Report
Voices of the Peoples: The National Empowerment Project: Promoting cultural, social and emotional wellbeing to strengthen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
National Summary Report
2014, Commonwealth of Australia
2014
Abstract
The National Empowerment Project (NEP) is an Aboriginal led research collaboration that worked with eight Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia since 2012.
Utilising participatory action research, the NEP team engaged with communities to give people a voice to describe and address the challenges to social and emotional wellbeing, and to begin to look at ways to address these issues on an individual, family and community-wide level.
This report describes the research undertaken with the eight communities and is structured as follows:
chapter one sets out the governance, community selection process, operations, and process of the NEP
chapter two describes the findings from the research and draws out the main themes
chapter three summarises and makes recommendations from the outcomes of the project.
The NEP project makes a significant contribution to the emerging evidence-base required to develop a universal health promotion strategy to promote social and emotional wellbeing and mental health and a primary prevention strategy to reduce psychological distress and suicide in Aboriginal communities.
Details
- Title
- Voices of the Peoples: The National Empowerment Project: Promoting cultural, social and emotional wellbeing to strengthen Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
- Authors/Creators
- Pat Dudgeon - The University of Western AustraliaAdele Cox - The Kids Research Institute AustraliaRoz Walker - Murdoch University, Ngangk Yira Institute for ChangeClair Scrine - The Kids Research Institute AustraliaKerrie KellyD. BlurtonJean BoladerasC. BracknellT. BrennanA. ButoracA. Charles - The University of Western AustraliaLen Collard - The University of Western AustraliaW. DuffinGlenys GroganKatherine HamsC. HansenChristopher HollandD. IngramCarolyn MascallD. MillerM. TiaV. McGuireB. MurrayMalcolm PeckhamBarbara RileyAngela RyderSabrina SwiftNathan Taylor
- Publication Details
- National Summary Report
- Series
- 2014
- Publisher
- Commonwealth of Australia; Canberra, ACT
- Number of pages
- 32
- Identifiers
- 991005689069007891
- Copyright
- © Commonwealth of Australia 2014
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Ngangk Yira Institute for Change
- Resource Type
- Report
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