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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)
