In Australia, Australian Aboriginal2 people are disproportionately represented in the most disadvantaged groups, experiencing poverty, unemployment, discrimination, challenges with educational outcomes and
poor housing disproportionately compared with non-Aboriginal people [4 - 6].
Individuals in
poor rural areas, as well as in low - income urban communities such as Richmond, Calif., suffer
disproportionately from childhood asthma, in part because of inadequate
housing, deficient medical care and proximity to multiple sources of air pollution.