Promoting Aboriginal Health - The Family Wellbeing Empowerment Approach

"Those of us who have worked on the frontline of Aboriginal health for any length of time know that beneath the surface reality of Aboriginal people's poor health outcomes sits a deeper truth. It is about the importance of social and emotional wellbeing, and how this flows from a sense of control over one's own life. Where this is lacking, as it is in so many Aboriginal families and communities, there is instead indifference and despair and a descent into poor lifestyle choices and self-destructive behaviours. Our medical professionals do a great job of prescribing medicines and devising treatment programs but, to fix the root causes of ill-health, we need something more. As Aboriginal people we need to have a sense of agency in our lives, that we are not stray leaves blowing about in the wind. In a word, we need empowerment".
Dr. Pat Anderson, Chairperson, the Lowitja Institute, Australia's National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research.

List of contents

The Family Wellbeing Empowerment Program.- The Research Approach.- An Aboriginal Family Wellbeing Model of Empowerment.- Beliefs and Attitudes.- Skills and Knowledge.- Agency.- Outcomes.- Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Yvonne Cadet-James, Janya McCalman, Komla Tsey, Mary Whiteside
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.02.2014
• EAN: 9783319046174
• ISBN: 978-3-31-904617-4
• No. of pages: 54
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 228 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 125 g
• Illustrations: XVI, 54 p. 7 illus. in color.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Public Health
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); C, Sociology, Medicine, biotechnology, Social Sciences, auseinandersetzen, Social Sciences, general