were recruited at birth between 1987 and 1990 and followed up between 2006 and 2008.Main outcome measures: Self-reported social and emotional wellbeing using a questionnaire validated as culturally appropriate for the study's participants; recorded body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio. Results: Self-reported racism was reported by 32% of study participants. Racism was significa..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge our consultation network, especially staff members of the Top End Mental Health Services and Danila Dilba Health Service for their support and assistance with this research. We thank the participants of the ABC Study for their ongoing participation and the dedicated ABC research team who traced the participants and organised the data collection and recording. The component of the ABC Study focused on social and emotional factors was supported by funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Naomi Priest is supported by a Victorian Department of Health (VicHealth) research grant, an NHMRC postdoctoral training fellowship (#628897) and an NHMRC Population Health Capacity Building Grant (#236235). Yin Paradies is supported by a University of Melbourne McKenzie Fellowship. We would also like to acknowledge Rosie Ashbolt, Graham Moore and Britt Johnson for their advice about data analysis.Sheree Cairney has received funding, paid to her institution, from the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation.