[Comment] Indigenous health data and the path to healing

The health disadvantages of Indigenous peoples around the world have their roots in colonisation and discrimination and are related to a loss of autonomy over lands and culture. This history has profoundly affected social determinants of health, such as poverty and marginalisation, and contributed to higher rates of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Indigenous people, and life expectancies that are typically 5 years or more lower than in non-Indigenous populations.1,2 Despite persistent health inequities, Indigenous peoples are determining the path to healing their communities.

Source: LANCET - November 3, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jennifer Walker, Ray Lovett, Tahu Kukutai, Carmen Jones, David Henry Tags: Comment Source Type: research