Comments on: Community Size and Indigenous Life Expectancy http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/2008/12/27/community-size-and-indigenous-life-expectancy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=community-size-and-indigenous-life-expectancy A view of pharmacy and health from a very remote pharmacist Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:14:43 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Indigenous Child Mental Health | BitingTheDust http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/2008/12/27/community-size-and-indigenous-life-expectancy/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Indigenous Child Mental Health | BitingTheDust Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:34:43 +0000 http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/?p=1002#comment-307 [...] concluded the article titled “Community Size and Indigenous Life Expectancy” with: Are we are so intent on “economies of scale” that we are going to close these [...] [...] concluded the article titled “Community Size and Indigenous Life Expectancy” with: Are we are so intent on “economies of scale” that we are going to close these [...]

]]> By: Yuwalk http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/2008/12/27/community-size-and-indigenous-life-expectancy/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Yuwalk Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:30:39 +0000 http://bitethedust.com.au/bitingthedust/?p=1002#comment-271 Nice post. I have been fortunate enough to go to many homelands/outstations and larger communities. My personal observations are that the homelands people are generally healthier and happier. Although, I wish there was more studies done on the subject than the couple on Utopia. I think the attitudes to the outstations/homelands being looked at purely on a cost benefits analysis says a lot about how mainstream Australia values (or doesn't) Indigenous culture. You could probably argue that there are a lot of farms that are not viable. Imagine the outcry if so called fifth generation farmers were cut of from drought aid, Isolated Children's Allowance and all the other benefits, because it would be more cost effective to deliver services in the cities. It is something the CIS and the Bennelong Society have really been pushing for and it is very frustrating. Nice post. I have been fortunate enough to go to many homelands/outstations and larger communities. My personal observations are that the homelands people are generally healthier and happier. Although, I wish there was more studies done on the subject than the couple on Utopia.

I think the attitudes to the outstations/homelands being looked at purely on a cost benefits analysis says a lot about how mainstream Australia values (or doesn’t) Indigenous culture. You could probably argue that there are a lot of farms that are not viable. Imagine the outcry if so called fifth generation farmers were cut of from drought aid, Isolated Children’s Allowance and all the other benefits, because it would be more cost effective to deliver services in the cities.

It is something the CIS and the Bennelong Society have really been pushing for and it is very frustrating.

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