VOLUME 4: Strengthening the capacity of Aboriginal children, families and communities
Content of Volume
4
This volume of the finding from the Western Australian Aboriginal
Child Health Survey (WAACHS) focuses on how key health and
wellbeing outcomes of Aboriginal families are associated with
different aspects of the communities in which they live. The survey
describes the prevalence and distribution of economic wellbeing,
family functioning, life stress events and housing quality and
identifies the factors associated with these outcomes.
Area
classifications
To better describe the geographic diversity of Western Australia
and the marked differences in access to basic services, cultures
and health outcomes experienced by Aboriginal people living in
remote areas of the state, two geographic classifications are
used:
Level of Relative Isolation (LORI). LORI was developed
specifically to describe WAACHS data. The classification more
appropriately reflects differences in culture, access to services
and health outcomes for Aboriginal children, particularly those
living in isolated areas. See Glossary to learn more.
ATSIC regions. Since the release of Volume 1 in 2004, the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) has been
replaced by the Office for Indigenous Policy Coordination. As a
consequence, regions administered by ATSIC Regional Councils were
replaced by Indigenous Coordination Centres (ICCs). See Glossary to
learn more.
Main Volume
Volume 4 comprises eight chapters together with Appendices and a
Glossary. PDF files are available for either the complete volume or
for each component of the volume.
Components of the main
volume:
Cover
Citation, Forward, Contents, About this
publication, Preface
Chapter 1: The survey - objectives, design and
process
Chapter 2: Characteristics of families and
communities with Aboriginal children
Chapter 3: The socioeconomic wellbeing of families
with Aboriginal children
Chapter 4: Family functioning
Chapter 5: Life stress events
Chapter 6: Housing
Chapter 7: Profiling communities with Aboriginal
children
Chapter 8: Strengthening the capacity of
Aboriginal families and communities
Appendices
Glossary