Journal
HEALTH PROMOTION JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIA
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 183-188Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/hpja.7
Keywords
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; community based intervention; environmental health; healthy environments; interpersonal violence
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- Australian Government Cooperative Research Centre Program
- Vincent Fairfax Family Foundation
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Issue addressedInjuries 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. MethodsFour 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. ResultsInterpersonal 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. ConclusionRanger 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.
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