TY - JOUR
T1 - Injury prevention through employment as a priority for wellbeing among Aboriginal people in remote Australia
AU - Schultz, Rosalie
AU - Abbott, Tammy
AU - Yamaguchi, Jessica
AU - Cairney, Sheree
N1 - Funding Information:
Rosalie Schultz is supported by a scholarship from Vincent Fair-fax Family Foundation, through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
The Interplay project was supported by funding from the Australian Government Cooperative Research Centre Program through the Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP, hosted by Ninti One Limited).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Australian Health Promotion Association
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Issue addressed: Injuries lead to more hospitalisations and lost years of healthy life for Aboriginal people than any other cause. However, they are often overlooked in discussion of relieving Aboriginal disadvantage.Methods: Four Aboriginal communities with diverse geography,culture and service arrangements participated in the Interplay Wellbeing project. In each community, Aboriginal researchers conducted focus groups and interviews arranged through Aboriginal organisations to explore wellbeing. A total of 84 participants contributed to 14 focus groups and eight interviews,which were recorded, transcribed and coded. This article reports on injury and possibilities for prevention, unanticipated themes raised in discussions of wellbeing.Results: Interpersonal violence, injury and imprisonment emerged as themes that were linked with employment and wellbeing. Employment in Aboriginal ranger programs provides meaningful activity, which strengthens people's identity and cultural integrity. This can avert interpersonal violence through empowering women and reducing alcohol access and consumption.Conclusion: Ranger programs may provide a much‐needed opportunity to control escalating rates of injury for Aboriginal people in remote communities.So what?: The manifold benefits of Aboriginal ranger programs include reducing violence and its injury and criminal justice consequences.
AB - Issue addressed: Injuries lead to more hospitalisations and lost years of healthy life for Aboriginal people than any other cause. However, they are often overlooked in discussion of relieving Aboriginal disadvantage.Methods: Four Aboriginal communities with diverse geography,culture and service arrangements participated in the Interplay Wellbeing project. In each community, Aboriginal researchers conducted focus groups and interviews arranged through Aboriginal organisations to explore wellbeing. A total of 84 participants contributed to 14 focus groups and eight interviews,which were recorded, transcribed and coded. This article reports on injury and possibilities for prevention, unanticipated themes raised in discussions of wellbeing.Results: Interpersonal violence, injury and imprisonment emerged as themes that were linked with employment and wellbeing. Employment in Aboriginal ranger programs provides meaningful activity, which strengthens people's identity and cultural integrity. This can avert interpersonal violence through empowering women and reducing alcohol access and consumption.Conclusion: Ranger programs may provide a much‐needed opportunity to control escalating rates of injury for Aboriginal people in remote communities.So what?: The manifold benefits of Aboriginal ranger programs include reducing violence and its injury and criminal justice consequences.
KW - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
KW - community based intervention
KW - environmental health
KW - healthy environments
KW - interpersonal violence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85052524071&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/hpja.7
DO - 10.1002/hpja.7
M3 - Article
C2 - PMID: 30159993
AN - SCOPUS:85052524071
VL - 29
SP - 183
EP - 188
JO - Health Promotion Journal of Australia
JF - Health Promotion Journal of Australia
SN - 1036-1073
IS - 2
ER -