Understanding diabetes in a rural Aboriginal community : a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Social Anthropology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand

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dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Ashleigh
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-05T02:54:52Z
dc.date.available2015-11-05T02:54:52Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the way seven Aboriginal peoples from Yidiyi, who dwell in a remote region of the Northern Territory Australia, understand and treat their diabetes. In 1935, Aboriginal clan groups who dwelled in their own totemic land, mixing only in times of ceremony, migrated into the town of Yidiyi to live as a community. These people have, for the last eighty years, been adjusting to living with and integrating certain aspects of Western culture. With diabetes statistics rising for Australian Aboriginal peoples, my participants negotiate how they deal with and treat their diabetes. For Aboriginal peoples, health and wellbeing is holistic and interconnected with all aspects of life. To maintain health is to maintain positive interactions with all human and non-human entities. This thesis contributes to the literature that argues for the following: an understanding of Australian Aboriginal culture in Western settings; an integration of local Aboriginal healing methods within Western clinical environments; and continuous efforts that work to improve bicultural relationships.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/7322
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectAboriginal Australiansen_US
dc.subjectDiabetesen_US
dc.subjectHealth and hygieneen_US
dc.subjectSocial aspectsen_US
dc.subjectSocial anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectAustraliaen_US
dc.subjectNorthern Territoryen_US
dc.titleUnderstanding diabetes in a rural Aboriginal community : a thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Social Anthropology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorMitchell, Ashleighen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Anthropologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
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