Mind, body, spirit: co-benefits for mental health from climate change adaptation and caring for country in remote Aboriginal Australian communities.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Berry, Helen Louise Butler, James Ryan Burgess, Christopher Paul King, Ursula Gwendolyn Tsey, Komla Cadet-James, Yvonne Lorraine Rigby, Colin Raphael, B. A. Maile
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	The evident and unresolved health disparity between Aboriginal and other Australians is testament to a history of systematic disenfranchisement. Stigma, lack of appropriate services and the expense of delivering services in remote settings make it impossible to adequately address mental health needs, including suicide, solely using a mainstream medical approach. Nor do mainstream approaches accommodate the relationship between Aboriginal health and connectedness to land, whether traditional or new land, remote or metropolitan. This review describes how caring-for-country projects on traditional lands in remote locations may provide a novel way to achieve the linked goals of climate change adaptation with co-benefits for social and emotional wellbeing.
Starting Page	24
Ending Page	39
Page Count	16
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.publish.csiro.au/nb/pdf/NB10030
PubMed reference number	20637171v1
Alternate Webpage(s)	https://doi.org/10.1071/NB10030
DOI	10.1071/nb10030
Journal	New South Wales public health bulletin
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	5-6
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Acclimatization Community LYSP100-associated nuclear domain Overall Well Being Women's Health Services benefit mental health
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article