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High stress linked to poor health among Indigenous kids - Australia

"High stress among Indigenous children in urban areas is linked to poorer physical health and more parental concern about behavioural issues, a new study has found.

"Of 344 participating children, 51% had experienced at least one stressful event, according to the new research published in the latest edition of the Medical Journal of Australia.

"The authors analysed the results of annual child given to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who presented to an urban Indigenous primary service in Brisbane between March 2007 to March 2010...."

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-high-stress-linked-poor-health.html

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