Aboriginal health policy: is nutrition the 'gap' in 'Closing the Gap'?
Abstract Objective: To examine the extent to which nutrition has been prioritised in national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy. Method: Australian Government websites were searched for Aboriginal‐specific health policies and strategies developed between 2000 and 2012. Thirteen doc...
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2014-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Abstract Objective: To examine the extent to which nutrition has been prioritised in national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy. Method: Australian Government websites were searched for Aboriginal‐specific health policies and strategies developed between 2000 and 2012. Thirteen documents describing nine policies were analysed. Results: Increased and more comprehensive inclusion of nutrition in Aboriginal health policy was identified during the first half of this period. In the second half, however, nutrition strategies were fragmented, and a much greater emphasis was placed on smoking. Conclusion and Implication: With the exception of food security in remote communities, nutrition seems to have disappeared from the national Aboriginal health policy agenda. This is a concern, given the burden of nutrition‐related disease in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. |
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| Item Description: | 1753-6405 1326-0200 10.1111/1753-6405.12223 |