Understanding dementia amongst indigenous Australians
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Garvey, Gail, Simmonds, Donna, Clements, Vanessa, O'Rourke, Peter, Whop, Lisa, Sullivan, Karen, Gorman, Don, Curnow, Venessa, Wise, Susi and Beattie, Elizabeth. 2011. "Understanding dementia amongst indigenous Australians." Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal. 35 (2), pp. 16-18.
| Article Title | Understanding dementia amongst indigenous Australians |
|---|---|
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Garvey, Gail (Author), Simmonds, Donna (Author), Clements, Vanessa (Author), O'Rourke, Peter (Author), Whop, Lisa (Author), Sullivan, Karen (Author), Gorman, Don (Author), Curnow, Venessa (Author), Wise, Susi (Author) and Beattie, Elizabeth (Author) |
| Journal Title | Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal |
| Journal Citation | 35 (2), pp. 16-18 |
| Number of Pages | 3 |
| Year | 2011 |
| Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
| Web Address (URL) | htpp://www.aihwj.com.au |
| Abstract | Dementia is a growing health and social concern for all Australians. It has been previously thought that Indigenous Australians did not live long enough to get dementia (Pollitt 1997). Interestingly, Indigenous Australians have reported dementia as being a 'whitefella sickness' (Woenne-Green 1995) as 'the word dementia has no meaning’ in Indigenous terms (Fox 1994; Zann 1994). More 'recently dementia has been described as a 'sick spirit' (Arabena 2007). However, as the life expectancy of Indigenous people increases, and they grow older they will encounter causes of death and disability not unlike their non-Indigenous counterparts, including increased presentations of dementia (Arabena 2007). |
| Keywords | dementia, sick spirit |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
| Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
| Byline Affiliations | Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Australia |
| Queensland University of Technology | |
| Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health | |
| Alzheimer's Australia | |
| Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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