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A Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Public Health Emergency Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Australia, Developed during COVID-19
International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.19(23), 15626
2022
PMID: 36497699
Abstract
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic impacted peoples' livelihoods and mental wellbeing. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia continue to experience intergenerational trauma associated with colonization and may experience trauma-related distress in response to government responses to public health emergencies. We aimed to develop a culturally responsive trauma-informed public health emergency response framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led study involved: (i) a review of trauma-informed public health emergency responses to develop a draft framework (ii) interviews with 110 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents about how COVID-19 impacted their lives, and (iii) a workshop with 36 stakeholders about pandemic experiences using framework analysis to refine a culturally responsive trauma-informed framework. The framework included: an overarching philosophy (cultural humility, safety and responsiveness); key enablers (local leadership and Eldership); supporting strategies (provision of basic needs and resources, well-functioning social systems, human rights, dignity, choice, justice and ethics, mutuality and collective responsibility, and strengthening of existing systems); interdependent core concepts (safety, transparency, and empowerment, holistic support, connectedness and collaboration, and compassion, protection and caring); and central goals (a sense of security, resilience, wellbeing, self- and collective-efficacy, hope, trust, resilience, and healing from grief and loss).
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- Title
- A Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Public Health Emergency Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities in Australia, Developed during COVID-19
- Authors/Creators
- Simon Graham - The University of MelbourneIlias Kamitsis - The University of MelbourneMichelle Kennedy - University of Newcastle AustraliaChristina Heris - University of CanberraTess Bright - The University of MelbourneShannon K Bennetts - Murdoch Children's Research InstituteKimberley A Jones - The University of MelbourneRenee Fiolet - The University of MelbourneJanine Mohamed - Lowitja InstituteCaroline Atkinson - We Al-Li, Goolmangar, NSW 2480, AustraliaCatherine Chamberlain - Murdoch University, Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Publication Details
- International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.19(23), 15626
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Identifiers
- 991005585961907891
- Copyright
- © 2022 by the authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Citation topics
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- 6.24 Psychiatry & Psychology
- 6.24.93 Trauma and PTSD
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
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