Cultural, socioeconomic, and health indicators

Introduction: Indicators of socioeconomic status, health behaviours and health histories are important for evaluating population health and indicators associated with ‘indigeneity ’ features, prominently as determinants of health for Indigenous peoples. Health surveillance of young children, who rep...

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Main Authors: Gm Egel, N Faraj, G Osborne
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.607.8345
http://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_1365.pdf
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Summary:Introduction: Indicators of socioeconomic status, health behaviours and health histories are important for evaluating population health and indicators associated with ‘indigeneity ’ features, prominently as determinants of health for Indigenous peoples. Health surveillance of young children, who represent society’s most vulnerable, can provide meaningful data regarding achieving an optimal healthy start in life. Methods: A cross-sectional health survey of Inuit children, aged 3-5 years, was conducted between 2007 and 2008. The latitude of