Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing
Our journey, our story: a study protocol for the evaluation of a co-design framework to improve services for Aboriginal youth mental health and well-being Wright M, Brown A, Dudgeon P, et al. Our journey, our story: a study protocol for the evaluation of a co-design framework to improve services for Aboriginal youth mental health and […]
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 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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Self-Harm in the Kimberley 2013-2018: a case for investing in culturally secure sentinel monitoring systems. McPhee, R., Carlin, E., Seear, K., Lawrence, D., Dudgeon, P. (2021). Self-Harm in the Kimberley 2013-2018: a case for investing in culturally secure sentinel monitoring systems. Australasian Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562211010790 ABSTRACT Objective: To explore the rates and characteristics of self-harm across the
Impact of COVID-19 on suicide prevention in Aboriginal peoples, InSight+, The Medical Journal of Australia. Dudgeon, P., Chang, E. P., Derry, K. (2021). Impact of COVID-19 on suicide prevention in Aboriginal peoples, InSight+, The Medical Journal of Australia. https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2021/10/impact-of-covid-19-on-suicide-prevention-in-aboriginal-peoples/ ABSTRACT Suicide is a major public health concern worldwide. Yet suicide has only emerged in the
Aboriginal Participatory action research: An Indigenous research methodology strengthening decolonisation and social and emotional wellbeing Dudgeon, P., Bray, A., Darlaston-Jones, D. , & Walker, R. (2020). Aboriginal Participatory action research: An Indigenous research methodology strengthening decolonisation and social and emotional wellbeing, Discussion Paper, Lowitja Institute, Melbourne. DOI: 10.48455/smch-8z25 https://www.lowitja.org.au/page/services/resources/Cultural-and-social-determinants/mental-health/aboriginal-participatory-action-research-an-indigenous-research-methodology-strengthening-decolonisation-and-social-and-emotional-wellbeing ABSTRACT Focusing on key Indigenous wellbeing paradigms,
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. 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
UWA leads indigenous mental health project 8 December 2020 EXCERPT New national accreditation standards to boost Indigenous knowledge in psychology aim to increase the number of indigenous psychology students and create a more culturally aware and responsive mental health workforce…
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TIMHWB Newsletter December 2020 Welcome to the first Transforming Indigenous Mental Health and Wellbeing (TIMHWB) Project newsletter! TIMHWB is a series of inter-related studies across three streams that are focused on empowering Aboriginal communities and ACCOs to improve mental health access by: Establishing social and emotional wellbeing as a paradigm (Stream 1); Empowering the workforce to
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