Are adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) the root cause of the Aboriginal health gap in Australia?

BMJ Glob Health. 2024 Mar 4;9(3):e014901. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014901.

Authors

Subash Thapa¹, Peter Gibbs², Nancy Ross³, Jamie Newman⁴, Julaine Allan⁵, Hazel Dalton⁵, Shakeel Mahmood⁵, Bernd H Kalinna⁵, Allen G Ross⁵

Affiliations

¹ Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales, Australia suthapa@csu.edu.au.
² Regional Enterprise Development Institute (REDI.E), Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia.
³ School of Social Work, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁴ Orange Aboriginal Medical Service, Orange, New South Wales, Australia.
⁵ Rural Health Research Institute, Charles Sturt University, Orange, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: global health; health policies and all other topics; health policy; mental health & psychiatry.

MeSH terms

Adverse Childhood Experiences*
Australia
Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Health Services, Indigenous*
Humans