Indigenous children more likely to fear lack of safety, bullying and discrimination

Study finds ‘concerning level of despair’ among young Indigenous Australians compared with their peers

Indigenous children and young people experience a “concerning level of despair” beyond that of their peers, according to a major annual study on the health and wellbeing of young Australians.

Body image issues, coping with stress and problems at school were the three big worries for all young people who did the survey, but Indigenous children were far more likely to have fears about personal safety, drugs, bullying and discrimination.

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