The ‘Easy Street’ Myth: Self harm among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal female sole parents in urban state housing
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public HealthPublished 1 February 1999Open access
Anthony J. Radford, Graham A. Brice, Ross Harris, Muriel van der Byl, Helen Monten, Maureen McNeece-Neeson
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Testing the hypothesis that, controlling for socio‐demographic factors, destructive behaviour among Aboriginal and non‐Aboriginal female sole parents will not be significantly different finds that it is not.
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It is evident that class, rather than ethnicity, better explains self-harm in this urban population. It is suggested that reluctance to access services, especially in times of crisis, relates in part to perceptions of care services and that, for Aboriginals, the value of culturally appropriate community-run services have specific public health and policy implications.
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