Different meanings… what we want in our lives… a qualitative exploration of the experience of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples in a co-designed community rehabilitation service

Sarovich, Emma, Lowrie, Daniel, Geia, Lynore, Kris, Sylvia, and Cairns, Alice (2024) Different meanings… what we want in our lives… a qualitative exploration of the experience of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples in a co-designed community rehabilitation service. Disability and Rehabilitation, 46 (2). pp. 354-361.

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Abstract

Purpose: Promoting positive psychological, social and functional health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires health services to be culturally safe, respecting culture as central to the individuals and their communities. This study explored the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, participating in a co-designed student-assisted community rehabilitation service in a remote Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland.

Materials and methods: Observation, informal yarning and semi-structured interviews with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (n = 6) engaged in the service was conducted over a 7 week period. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was applied through inductive thematic analysis.

Results: Four themes illustrated that experiences within the program promoted: A connection to people, both within the program and those significant in people’s lives; a connection to past experiences, roles and events; a connection to the future of cultural knowledge; and a sense of achievement and fun. Participants shared their unique stories on their positive experience of the culturally responsive approach in the activities.

Conclusions: These results suggest that knowledge translation and reciprocity provide a strong foundation for rehabilitation programs that support healthy ageing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage active and ongoing individual and community involvement.

Item ID: 77660
Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1464-5165
Keywords: ageing, allied health, cultural responsiveness, cultural safety, disability, First Nations, indigenous, Rural health, service learning
Copyright Information: © 2022 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2023 00:22
FoR Codes: 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science > 420104 Occupational therapy @ 100%
SEO Codes: 20 HEALTH > 2003 Provision of health and support services > 200301 Allied health therapies (excl. mental health services) @ 50%
21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210399 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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