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The need for community-controlled tools to monitor health impacts of housing and living conditions in Australia

Despite millennia of strong and continuous culture, inadequate housing has profound consequences on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. For example, the excessive and inequitable burden of childhood skin infections, rheumatic fever, gastrointestinal disease and ear infections can all be linked to failures in housing policy, funding and maintenance.

Citation:
Wyber R, Summer K, Stacey I, Stiles S, Katzenellenbogen J, Bowen AC, Burgess R. The need for community-controlled tools to monitor health impacts of housing and living conditions in Australia. Front Public Health. 2025;13.

Keywords:
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; Healthy Living Practices; community health; data sovereignty; housing policy; program evaluation

Abstract:
Despite millennia of strong and continuous culture, inadequate housing has profound consequences on the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. For example, the excessive and inequitable burden of childhood skin infections, rheumatic fever, gastrointestinal disease and ear infections can all be linked to failures in housing policy, funding and maintenance.