Petrol‐inhalation in Aboriginal Towns: Its Remedy: The Homelands Movement

Eastwell, Harry D.

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb127097.x

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“…A high prevalence of infectious syphilis among petrol sniVers in northern Australia was reported in the late 1970s 24 and an association between treponemal seropositivity and petrol sniYng has been noted in the study population. 25 Petrol sniVers are a small, disadvantaged, and vulnerable group 7 in a community already characterised by poverty and poor health status.…”

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Incident sexually transmitted infections and their risk factors in an Aboriginal community in Australia: a population based cohort study

Miller

Law²,

Torzillo³

et al. 2001

Sexually Transmitted Infections

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Objective: To identify risk factors for incident sexually transmitted infections (STI) in a remote Aboriginal community in Australia. Design: A population based cohort study. Setting: An Aboriginal community in central Australia. Participants: 1034 Aboriginal people aged 12-40 years, resident in the study region, seen during the period 1 January 1996 to 30 June 1998 for STI diagnosis. Main outcome measures: Incident rate of gonorrhoea, chlamydia, and syphilis per 100 person years. Results: There were 313 episodes of incident gonorrhoea, 240 of incident chlamydial infection, and 17 of incident syphilis. For gonorrhoea, risk factors were age, substance abuse, and previous prevalent chlamydial infection with a rate ratio (RR) of 3.2 in people aged 15-19 years, 1.6 in people who abused alcohol, and 3.2 in women who had sniVed petrol on a regular basis. For chlamydia, risk factors were sex, age, and a previous history of STI with a RR of 2.7 in people aged 15-19 years. Similar factors were associated with an increased risk of syphilis but the associations were not statistically significant. Conclusion:This study identified objective predictors of incident STI which can be used to target interventions and maximise their impact. The results of this study may well have relevance to indigenous communities in other countries that are faced with high levels of STI and substance abuse. (Sex Transm Inf 2001;77:21-25)

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Incident sexually transmitted infections and their risk factors in an Aboriginal community in Australia: a population based cohort study

Miller

Law²,

Torzillo³

et al. 2001

Sexually Transmitted Infections

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“…There are inherent difficulties in identifying the underlying "causes" of any substance abuse, particularly in the case of petrol sniffing where complex cross-cultural and inter-generational factors arise [4,5,9]. Furthermore, there are considerable inter-regional differences in the prevalence and patterns of petrol sniffing that make it difficult to draw wide conclusions from a single study [4].…”

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“…A 1978 study in Maningrida by Eastwell [9] reported that the intermarrying Gunavidji-Nakara groups were grossly over-represented in the petrol sniffing cohort. These groups are the traditional landowners for Maningrida and neighbouring coastal areas [9].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Maningrida has a strong outstations movement and a large number of family groups have returned to their homelands since the early 1970s. The absence of petrol sniffing on outstations has been described elsewhere [9,17]. However, a substantial number of people have continued to reside in Maningrida and petrol sniffing has persisted among young people living there [16].…”

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“…Among families affected by-petrol sniffing there is often a feeling of loss of control over their youth and a sense of shame [4]. At a community level there is reported to be associated with petrol sniffing [4,9]. It has also been suggested that the high prevalence of sexuaUy transmitted diseases often encountered in affected communities may be associated with petrol sniffing [9,10].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Patterns of petrol sniffing and other drug use in young men from an Australian Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

Burns

d’Abbs

Currie

1995

Drug and Alcohol Review

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Petrol sniffing and use of other drugs were examined among 48 males aged 13-32 years resident in a remote Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land. The study group consisted of 13 non-sniffers, 13 ex-sniffers and 22 current sniffers. Unemployment was highest among those with a history of petrol sniffing. Employment and family influence emerged as major reported reasons for individuals stopping petrol sniffing. The findings of the study suggest that strategies to reduce petrol sniffing should not only focus on education, employment, skills training and recreation, but should further encourage Aboriginal communities to utilize family relationships to dissuade young people from the practice. Unlike ex-sniffers and current sniffers, non-sniffers tended to be abstainers from tobacco, kava and alcohol. Of the selected study group, 52% smoked >or=25 cigarettes per day. On the basis of the research findings, the local community Council has implemented employment, skills training and recreation strategies to reduce petrol sniffing in this age group. A reduction in tobacco consumption in both adults and young people has also been targeted through health education programmes developed by the community health clinic and the school.

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Arif¹,

Westermeyer²

1988

Manual of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Petrol‐inhalation in Aboriginal Towns: Its Remedy: The Homelands Movement

Cited by 31 publications

References 3 publications

Incident sexually transmitted infections and their risk factors in an Aboriginal community in Australia: a population based cohort study

Incident sexually transmitted infections and their risk factors in an Aboriginal community in Australia: a population based cohort study

Patterns of petrol sniffing and other drug use in young men from an Australian Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

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