Co‐creation of a student‐implemented allied health service in a First Nations remote community of East Arnhem Land, Australia

Abstract

Objectives: To co-create a culturally responsive student-implemented allied health service in a First Nations remote community and to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the service.Design: Co-creation involved a pragmatic iterative process, based on participatory action research approaches. Feasibility and acceptability were determined using a mixed-method pre/postdesign.

Healthy ageing in remote Cape York: a co-designed Integrated Allied Health Service Model

“…Interprofessional education in rural settings fosters teamwork and improves care quality (Reed et al 2021), and in First Nations communities, enhances cultural competence and culturally sensitive care (Thackrah et al 2017). Additionally, student-led clinics in rural and remote Australia provide essential health care and engage local communities (Campbell et al 2020;Barker et al 2022); internationally, these clinics have demonstrated high patient satisfaction (Fröberg et al 2018).…”

Everyday people and co‐design in rural health research: On writing about positionality and experiences

“…The key theme from these articles is non‐Indigenous researchers allying with First Nations communities to ensure that cultural values are infused into the research. Of note is the study that produced ‘the first research project to develop a co‐design practice model in the context of a rurally located Aboriginal well‐being Program.’ 9 The authors of this article provide some idea of their positionality, as do many articles where the focus is First Nations peoples 10–16 …”

“…9 The authors of this article provide some idea of their positionality, as do many articles where the focus is First Nations peoples. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16] We wonder, should positionality be a component of all rural health research articles, and what should be considered in positionality statements?…”

“…A key part of such an activity would be to provide guidance on writing in a scholarly way that is outside of the conventional AIMRDC format that is designed for reporting of research outputs only. The articles in this collection consisted of commentaries, 13,14,[18][19][20][21] original research [9][10][11][15][16][17]22,23 and quality improvement reports. 12,24 The article by Barker et al 16 contains a video of a recently passed Aboriginal women who consented for the video to be shared as a supporting information.…”

“…The articles in this collection consisted of commentaries, 13,14,[18][19][20][21] original research [9][10][11][15][16][17]22,23 and quality improvement reports. 12,24 The article by Barker et al 16 contains a video of a recently passed Aboriginal women who consented for the video to be shared as a supporting information. This significance here is to note that cultural knowledge is communicated in forms other than written English, and this means that English language publications exclude the cultural experiences of many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples who would like to have a say in research.…”