Hear our voices: Community development and working with Indigenous people experiencing trauma

Dudgeon, Pat

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“…I want a good reputation and work experience. Yr 12 Indigenous male, School GIt has been suggested that the political and financial disempowerment experienced by Indigenous communities over successive generations in modern Australian history has substantially contributed to disengagement from education (Dudgeon et al., 2012; Ivory, 2009; Trudgen, 2000). One IPC raised the issue of disempowerment and welfare dependency on students’ resilience:I am happy to see the kids not graduate if it develops resilience and strength.…”

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A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia

MacDonald

Gringart

Kessaris

et al. 2018

Australian Journal of Education

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Over the past ten years, great improvements have been observed in the Year 12 attainment rate of Indigenous Australians. This has been due, in part, to government funding of programs aimed at improving education opportunity for Indigenous Australian students, including funding of scholarships for students from remote areas to attend boarding schools. The current qualitative study investigated the perspectives of school leaders and Indigenous secondary students across the Australian state of Western Australia, on the utility and impact of this boarding provision. Students identified that boarding education allowed them to achieve a dual goal of meaningful career pathways and improved health outcomes, although they faced challenges unique to the Indigenous boarding school experience in terms of student self-concept, racism, homesickness and post-school transitions.

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A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia

MacDonald

Gringart

Kessaris

et al. 2018

Australian Journal of Education

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“…Forming communities through social media can act as a process of uniting and healing for the Indigenous community. It is known that strong cultural identity is linked with greater participation, with achievement in education and training [ 37 ] and is a protective factor against self-harm in Indigenous young people [ 38 ]. Strengthening identity through social media may therefore offer an opportunity to help improve educational and health outcomes among Indigenous young people.…”

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Social media and digital technology use among Indigenous young people in Australia: a literature review

Rice

Haynes

Royce

et al. 2016

Int J Equity Health

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IntroductionThe use of social media and digital technologies has grown rapidly in Australia and around the world, including among Indigenous young people who face social disadvantage. Given the potential to use social media for communication, providing information and as part of creating and responding to social change, this paper explores published literature to understand how Indigenous Australian youth use digital technologies and social media, and its positive and negative impacts.MethodsOnline literature searches were conducted in three databases: PubMed, Google Scholar and Informit in August 2014; with further searches of additional relevant databases (Engineering Village; Communication & mass media complete; Computers & applied sciences complete; Web of Science) undertaken in May 2015. In addition, relevant literature was gathered using citation snowballing so that additional peer-reviewed and grey literature was included. Articles were deemed relevant if they discussed social media and/or digital technologies and Indigenous Australians. After reading and reviewing all relevant articles, a thematic analysis was used to identify overall themes and identify specific examples.ResultsA total of 22 papers were included in the review. Several major themes were identified about how and why Indigenous young people use social media: identity, power and control, cultural compatibility and community and family connections. Examples of marketing for health and health promotion approaches that utilize social media and digital technologies were identified. Negative uses of social media such as cyber bullying, cyber racism and the exchange of sexually explicit content between minors are common with limited approaches to dealing with this at the community level.DiscussionStrong cultural identity and community and family connections, which can be enhanced through social media, are linked to improved educational and health outcomes. The confidence that Indigenous young people demonstrate when approaching the use of social media invites its further use, including in arenas where this group may not usually participate, such as in research.ConclusionsFuture research could examine ways to minimise the misuse of social media while maximising its positive potential in the lives of Indigenous young people. Future research should also focus on the positive application of social media and showing evidence in health promotion interventions in order to reduce health inequities between Indigenous and non-Indigenous young people.

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“…After decades of continued mistreatment and policy failure by the Australian government and health system, new approaches were needed. Aboriginal-led and community-based projects are appropriate to respond in a culturally safe way to high levels of distress in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities [ 3 , 4 , 5 ]. The National Empowerment Project (NEP) was established in 2012 to facilitate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander understandings of holistic health and wellbeing.…”

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“…In response to suicide rates in the Kimberely, Bardi woman Professor Pat Dudgeon led a community consultation that culminated in the landmark Hear Our Voices report as a part of the Kimberley Empowerment Project [ 3 ]. In 2012, the National Empowerment Project (NEP) was established to develop a national Aboriginal-led solution to individual and community distress [ 4 ].…”

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Understanding Aboriginal Models of Selfhood: The National Empowerment Project’s Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program in Western Australia

Dudgeon

Derry

Mascall

et al. 2022

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Culturally safe and responsive interventions that acknowledge Aboriginal models of selfhood are needed. Such interventions empower Aboriginal peoples and communities by increasing self-determination over individual and community social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB). In response to this need, the National Empowerment Project developed the Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program (CSEWB). The CSEWB aims to strengthen SEWB and cultural identity and subsequently reduce psychological distress in Aboriginal peoples. An Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach ensured community ownership and engagement. Seven research questions and a culturally modified adaption of the Most Significant Change technique informed a thematic analysis of the evaluation content. Aboriginal adults (n = 49; 53% ≥50 years, 66% female, 34% male) from three Western Australian urban communities participated in the program evaluation workshops. Participants reported the benefits of enhanced SEWB and reduced psychological distress. This research reaffirms the need for culturally safe programs that acknowledge social determinants of health and are guided by the SEWB framework. Long-term commitment from the government is needed to support such programs.

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Hear our voices: Community development and working with Indigenous people experiencing trauma

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A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia

A ‘better’ education: An examination of the utility of boarding school for Indigenous secondary students in Western Australia

Social media and digital technology use among Indigenous young people in Australia: a literature review

Understanding Aboriginal Models of Selfhood: The National Empowerment Project’s Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program in Western Australia

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