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Aboriginal community controlled health organisations address health equity through action on the social determinants of health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia

  • Description
    Objective:
    To articulate how Aboriginal community-controlled art centres sup port the role of Elders and older people within an ontologically situated, intergen erational model of care.

    Methods:
    In this paper, we draw on stories (data) generated through interviews involving 75 people associated with three Aboriginal community-controlled art centres and field notes taken during a Participatory Action Research (PAR) study. The study was undertaken in collaboration with three community-controlled art centres and two aged care providers over almost 4years, in diverse Indigenous sovereignties, all located in geographically remote Australian locations.

    Results:
    Engaging with decolonising and Indigenous theoretical frameworks, our analysis identified three interwoven meta-themes. These include connection to law and culture; purpose; and healing. Each theme had important subthemes, and all were central to upholding the well-being of older people and their famiilies, as well as the art centre workforce, Country, and their broader communities
  • Regions in scope
    National
  • Funding entity
    National Health and Medical Research Council
  • Research/evaluation entity
    Centre for Research Excellence in Aboriginal Chronic Disease Knowledge Translation and Exchange (CREATE)
  • Status
    Completed
  • End date
    2020
  • Released to public
    Yes
  • Categories
    Mental health, Social and emotional wellbeing