Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Volume 18, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18157745
Keywords
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; wellbeing; Indigenous; models of wellbeing; quality of life
Funding
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) [1125434]
- NHMRC-funded Centre of Research Excellence in Targeted Approaches to Improve Cancer Services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (TACTICS) [1153027]
- NHMRC [1197324109, 1176651, 1168150, 1142035, 1194677]
- TACTICS Postgraduate Top-up Scholarship (TACTICS) [1153027]
- ARC Discovery Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award - Australian Government [IN190100050]
- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia [1194677, 1142035, 1168150, 1125434] Funding Source: NHMRC
- Australian Research Council [IN190100050] Funding Source: Australian Research Council
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Wellbeing is culturally bound and varies among different cultural groups. This paper presents a conceptual model of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, highlighting the importance of family, community, and culture in their wellbeing.
Wellbeing is culturally bound and is shaped by many aspects of life, including experiences, beliefs and values. As such, in order to accurately measure wellbeing for a specific cultural group, it is necessary to understand the experiences, beliefs and values that influence the conception and experience of wellbeing of that group. This paper presents a conceptual model of wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which was developed from a large national qualitative study that explored the views of 359 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults. An Aboriginal- and Torres Strait Islander-led research team used an Indigenist research approach to iteratively develop this conceptual model, called the Fabric of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing model, which takes inspiration from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander weaving traditions whereby individual strands are twined to create fabrics that are both beautiful and strong. This reflects our findings that the parts of life that are most important to wellbeing for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are interwoven with their families, communities and culture.
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