Hard Yakka - Transforming Indigenous Health Policy and Politics

Informationen zum Autor Nili Kaplan-Myrth, PhD, is Honorary Research Fellow with the Centre for the Study of Health and Society at the University of Melbourne. Klappentext Hard Yakka is a qualitative study of evolving relations between Australian Indigenous communities and government bureaucracies in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policy. The volume provides insights into the processes and politics of health care, analyzes inherent challenges of Indigenous self-determination, and reflects upon the roles played by anthropologists, sociologists, epidemiologists, and other proponents of action-oriented health research. Zusammenfassung Studies the evolving relations between Australian Indigenous communities and government bureaucracies in the development! implementation! and evaluation of health policy. This volume looks into the processes and politics of health care. It also reflects upon the roles played by anthropologists! sociologists! epidemiologists! and others. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 The Health Policy Jigsaw Chapter 2 Spinning a Good Yarn: Research with Indigenous Communities Chapter 3 The Right to Write: History and Community-Government Relations in Australia Chapter 4 Indigenous Activism, Community-Controlled Health Services, and Changing Health Politics Chapter 5 Dinkum Aussies and Blackfellas: Communities Imagined, Experienced, and Represented Chapter 6 Indigenous Health Policies and Government Policy Processes Chapter 7 Reconciliation and Self Determination

Product details

• Authors: Nili Kaplan-Myrth, Kaplan-Myrth Nili
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.2007
• EAN: 9780739114100
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-1410-0
• No. of pages: 169
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Australia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Black Studies (Global), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, Indigenous Peoples, Social welfare & social services, Social welfare and social services, Indigenous peoples / Indigeneity, Relating to First Nations peoples in Australia