Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes
It is critical that health service evaluation frameworks include Aboriginal people and their cultural worldviews from design to implementation. During a large participatory action research study, Elders, service leaders and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers co-designed evaluation tools to te...
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| author | Wright, Michael Getta, A.D. Green, A.O. Kickett, U.C. Kickett, A.H. McNamara, A.I. McNamara, U.A. Newman, A.M. Pell, A.C. Penny, A.M. Wilkes, U.P. Wilkes, A.S. Culbong, T. Taylor, K. Brown, A. Dudgeon, P. Pearson, G. Allsop, Steve Lin, A. Smith, G. Farrant, B. Mirabella, L. O’connell, M. |
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| description | It is critical that health service evaluation frameworks include Aboriginal people and their cultural worldviews from design to implementation. During a large participatory action research study, Elders, service leaders and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers co-designed evaluation tools to test the efficacy of a previously co-designed engagement framework. Through a series of co-design workshops, tools were built using innovative collaborative processes that foregrounded Aboriginal worldviews. The workshops resulted in the development of a three-way survey that records the service experiences related to cultural safety from the perspective of Aboriginal clients, their carer/s, and the service staff with whom they work. The surveys centralise the role of relationships in client-service interactions, which strongly reflect their design from an Aboriginal worldview. This paper provides new insights into the reciprocal benefits of engaging community Elders and service leaders to work together to develop new and more meaningful ways of servicing Aboriginal families. Foregrounding relationships in service evaluations reinstates the value of human connection and people-centred engagement in service delivery which are central to rebuilding historically fractured relationships between mainstream services and Aboriginal communities. This benefits not only Aboriginal communities, but also other marginalised populations expanding the remit of mainstream services to be accessed by many. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-914642024-04-19T08:35:23Z Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes Wright, Michael Getta, A.D. Green, A.O. Kickett, U.C. Kickett, A.H. McNamara, A.I. McNamara, U.A. Newman, A.M. Pell, A.C. Penny, A.M. Wilkes, U.P. Wilkes, A.S. Culbong, T. Taylor, K. Brown, A. Dudgeon, P. Pearson, G. Allsop, Steve Lin, A. Smith, G. Farrant, B. Mirabella, L. O’connell, M. Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology first nations co-design Indigenous research methodologies service evaluation participatory action research relationships engagement worldviews Indigenous Australians PARTNERSHIPS Indigenous research methodologies co-design engagement first nations participatory action research relationships service evaluation worldviews Aged Health Services Health Services, Indigenous Humans Mental Health Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Mental Health Aged Health Services Health Services, Indigenous Surveys and Questionnaires It is critical that health service evaluation frameworks include Aboriginal people and their cultural worldviews from design to implementation. During a large participatory action research study, Elders, service leaders and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers co-designed evaluation tools to test the efficacy of a previously co-designed engagement framework. Through a series of co-design workshops, tools were built using innovative collaborative processes that foregrounded Aboriginal worldviews. The workshops resulted in the development of a three-way survey that records the service experiences related to cultural safety from the perspective of Aboriginal clients, their carer/s, and the service staff with whom they work. The surveys centralise the role of relationships in client-service interactions, which strongly reflect their design from an Aboriginal worldview. This paper provides new insights into the reciprocal benefits of engaging community Elders and service leaders to work together to develop new and more meaningful ways of servicing Aboriginal families. Foregrounding relationships in service evaluations reinstates the value of human connection and people-centred engagement in service delivery which are central to rebuilding historically fractured relationships between mainstream services and Aboriginal communities. This benefits not only Aboriginal communities, but also other marginalised populations expanding the remit of mainstream services to be accessed by many. 2021 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/91464 10.3390/ijerph18168555 English http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ MDPI fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology first nations co-design Indigenous research methodologies service evaluation participatory action research relationships engagement worldviews Indigenous Australians PARTNERSHIPS Indigenous research methodologies co-design engagement first nations participatory action research relationships service evaluation worldviews Aged Health Services Health Services, Indigenous Humans Mental Health Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Mental Health Aged Health Services Health Services, Indigenous Surveys and Questionnaires Wright, Michael Getta, A.D. Green, A.O. Kickett, U.C. Kickett, A.H. McNamara, A.I. McNamara, U.A. Newman, A.M. Pell, A.C. Penny, A.M. Wilkes, U.P. Wilkes, A.S. Culbong, T. Taylor, K. Brown, A. Dudgeon, P. Pearson, G. Allsop, Steve Lin, A. Smith, G. Farrant, B. Mirabella, L. O’connell, M. Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes |
| title | Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes |
| title_full | Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes |
| title_fullStr | Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes |
| title_short | Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes |
| title_sort | co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes |
| topic | Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Environmental Sciences Public, Environmental & Occupational Health Environmental Sciences & Ecology first nations co-design Indigenous research methodologies service evaluation participatory action research relationships engagement worldviews Indigenous Australians PARTNERSHIPS Indigenous research methodologies co-design engagement first nations participatory action research relationships service evaluation worldviews Aged Health Services Health Services, Indigenous Humans Mental Health Surveys and Questionnaires Humans Mental Health Aged Health Services Health Services, Indigenous Surveys and Questionnaires |
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