Indigenous children growing up strong : a longitudinal study of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families /: a longitudinal study of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Maggie Walter, Karen L. Martin, Gawaian Bodkin-Andrews.
• Editors: Walter, Maggie; Martin, Karen L; Bodkin-Andrews, Gawaian
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Contents; Notes on the Contributors; List of Abbreviations; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1: Introduction; Our Research Methodological Frame; What Is the Footprints in Time Study and Why Is It Needed?; Growing Up Through the Footprints in Time Study; Methods and Chapter Overview; Where to Get More Information About LSIC; References; 2: Introducing the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children; Introduction; Beginning LSIC and Why It Is Needed; Distinct Demographic/Cultural Profiles: Indigenous Peoples Are Not Indigenous People; Distinct Socio-economic Profile. Distinct Cultural Traditions and Lives Getting LSIC Going: Governance Arrangements; LSIC Aims and Objectives; How the LSIC Data Are Collected; Who Are Our LSIC Families and Where Do They Live?; Level of Relative Isolation (LORI); What's in the Study; Key Demographics from Wave 1; LSIC: At the Frontline; From Community Meetings to the Study Trials; From the Trials to the Pilots to the Live Study; Going Live; References; 3: The Story of LSIC: It's All About Trust and Vision; Introduction; Defining the LSIC Methodology; The Story of the LSIC Study. The Problems with Existing Indigenous Data Determining the LSIC Purpose; Why Parents Remain in the Study; What LSIC Parents Want for Their Children; Conclusion; References; 4: LSIC: Procedural Ethics Through an Indigenous Ethical Lens; Introduction; LSIC Ethics Procedures and Practices; Obtaining Ethical Approval; Ethical Research and Indigenous Communities; Gaining Consent from the LSIC Families; Ethics and Preparing for Data Collection; Collection and Release of Data; Confidentialising the Data; Ethics: An Ongoing Project for LSIC; Conclusion; References. 5: Culture and Identity: LSIC Parents' Beliefs and Values and Raising Young Indigenous Children in the Twenty-First Century Introduction; What We Know from the Literature: Defining Culture and Identity; What Can Be Learned from LSIC? Growing Up Strong in Their Culture and Their Identity; Indigenous Identity: Primary Carer (P1); Identifies with Mob(s); Importance of Being Indigenous; Knowledge of Family, History and Culture; Passing on Culture; Passing on Indigenous Culture to Children; Aspects of Indigenous Australian Culture that Will Help Children "Grow Up Strong." Discussion and Policy Implications Conclusion; References; 6: Pregnancy, Birthing and Health for Indigenous Families; Introduction; What the Literature Tells Us; Results; Pregnancy Support and Advice; Number of Pregnancy Check-Ups and Regularity; Pregnancy Experience and Hospitalisation; Exposure Levels of Smoke and Alcohol During Pregnancy; Birth; Breastfeeding; Alternative Milk Formulas and Introduction of Solids; Health Measure of Study Child; Discussion and Policy Implications; Conclusion; References; 7: Doing Indigenous Family; Introduction; What the Literature Tells Us.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 305.23109943; Social sciences; Children, Aboriginal Australian; Children, Torres Strait Islander; Indigenous peoples -- Australia; Torres Strait Islanders -- Australia; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies; Children, Aboriginal Australian; Children, Torres Strait Islander; Indigenous peoples; Torres Strait Islanders; Social Sciences; Ethnicity Studies; Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging; Childhood, Adolescence and Society; Social Science -- Sociology -- Marriage & Family; Social Science -- Children's Studies; Sociology: family & relationships; Age groups; Ethnicity; Social Science -- Ethnic Studies -- General; Ethnic studies; Australia; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137534354; 1137534354
• Related ISBNs: 9781137534347; 1137534346
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 12, 2017).
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