Intercultural communications in remote Aboriginal Australian communities: What works in dementia education and management?

The Implementation and Evaluation of Health Promotion Services and Programs to Improve Cultural Competency: A Systematic Scoping Review

“…The most common community-oriented strategy, utilized in 18 (18/22, 82%) of the interventions, was the participation of community members in the development and implementation of service-level interventions. Members of the community health workforce were the most frequently represented in studies ( 16 – 20 ), followed by general community members ( 18 , 21 – 23 ) and community or church leaders ( 24 , 25 ). Other community members involved in these interventions were cancer survivors and family members of survivors ( 25 , 26 ), heart attack and stroke survivors ( 23 ), community volunteers ( 24 ), seniors/elders ( 17 ) and representatives ( 27 ), and clinicians from the target population ( 28 ).…”

“…However, three studies reported a primary intervention as an audiovisual or multimedia resource developed or translated in the language/s of the target population. These interventions were as follows: an e-mental health application that was translated from English to Yolngu Matha for an aboriginal Australians of the Yolngu language group ( 16 ); a breast cancer education video in Navajo language with English subtitles for Native American women ( 26 ); and a dementia education resource in Australia translated from English into three aboriginal languages ( 18 ).…”

“…Taylor et al ( 18 ) reported on the evaluation of a culturally and linguistically targeted dementia awareness pilot resource in three aboriginal languages (Warlpiri, Kriol, and Djambarrpuyngu) as well as English. The video was pilot tested and evaluated with aged care workers and service users, and community members to assess the effectiveness of the resource and evaluate the difference that culturally safe inter-communication can make toward dementia education ( 18 ).…”

Addressing dementia with Indigenous peoples: a contributing initiative from the Circular Head Aboriginal community

“…Further, effective strategies need to be based upon each community's understanding of dementia and suggestions for culturally appropriate education about how to prevent and modify these risks, access culturally safe healthcare services, counter discrimination and stigma, and provide within-community care. 7,9,[18][19][20][21][22] Published studies, although few, document valuable descriptions of the behaviours and psychiatric symptoms associated with dementia by mainland and Torres Strait Islander Indigenous peoples. However, these studies also illustrate Indigenous peoples' limited understanding of how such behaviours and symptoms relate to dementia, the causes of dementia, and how dementia differs from depression, delirium and other neurological diseases.…”

“…5,[18][19][20]24,25 These sessions gathered information to guide future community-based training and education. The 38 women and 12 men who participated ranged in age from 22 to 85 years (M = 46.4 ± 16).…”