Title
Injury in Aboriginal children and health inequality: specific research challenges
RIS ID
96220
Link to publisher version (URL)
Abstract
Unequal distribution of child injury
• The burden of childhood injury is unequal distributed across populations
• Low socio-economic status - related to low levels of education, employment and income, lower home ownership - associated with poor health and increased exposure to health risk factors
• Globally, children from poor families are disproportionately affected by injuries
• WHO World report on child injury prevention 2008 argued that child injury be included as a key component of a broader global child health agenda
• Indigenous children are at risk in many countries
Publication Details
K. Clapham "Injury in Aboriginal children and health inequality: specific research challenges", Paediatric Injury Prevention and Management Research Forum, Sydney Children's Hospital, 1 Aug 2014, (2014) http://www.kidsfamilies.health.nsw.gov.au/media/225736/Injury-in-Aboriginal-children-and-health-equality-specific-research-challenges-KClapham.pdf