Priest N.Mackean T.Davis E.Waters E.Briggs L.2024-11-192024-11-192012Health Sociology Review. Vol.21(2), 2012, pp. 165-179.https://dx.doi.org/10.5172/hesr.2012.21.2.165https://lowitja.intersearch.com.au/handle/1/784This study explored Aboriginal perspectives of child health and wellbeing in an urban area in partnership with Aboriginal people and organisations. In depth interviews were conducted with 25 grandparents, parents, aunties or uncles of Aboriginal children. Interviews were transcribed and thematically analysed. A major conceptual theme was related to social, historical, and political factors seen by participants as influencing urban Aboriginal child health and wellbeing. This theme was called 'Strengths and Challenges: Harder for Koori Kids/Koori Kids Doing Well'. Increased challenges to achieving good health and wellbeing faced by Aboriginal children due to factors in their social, historical and political environment were emphasised. Many of these factors can be related back to historical and contemporary forms of racism. On the other hand, there was also a clear call to recognise and celebrate that many Aboriginal children were doing well in the context of these added challenges. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)ArticlePaediatrics(Priest) McCaughey Centre, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia(Mackean) Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia(Davis) Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia(Waters) Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, McCaughey Centre, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia(Briggs) Aboriginal Advancement League, Melbourne, VIC, Australia