“It’s all about relationships”: The place of boarding schools in promoting and managing health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander secondary school students

Janya McCalman, Tessa Benveniste, Mark Wenitong, Vicki Saunders and Ernest Hunter

Children and Youth Services Review, 2020, vol. 113, issue C

Abstract: In recent years, Australian government policies have promoted access to secondary education through boarding schools for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (hereafter respectfully termed Indigenous) students from remote communities. These students experience the poorest health of any Australian adolescent group. This exploratory study examines how boarding schools across Queensland promote and manage healthcare and wellbeing support for Indigenous students.

Keywords: Indigenous; Adolescent; Student; School healthcare; Wellbeing support; Primary healthcare; Boarding school; Remote (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.104954

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