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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Why are Indigenous Affairs Policies Framed in ways that Undermine Indigenous Health and Equity? Examining Australia’s Northern Territory Emergency Response |
Author: | Freeman, T. Townsend, B. Mackean, T. Musolino, C. Friel, S. McDermott, D. Baum, F. |
Citation: | International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2022; 13(2):1-21 |
Publisher: | University of Western Ontario, Western Libraries |
Issue Date: | 2022 |
ISSN: | 1916-5781 1916-5781 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Toby Freeman, Belinda Townsend, Tamara Mackean, Connie Musolino, Sharon Friel, Dennis McDermott, Fran Baum |
Abstract: | The 2007 Australian Northern Territory Emergency Response policy was harmful to the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We thematically analysed 72 speech acts and reports from the three prominent perspectives: a Northern Territory government inquiry report, the Federal government, and an Aboriginal civil society coalition to examine how framings during the policy agenda setting phase constrained or supported scope for equitable health outcomes. The report authors and the coalition emphasised colonisation and other social determinants of Indigenous health. The Federal government used a discourse of pathology and white sovereignty. Our findings highlighted the need for Indigenous voice in policy making, and the need to address colonial assumptions underpinning policy framings to achieve Indigenous health equity. |
Keywords: | Indigenous; social determinants of health; policy; agenda setting; Australia |
Rights: | © 2022 Toby Freeman, Belinda Townsend, Tamara Mackean, Connie Musolino, Sharon Friel, Dennis McDermott, Fran Baum. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. |
DOI: | 10.18584/iipj.2022.13.2.14012 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1078046 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2022.13.2.14012 |
Appears in Collections: | Public Health publications |
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