Journal article
A community-based sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers
Australian Journal of Rural Health, Vol.13(2), pp.111-115
2005
Abstract
Objective: To pilot a community-based and owned sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers (AHWs).
Design: Descriptive, pilot educational intervention study.
Setting: Rural, Indigenous Australian community.
Subjects: AHWs working in a rural community.
Main outcome measures: Cultural and logistical acceptability of the program to AHWs.
Results: The course was delivered within a culturally acceptable framework with applicability for the evaluation of sports massage skills and knowledge changes in a larger sample.
Conclusion: The sports massage course demonstrated its applicability in this rural Aboriginal community and it has the potential to be adapted and adopted in other similar settings.
Details
- Title
- A community-based sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers
- Authors/Creators
- D. Vindigni (Author/Creator) - University of Newcastle AustraliaL. Parkinson (Author/Creator) - University of Newcastle AustraliaB. Walker (Author/Creator) - James Cook UniversityD.A. Rivett (Author/Creator) - University of Newcastle AustraliaS. Blunden (Author/Creator) - Durri Aboriginal Corporation Medical Service, Kempsey, New South Wales, AustraliaJ. Perkins (Author/Creator) - University of Newcastle Australia
- Publication Details
- Australian Journal of Rural Health, Vol.13(2), pp.111-115
- Publisher
- Blackwell Publishing
- Identifiers
- 991005540892907891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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