Indigenous perspectives on active living in remote Australia: a qualitative exploration of the socio-cultural link between health, the environment and economics.

CONCLUSION: This different construction of physical activity in remote Indigenous communities highlights the importance of involving Indigenous people in the development and implementation of physical activity promotion. Physical activities associated with traditional Indigenous cultural practices and being active 'on country' need to be viewed as legitimate health promotion activities. Exploring further ways to enable Indigenous people in remote NT to be involved in creating viable active livelihoods on 'traditional country' needs to be considered as imperative to health improvement. PMID: 23672247 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23672247?dopt=Abstract

Source: Rural Remote Health - September 28, 2013 Category: Rural Health Authors: Thompson SL, Chenhall RD, Brimblecombe JK Tags: BMC Public Health Source Type: research