Planning for and responding to pandemic influenza emergencies: it’s time to listen to, prioritize and privilege Aboriginal perspectives
10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.5.005
- Author:
Kristy Cooks
1
;
Peter Massey
1
;
Kylie Taylor
2
;
Adrian Miller
3
;
Sandra Campbell
4
;
Ross Andrews
5
Author Information
1. Hunter New England Local Health District, Population Health, Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia
2. Hunter New England Local Health District, Population Health, Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
3. Office of Indigenous Engagement, Central Queensland University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
4. Indigenous Health, Research Division, Central Queensland University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
5. Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Casuarina, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
- Publication Type:Other Types
- From:
Western Pacific Surveillance and Response
2018;9(5):5-7
- CountryWHO-WPRO
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Australia’s Indigenous peoples account for 3% of the country’s population yet continue to experience disproportionately higher rates of mortality and hospitalization for many infectious diseases.1 The 2009 influenza pandemic had an inequitable impact on Indigenous peoples in Australia,2 New Zealand,3 the Americas and the Pacific.4 Genuine and tangible actions that include Indigenous peoples in the planning and response for pandemic influenza is overdue. This paper will identify some of the strategies to incorporate the perspectives of Australia’s Indigenous peoples (hereafter Aboriginal) in planning and responding to infectious disease emergencies.
- Full text:wpsar.2018.9.5.005_02.pdf
