Aboriginal Australians' experience of social capital and its relevance to health and wellbeing in urban settings |
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| Institution: | 1. Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia;2. Ageing Research Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia;3. School of Medical Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;4. Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry, Euroa Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia;5. School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;6. St Vincent''s Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;7. Aboriginal Strategy & Consultation Unit, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia;8. School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia;9. School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;10. Geriatric Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;1. Faculty of Physical Education & Recreation, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;2. Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;1. Respiratory Research Centre, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Australia;2. Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia;3. Department of Physiotherapy, Perth Children’s Hospital, Australia;4. School of Indigenous Studies, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Western Australia, Australia;5. Broome Aboriginal Medical Service, Australia;6. Wesfarmers Centre of Vaccines and Infectious Diseases, Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Australia;7. Child Health Division Menzies School of Health Research, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Australia;8. Center of Children’s Health Research, Australian Centre For Health Services Innovation, Qld University of Technology, Australia;9. Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Perth Children’s Hospital, Australia;1. Centre for Health Research, School of Medicine, Blg 3 Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia;2. The Sax Institute, PO Box K617, Haymarket, NSW 1240, Australia;3. Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, Edward Ford Building (A27), The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;4. Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, PO Box 6492, St Kilda Road Central, Melbourne, VIC 8008, Australia;5. School of Medicine, Blg 30 Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia;6. MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow, 4 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow, G12 8RZ, UK |
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| Abstract: | Social capital has been linked to physical and mental health. While definitions of social capital vary, all include networks of social relationships and refer to the subsequent benefits and disadvantages accrued to members. Research on social capital for Aboriginal Australians has mainly focused on discrete rural and remote Aboriginal contexts with less known about the features and health and other benefits of social capital in urban settings. This paper presents findings from in-depth interviews with 153 Aboriginal people living in urban areas on their experiences of social capital. Of particular interest was how engagement in bonding and bridging networks influenced health and wellbeing. Employing Bourdieu's relational theory of capital where resources are unequally distributed and reproduced in society we found that patterns of social capital are strongly associated with economic, social and cultural position which in turn reflects the historical experiences of dispossession and disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal Australians. Social capital was also found to both reinforce and influence Aboriginal cultural identity, and had both positive and negative impacts on health and wellbeing. |
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| Keywords: | Aboriginal Australians Bourdieu Social capital Health Urban settings |
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