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This is the VOA Special English Development Report.
Some of the longest-lasting effects of colonization1 can be found in the health of the native people who were colonized2. Indigenous3 and aboriginal4 groups are often less healthy than the people whose ancestors settled in their lands.
First Nations people take part in an Honor Walk last year in Nova Scotia, Canada
In Canada, for example, indigenous -- or First Nation -- people live on average seven fewer years than Canadians of European ancestry5. Aboriginal Australians live on average seventeen fewer years than white Australians.
Malcolm King from the University of Alberta is scientific director of Canada's Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health.
MALCOLM KING: "In simple terms, things such as type two diabetes6, cardiovascular diseases, infectious diseases of a variety of types, and lung diseases and so on, are all found at higher than the comparison rates within the country, in many of these countries with indigenous populations."
Professor King says loss of culture, land and language all play a part in poor health. Having an identity, he says, is especially important for mental health. For example, many indigenous children in Canada were taken from their families and sent to live at schools. They were educated in the European system. So they never had a normal chance to develop a cultural identity.
Malcolm King says measures to deal with some of these problems might fall outside traditional health interventions7.
MALCOLM KING: "We're proposing that health researchers get involved in projects like housing, like economic development, certainly educational projects, and study the health effects -- hopefully the health benefits -- of these complex social, economic interactions. And by learning what it is about economic development or housing that actually helps to improve health, we can then design more programs and ultimately make better use of the knowledge that we have."
There are almost four hundred million indigenous people in the world. Poverty, malnutrition8, overcrowding, lack of clean conditions, pollution and limited health services are all causes of their poor health. Malcolm King and other researchers wrote about this in the medical journal The Lancet earlier this month.
They noted9 that some groups, as they move away from traditional ways of life, are developing diseases of modern living. These include obesity10, heart disease and type two diabetes. They are also experiencing physical, social and mental disorders11 linked to the misuse12 of alcohol and drugs. The researchers say governments have a responsibility to work with indigenous people to help them solve problems in their community.
And that's the VOA Special English Development Report. I'm Faith Lapidus.
1 colonization | |
殖民地的开拓,殖民,殖民地化; 移殖 | |
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开拓殖民地,移民于殖民地( colonize的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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3 indigenous | |
adj.土产的,土生土长的,本地的 | |
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adj.(指动植物)土生的,原产地的,土著的 | |
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n.祖先,家世 | |
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6 diabetes | |
n.糖尿病 | |
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7 interventions | |
n.介入,干涉,干预( intervention的名词复数 ) | |
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8 malnutrition | |
n.营养不良 | |
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adj.著名的,知名的 | |
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10 obesity | |
n.肥胖,肥大 | |
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11 disorders | |
n.混乱( disorder的名词复数 );凌乱;骚乱;(身心、机能)失调 | |
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12 misuse | |
n.误用,滥用;vt.误用,滥用 | |
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