Disappearing, displaced, and undervalued: a call to action for Indigenous health worldwide

The field of Indigenous health and the role of colonisation and history

“…In 2006 The Lancet commissioned a pioneering series of articles on Indigenous health in different continents including Africa and South America (Anderson et al 2006;Montenegro and Stephens 2006;Ohenjo et al 2006;Stephens et al 2006). Until then most of the Indigenous health research had focused on the situation of peoples in the wealthy developed settler states of Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia (the so-called CANZUS group; Meyer 2012).…”

“…Until then most of the Indigenous health research had focused on the situation of peoples in the wealthy developed settler states of Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia (the so-called CANZUS group; Meyer 2012). In their paper, 'Disappearing, displaced, and undervalued: a call to action for Indigenous health worldwide', Stephens et al (2006) challenged the intervention focus of Indigenous public health policies and argued that Indigenous health inequities needed to be seen in a broader sociopolitical context that included ongoing colonialism, land appropriation, and displacement. Questioning the relevance of 'top-down' international policies such as the Millennium Development Goals, they also called for a new policy approach that incorporated Indigenous knowledge and values, and the meaningful participation of Indigenous peoples.…”

“…However, to achieve equitable health outcomes for Indigenous peoples, it is also important to understand how health disparities have arisen and endured. A number of scholars, many of whom are Indigenous, have called for the effects of colonisation and colonialism to be incorporated into epidemiological and demographic analysis (Czyzewski 2011;Durie 2003;Elias et al 2012;Indigenous Health Group 2007;King et al 2009;Lawson-Te Aho and Liu 2010;Reading and Wien 2010;Stephens et al 2006;Wilson and Barton 2012). Czyzewski (2011), for example, argues that colonialism should be treated as a distal determinant or 1 Articles 23 and 24 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are of particular relevance to a rights-based approach to Indigenous health.…”

Classificação dos domicílios "indígenas" no Censo Demográfico 2000: subsídios para a análise de condições de saúde

“…Mesmo se tratando de países considerados desenvolvidos, como Austrá-lia, a população autóctone (ou aborígene, como é o caso) vive, de modo geral, em condições mais precárias, inclusive no que Marinho, G.L. et STEPHENS et al, 2006;KING et al, 2009;UNITED NATIONS, 2009).…”

Identifying indigenous peoples for health research in a global context: a review of perspectives and challenges

“…A recent study maintained that "[s]tereotypical western imagery tends towards romanticised images of peoples untouched by modernity…" (21), or even from a past that never existed (22). One indigenous leader from Ecuador complained, "Why can't I be Quechua running COICA, the biggest multinational indigenous organization in the Americas?…”