In our own backyard: urban health inequities and Aboriginal experiences of neighbourhood life, social capital and racism.

Abstract

This report is about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who live in urban areas. Thus it contributes to filling the gap in literature and knowledge about the health and everyday life experience of urban Indigenous peoples.This study, the Adelaide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (AATSIH) project, was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and focused on neighbourhood life, social capital, experiences of racism and health. This was a ‘companion’ project to another NHMRC project (the General Location and Health project (the General L&H project) – see Baum, Ziersch, Zhang et al, 2007) that explored neighbourhood life and social capital for the general population in four contrasting socio-economic areas in Adelaide