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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Consequences of colonialism: A microbial perspective to contemporary Indigenous health |
Author: | Skelly, E. Kapellas, K. Cooper, A. Weyrich, L. |
Citation: | American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2018; 167(2):423-437 |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 0002-9483 1096-8644 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Emily Skelly, Kostas Kapellas, Alan Cooper, Laura S. Weyrich |
Abstract: | Nearly all Indigenous populations today suffer from worse health than their non-Indigenous counterparts, and despite interventions against known factors, this health "gap" has not improved. The human microbiome-the beneficial, diverse microbial communities that live on and within the human body-is a crucial component in developing and maintaining normal physiological health. Disrupting this ecosystem has repercussions for microbial functionality, and thus, human health. In this article, we propose that modern-day Indigenous population health may suffer from disrupted microbial ecosystems as a consequence of historical colonialism. Colonialism may have interrupted the established relationships between the environment, traditional lifeways, and microbiomes, altering the Indigenous microbiome with detrimental health consequences. |
Keywords: | dysbiosis Indigenous peoples microbiome public health social-cultural change |
Rights: | © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
DOI: | 10.1002/ajpa.23637 |
Grant ID: | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DE150101574 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23637 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Australian Centre for Ancient DNA publications |
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