Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing

Research Reports

Connection between family, kinship and social and emotional wellbeing

Connection between family, kinship and social and emotional wellbeing Dudgeon, P., Blustein, S., Bray, A., Calma, T., McPhee, R., & Ring, I. (2021). Connection between family, kinship and social and emotional wellbeing. Produced for the Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse. Cat. no. IMH 4. Canberra: AIHW. https://www.indigenousmhspc.gov.au/publications/family-kinship ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander […]

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Beyond evidence-deficit narratives in Indigenous suicide prevention

Beyond evidence-deficit narratives in Indigenous suicide prevention Dudgeon, P., Bray, A., Ring, I., & McPhee, R. (2021). Beyond evidence-deficit narratives in Indigenous suicide prevention. The Indigenous Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Clearinghouse. Cat. no. IMH 6. Canberra: AIHW. https://www.indigenousmhspc.gov.au/publications/evidence-deficit-narratives ABSTRACT Most of the evidence for suicide and suicide-related behaviour in the community is not reported

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Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering – March 2021

Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering – March 2021 TIMHWB. (2021). Social and Emotional Wellbeing Gathering: 30-31 March 2021. Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing Grant, The University of Western Australia, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. SUMMARY Over two days in March 2021, delegates from across Australia attended a gathering in Perth, Western Australia, to discuss social

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AHCWA – ACCHS Social & Emotional Wellbeing Service Model

AHCWA – ACCHS Social and Emotional Wellbeing Service Model AHCWA. (2021). ACCHS Social and Emotional Welbeing Service Model. AHCWA. SUMMARY Aboriginal people have a holistic conceptualisation of health. Community, Family, Culture, Spirituality, Language, Country, Emotions and the Physical are all seen as integral in both an individual, and a community, for achieving and sustaining health.

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Wellbeing and Healing Through Connection and Culture. Lifeline Report.

Wellbeing and Healing Through Connection and Culture. Lifeline Report. Dudgeon, P., Smallwood, G., Bray, A., Walker, R. & Dalton, T. (2020). Wellbeing and Healing Through Connection and Culture. Lifeline Report. https://www.lifeline.org.au/about/our-research/connection-and-culture-report  ABSTRACT This review summarises the emerging research and  knowledge, key themes and principles surrounding  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural perspectives and concepts of

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Kimberley Empowerment, Healing and Leadership Program Evaluation: Final report to Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services.

Kimberley Empowerment, Healing and Leadership Program Evaluation: Final report to Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services. Carlin, E., Seear, K., Spry, E., Ferrari, K. (2020). Kimberley Empowerment, Healing and Leadership Program Evaluation: Final report to Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services. University of Western Australia, Rural Clinical School. https://doi.org/10.26182/f307-zc62 ABSTRACT The 2011 Kimberley ‘Hear Our Voices’ Report (1) highlighted the impact of

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COVID-19 Roadmap to Recovery

Roadmap to Recovery: Chapter on the care of Indigenous Australians

Roadmap to Recovery: Chapter on the care of Indigenous Australians McInerney, M. (ed.). (2020). Roadmap to Recovery: Reporting on a research taskforce supporting Indigenous responses to COVID-19. https://go8.edu.au/research/roadmap-to-recovery EXCERPT In addressing the global challenges posed by pandemics, it needs to be acknowledged that Indigenous populations around the world are potentially highly vulnerable. This vulnerability is

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We are not the problem, we are part of the solution: Indigenous Lived Experience Project Report

We are not the problem, we are part of the solution: Indigenous Lived Experience Project Report Dudgeon, P., Darwin, L., Hirvonen, T., Boe, M., Johnson, R., Cox, R., Gregory, L., McKenna, R., McKenna, V.,  Smith, D., Turner, J., Von Helle, S., and Garrett, L. (2018).  We are not the problem, we are part of the

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Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice

Working Together: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mental Health and Wellbeing Principles and Practice Pat Dudgeon, Helen Milroy and Roz Walker. SUMMARY Published in 2014, Working Together was funded by the Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Telethon Kids Institute/Kulunga Aboriginal Research Development Unit in collaboration with the University of Western Australia.

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Solutions That Work: What The Evidence and Our People Tell Us

Solutions That Work: What The Evidence and Our People Tell Us Professor Pat Dudgeon, Professor Jill Milroy AM, Professor Tom Calma AO,Dr Yvonne Luxford, Professor Ian Ring, Associate Professor Roz Walker,Adele Cox, Gerry Georgatos and Christopher Holland SUMMARY This report summarises the evidence-base for what works in Indigenous community-led suicide prevention, including responses to the

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