This report dated 1992 by consultant Pamela Lyon was published by the National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, Department of Education, University of Tasmania (Hobart).
In 1989, the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme (NYARS) had research done into the health issues affecting young Aboriginal people aged 12 to 25 years. The
researcher was also to look at how culture and life situations, living conditions and relationships with other people (”social factors”) may affect the health problems of
Aboriginal young people. The result was the report The Health of Young Aborigines, by Maggie Brady, an anthropologist with much experience of Aboriginal people and Aboriginal issues in many different parts of Australia.
The report:
• identifies the most important health issues affecting young Aboriginal people in cities and towns and in country and remote areas,
• looks at some of the ways people are trying to do something about these issues; and
• recommends other ways of making young Aboriginal people healthier.
The report is based on published studies, Ms Brady’s previous fieldwork, and several field trips to South Australia, the Northern Territory and Western Australia. This summary of the original report was prepared by Pamela Lyon for NYARS so that Aboriginal people living in communities, and community-based health professionals who work with young Aboriginal people, may understand more easily what is in the report.