I have seen mentioned on various blogs Blog Action Day 2008 which is being held on 15th October. The focus this year is on poverty. 4420 bloggers (as of time of writing) with a readership of over nine million.

If I participated what would I write about? They suggest writing from your area of expertise. So I guess that’s focusing on the health of our indigenous people. talking about common diseases found nowhere else in Australia with many due to overcrowding. with many of these disease due to overcrowding as there are not enough houses in remote communities.

Perhaps I could write about our indigenous Australians and how the previous federal government (and perhaps a current state, if not federal government) want to close down the small outstations of our indigenous Australians, calling them cultural museums. But current research showed that theys they have the best health and life expectancy of any indigenous population in the Northern Territory being 40% less likely to suffer premature death.


Blog Action Day 2008 Poverty from Blog Action Day on Vimeo.

Will I talk about the relationship of poor socio-economic level and poor health or just focus on the “poverty of health” Perhaps I shall focus on Australia’s indigenous people and having a life expectancy 17years less than other Australians (in Canada the difference between indigenous and the rest of the population is between 5-12yrs)

As this blog covers indigenous health in Australia I’ll probably carry on as normal. Take a little time on October 15th to read a few blogs.

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