The Aboriginal Mental Health Worker Program: The challenge of supporting Aboriginal involvement in mental health care in the remote community context

Harris, Amanda; Robinson, Gary

doi:10.5172/jamh.6.1.15

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“…Multiple articles that reported findings relating to the same study (such as one evaluation 15,16 , one project [17][18][19][20] , one survey 21,22 , one interview/focus group session [23][24][25][26] , or one questionnaire 27,28 ) were considered as a single study, and all references were included. The included studies focused on:…”

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“…19,20 Two-way learning approaches were described by three studies. 15,16,19,20,23,24 Sociological action research principles were used once. 42 One study involved a review of existing case management models, followed by a staff survey and training.…”

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“…15,16 Nineteen studies were conducted in AMSs , six of which used mixed methods [17][18][19][20]30,31,37 and one of which was a quasiexperimental design. 34 Quantitative methods on their own were used in five studies.…”

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“…However, nine studies were assessed as having high community acceptance (three to four criteria met) [21][22][23][24]27,28,32,39,41,[44][45][46] , and 12 as low acceptance (two or fewer criteria met) [15][16][17][18][19][20]25,26,29,[33][34][35][36][37]42,43 according to our four criteria. Four studies were part of large, ongoing research partnerships, which may have involved extensive community engagement, but this was not described.…”

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“…32 Voices United for Harmony involved community leaders during study design and implementation. 27,28,33,34 Study initiation process Seven studies appeared to be initiated by researchers external to the primary health care service 23,24,27,28,[33][34][35][36][37] , seven arose from research partnerships 15,16,19,20,[30][31][32]38,46 and three appeared to be jointly initiated. 25,26,40,42 A community also invited a researcher from outside the community to evaluate a SEWB service.…”

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The quality of Australian Indigenous primary health care research focusing on social and emotional wellbeing: a systematic review

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Objectives and importance of the study: Primary health care research focused on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous) people is needed to ensure that key frontline services provide evidence based and culturally appropriate care. We systematically reviewed the published primary health care literature to identify research designs, processes and outcomes, and assess the scientific quality of research focused on social and emotional wellbeing. This will inform future research to improve evidence based, culturally appropriate primary health care.Study type: Systematic review in accordance with PRISMA and MOOSE guidelines.Methods: Four databases and one Indigenous-specific project website were searched for qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method published research. Studies that were conducted in primary health care services and focused on the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous people were included. Scientific quality was assessed using risk-of-bias assessment tools that were modified to meet our aims. We assessed community acceptance by identifying the involvement of community governance structures and representation during research development, conduct and reporting. Data were extracted using standard forms developed for this review.Results: We included 32 articles, which reported on 25 studies. Qualitative and mixed methods were used in 18 studies. Twelve articles were judged as high or unclear risk of bias, four as moderate and five as low risk of bias. Another four studies were not able to be assessed as they did not align with the risk-of-bias tools. Of the five articles judged as low risk of bias, two also had high community acceptance and both of these were qualitative. One used a phenomenological approach and the other combined participatory action research with a social-ecological perspective and incorporated 'two-

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Beyond the pipeline: a critique of the discourse surrounding the development of an Indigenous primary healthcare workforce in Australia

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A central strategy in addressing health disparities experienced by Indigenous people has been based on a concern with workforce improvement. In this paper, the Indigenous Australian healthcare workforce literature since 1977 is reviewed and its scope of concern, as being often limited to questions of ‘supply’, is critiqued. The pipeline metaphor, whether used explicitly or implied, regularly focuses attention on closing the gap on Indigenous representation within the health workforce. The exception though is the discourse concerning Indigenous Health Workers (IHWs), where questions concerning the legitimacy of the role continue to abound within a workforce hierarchy where community knowledge, though shown to be crucial to culturally safe health service provision, is trumped by the other health professions whose knowledges and legitimacy are not in question. This contrast exemplifies the need to examine the working of power not just ‘supply’. The pipeline metaphor is disrupted with concerns about a range of other ‘gaps’ – gaps in the recognition of Indigenous knowledges, in organisational structures, in governance and in self-awareness by the health professions of their whiteness. As the health system continues to measure workforce development in terms of pipeline capacity, our study questions what happens beyond the pipeline.

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The Aboriginal Mental Health Worker Program: The challenge of supporting Aboriginal involvement in mental health care in the remote community context

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The quality of Australian Indigenous primary health care research focusing on social and emotional wellbeing: a systematic review

The quality of Australian Indigenous primary health care research focusing on social and emotional wellbeing: a systematic review

Contacts with mental health services before suicide: a comparison of Indigenous with non-Indigenous Australians

Beyond the pipeline: a critique of the discourse surrounding the development of an Indigenous primary healthcare workforce in Australia

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