Who is not coping with colonization? Laying out the map for decolonization.
OBJECTIVE
This paper explores reasons for using decolonization as a method for improving Indigenous health status. Decolonization is a method required to shift the current paradigm of Western dominance and colonial amnesia that constructs and maintains Indigenous poor health status.


CONCLUSIONS
Decolonization requires every Australian to examine the impact colonization has upon their past and present in order to formulate a future that does not reinstate the past. To take these steps requires a balance of histories, informing our current political and social context, critical reflexive practice and open communication with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Sherwood
Juanita
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Nura Gili Indigenous Programs, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia. j.sherwood@unsw.edu.au
D001315:Australia; D018595:Colonialism; D006293:Health Promotion; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D011287:Prejudice; D014754:Violence; D000078329:Workforce