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The Relationship between Infectious Diseases and Housing Maintenance in Indigenous Australian Households
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This research aimed to identify systemic housing-level contributions to infectious disease transmission for Indigenous Australians, in response to the Government program to ‘close the gap’ of health and other inequalities. A narrative literature review was performed in accordance to PRISMA guidelines. The findings revealed a lack of housing maintenance was associated with gastrointestinal infections, and skin-related diseases were associated with crowding. Diarrhoea was associated with the state of food preparation and storage areas, and viral conditions such as influenza were associated with crowding. Gastrointestinal, skin, ear, eye, and respiratory illnesses are related in various ways to health hardware functionality, removal and treatment of sewage, crowding, presence of pests and vermin, and the growth of mould and mildew. The research concluded that infectious disease transmission can be reduced by improving housing conditions, including adequate and timely housing repair and maintenance, and the enabling environment to perform healthy behaviours.
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“Multiple national studies have found that the primary factors driving this cascade of severe coinfections are low income, exceedingly poor housing conditions in the Australian National Reserve System, and inadequate provision of clean water (Ali et al., 2018; Bailie et al., 2004; Bailie et al., 2010; McDonald et al., 2010).”
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“It's a theme repeated in other Anglocolonial states, where crowding, inadequate ventilation, poor cleaning facilities and even lack of running water in rural housing settings that are often under government fiduciary responsibility, are strongly associated with severe infection in Indigenous peoples (Ali et al., 2018; Bailie et al., 2004; Bailie et al., 2010; Baker et al., 2012; Boyd, 2011; Kovesi”
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“However, sepsis data from a range of former British colonies that track sepsis incidence by race/ethnicity and class supports the notion that people with racialized/minoritized identities in colonized states also disproportionately experience sepsis for reasons other than income access to healthcare”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ali, S. H., Foster, T., & Hall, N. L.
- Affiliations
- Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney 2007, Australia
- School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2018-12-11
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2827
- ISSN
- 1660-4601
- PMC
- PMC6313733
- Cited by
- 57
- References
- 3
- Language
- en
- Funders
- University of Queensland (Global Change Flagship 2017)
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