1997
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.1997.tb01744.x
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Environmental health conditions in remote and rural Aboriginal communities in Western Australia

Abstract: During 1994-1995 environmental health conditions of about 13 760 persons in 155 remote and rural Aboriginal communities in 20 local shires in Western Australia (WA) were surveyed. A semiquantitative questionnaire sought data about the communities and their services, including water supplies, power, sanitation and disposal of solid and liquid waste; a separate section dealt with conditions of individual dwellings. Data were recorded by experienced local workers. Thirty-five communities considered to have the wo… Show more

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“…3 6-9 This is largely due to the unsatisfactory, unhygienic, and overcrowded living conditions in which many of these people and their families live; that exposes them to high levels of microbiological environmental contamination and increases the risk of faecally transmitted diseases, including gastroenteritis, from human and animal sources and from other intermediate disease carrying vectors including flies and larger vermin as well as contaminated food and water. 10 Worldwide, childhood diarrhoeal diseases continue to be a major health problem and cause more than two million deaths annually; 11 this is a particular burden in underdeveloped countries but also occurs in industrialised nations. In the United States, for example, childhood diarrhoea causes more than 200 000 episodes of hospitalisation and 300 deaths in under-5s annually and has an economic cost of US$2 billion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…3 6-9 This is largely due to the unsatisfactory, unhygienic, and overcrowded living conditions in which many of these people and their families live; that exposes them to high levels of microbiological environmental contamination and increases the risk of faecally transmitted diseases, including gastroenteritis, from human and animal sources and from other intermediate disease carrying vectors including flies and larger vermin as well as contaminated food and water. 10 Worldwide, childhood diarrhoeal diseases continue to be a major health problem and cause more than two million deaths annually; 11 this is a particular burden in underdeveloped countries but also occurs in industrialised nations. In the United States, for example, childhood diarrhoea causes more than 200 000 episodes of hospitalisation and 300 deaths in under-5s annually and has an economic cost of US$2 billion.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Australia, this condition predominantly affects Indigenous Australian children living in remote Indigenous communities in the sub-tropical and semi-arid areas of Australia. In these communities living conditions are often poor, with marked overcrowding of housing 42 and often inadequate sanitation facilities, 43 which together facilitate the rapid spread of GAS. 44 Improving living conditions, housing, and education in remote communities is thus essential to reduce the rates of APSGN and other sequelae of GAS infection.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is because there is a higher prevalence of underlying chronic health problems, over-crowding and limited access to safe water supplies found in this sub-population [33,34,35]. For some Indigenous communities, the remoteness and limited access to health services can also increase vulnerability [36].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%