From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing
Aboriginal Australians have a fundamental human right to opportunities that lead to healthy and flourishing lives. While the impact of trauma on Aboriginal Australians is well-documented, a pervasive deficit narrative that focuses on problems and pathology persists in research and policy discourse....
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ftunivadelaidedl:oai:digital.library.adelaide.edu.au:2440/139573 2023-12-17T10:30:15+01:00 From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing Bullen, J. Hill-Wall, T. Anderson, K. Brown, A. Bracknell, C. Newnham, E.A. Garvey, G. Waters, L. 2023 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/2440/139573 https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075395 en eng MDPI AG http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/GNT1137563 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/2020636 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1176651 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023; 20(7):5395-1-5395-20 1661-7827 1660-4601 https://hdl.handle.net/2440/139573 doi:10.3390/ijerph20075395 Brown, A. [0000-0003-2112-3918] © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ 4.0/). http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075395 Aboriginal First Nations wellbeing salutogenesis flourishing positive psychology complex systems Humans Mental Health Human Rights Health Services Indigenous Australia Cultural Competency Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Journal article 2023 ftunivadelaidedl https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20075395 2023-11-20T23:26:01Z Aboriginal Australians have a fundamental human right to opportunities that lead to healthy and flourishing lives. While the impact of trauma on Aboriginal Australians is well-documented, a pervasive deficit narrative that focuses on problems and pathology persists in research and policy discourse. This narrative risks further exacerbating Aboriginal disadvantage through a focus on 'fixing what is wrong' with Aboriginal Australians and the internalising of these narratives by Aboriginal Australians. While a growing body of research adopts strength-based models, limited research has sought to explore Aboriginal flourishing. This conceptual paper seeks to contribute to a burgeoning paradigm shift in Aboriginal research, seeking to understand what can be learned from Aboriginal people who flourish, how we best determine this, and in what contexts this can be impactful. Within, we argue the case for a new approach to exploring Aboriginal wellbeing that integrates salutogenic, positive psychology concepts with complex systems theory to understand and promote Aboriginal wellbeing and flourishing. While deeper work may be required to establish the parameters of a strength-based, culturally aligned Aboriginal conceptualisation of positive psychology, we suggest the integration of Aboriginal and Western methodologies offers a unique and potent means of shifting the dial on seemingly intractable problems. Jonathan Bullen, Trish Hill-Wall, Kate Anderson, Alex Brown, Clint Bracknell, Elizabeth A. Newnham, Gail Garvey, and Lea Waters Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations The University of Adelaide: Digital Library International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20 7 5395 |
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Aboriginal Australians have a fundamental human right to opportunities that lead to healthy and flourishing lives. While the impact of trauma on Aboriginal Australians is well-documented, a pervasive deficit narrative that focuses on problems and pathology persists in research and policy discourse. This narrative risks further exacerbating Aboriginal disadvantage through a focus on 'fixing what is wrong' with Aboriginal Australians and the internalising of these narratives by Aboriginal Australians. While a growing body of research adopts strength-based models, limited research has sought to explore Aboriginal flourishing. This conceptual paper seeks to contribute to a burgeoning paradigm shift in Aboriginal research, seeking to understand what can be learned from Aboriginal people who flourish, how we best determine this, and in what contexts this can be impactful. Within, we argue the case for a new approach to exploring Aboriginal wellbeing that integrates salutogenic, positive psychology concepts with complex systems theory to understand and promote Aboriginal wellbeing and flourishing. While deeper work may be required to establish the parameters of a strength-based, culturally aligned Aboriginal conceptualisation of positive psychology, we suggest the integration of Aboriginal and Western methodologies offers a unique and potent means of shifting the dial on seemingly intractable problems. Jonathan Bullen, Trish Hill-Wall, Kate Anderson, Alex Brown, Clint Bracknell, Elizabeth A. Newnham, Gail Garvey, and Lea Waters |
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From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing |
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From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing |
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From Deficit to Strength-Based Aboriginal Health Research—Moving toward Flourishing |
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