Walker, Melissa, Fredericks, Bronwyn, Mills, Kyly, and Anderson, Debra (2014) “Yarning” as a Method for Community-Based Health Research With Indigenous Women: The Indigenous Women's Wellness Research Program. Health Care for Women International, 35. pp. 1216-1226.

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Abstract

This project explores yarning as a methodology for understanding health and wellness from an indigenous woman's perspective. Previous research exploring indigenous Australian women's perspectives have used traditional Western methodologies and have often been felt by the women themselves to be inappropriate and ineffective in gathering information and promoting discussion. This research arose from the indigenous women themselves, and resulted in the exploration of using yarning as a methodology. Yarning is a conversational process that involves the sharing of stories and the development of knowledge. It prioritizes indigenous ways of communicating, in that it is culturally prescribed, cooperative, and respectful. The authors identify different types of yarning that are relevant throughout their research, and explain two types of yarning—family yarning and cross-cultural yarning—which have not been previously identified in research literature. This project found that yarning as a research method is appropriate for community-based health research with indigenous Australian women. This may be an important finding for health professionals and researchers to consider when working and researching with indigenous women from other countries.

Item ID:	78741
Item Type:	Article (Research - C1)
ISSN:	1096-4665
Keywords:	Yarning, Indigenous, Indigenous women, Wellness
Copyright Information:	Published Version: © Taylor & Francis. The accepted version may be made available under a CC BY-NC license in an Institutional Repository after a 12 month embargo.
Date Deposited:	10 Jul 2024 01:37
FoR Codes:	45 INDIGENOUS STUDIES > 4519 Other Indigenous data, methodologies and global Indigenous studies > 451907 Indigenous methodologies @ 70% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420602 Health equity @ 30%
SEO Codes:	21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210399 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health not elsewhere classified @ 80% 21 INDIGENOUS > 2103 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health > 210301 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander determinants of health @ 20%
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