Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes

Michael Wright; Aunty Doris Getta; Aunty Oriel Green; Uncle Charles Kickett; Aunty Helen Kickett; Aunty Irene McNamara; Uncle Albert McNamara; Aunty Moya Newman; Aunty Charmaine Pell; Aunty Millie Penny; Uncle Peter Wilkes; Aunty Sandra Wilkes; Tiana Culbong; Kathrine Taylor; Alex Brown; Pat Dudgeon; Glenn Pearson; Steve Allsop; Ashleigh Lin; Geoff Smith; Brad Farrant; Leanne Mirabella; Margaret O’connell

doi:10.3390/ijerph18168555

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Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes

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Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes

Michael Wright, Aunty Doris Getta, Aunty Oriel Green, Uncle Charles Kickett, Aunty Helen Kickett, Aunty Irene McNamara, Uncle Albert McNamara, Aunty Moya Newman, Aunty Charmaine Pell, Aunty Millie Penny, …

International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.18(16), 8555

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168555

PMID: 34444319

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Abstract

Co-design

Engagement

First nations

Indigenous research methodologies

Participatory action research

Relationships

Service evaluation

Worldviews

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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Title: Co-designing health service evaluation tools that foreground first nation worldviews for better mental health and wellbeing outcomes
Authors/Creators: Michael Wright - Curtin University
Aunty Doris Getta - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Aunty Oriel Green - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Uncle Charles Kickett - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Aunty Helen Kickett - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Aunty Irene McNamara - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Uncle Albert McNamara - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Aunty Moya Newman - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Aunty Charmaine Pell - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Aunty Millie Penny - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Uncle Peter Wilkes - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Aunty Sandra Wilkes - Elders Co-Researcher Group, Perth, Australia
Tiana Culbong - Curtin University
Kathrine Taylor - Woodside (Australia), Perth, Australia
Alex Brown - South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Pat Dudgeon - Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Glenn Pearson - Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
Steve Allsop - National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Australia
Ashleigh Lin - Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
Geoff Smith - Medical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia
Brad Farrant - Telethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
Leanne Mirabella - Independent Consultant, Perth, Australia
Margaret O’connell - School of Allied Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth, Australia
Publication Details: International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.18(16), 8555
Publisher: MDPI
Grant note: APP1132367 / National Health and Medical Research Council (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/501100000925) APP1132367 / National Health and Medical Research Council National Health and Medical Research Council (http://data.elsevier.com/vocabulary/SciValFunders/501100000925)
Identifiers: 991005870544007891
Murdoch Affiliation: Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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