Engaging with Aboriginal communities in an urban context: some practical suggestions for public health researchers

Pyett, Priscilla; Waples-Crowe, Peter; Sterren, Anke van der

doi:10.1111/j.1753-6405.2009.00338.x

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“…2005; Menadue 2008). Productive research collaborations must be built on ‘sensitivity’, ‘reciprocity’, ‘respect’, and ‘equality’ (National Health and Medical Research Council 2003; Pyett et al . 2009).…”

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“…An important prerequisite for these partnerships is the relationship between key individuals (Fuller et al 2005;Menadue 2008). Productive research collaborations must be built on 'sensitivity ', 'reciprocity', 'respect', and 'equality' (National Health and Medical Research Council 2003;Pyett et al 2009). Describing an innovative mental health network and successful collaborative programme between an Aboriginal community and an academic unit in Victoria, McKendrick et al (1990) note that effective partnerships need 'goodwill and a preparedness to work through difficult issues'.…”

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Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of adult mental health services by Australia's Indigenous people: Seeking a way forward

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Oakley‐Browne³

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Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Mental disorders are the second leading cause of disease burden among Australia's Indigenous people after cardiovascular disease. Yet Indigenous people do not access mental health services in proportion to their need. This paper explores the barriers and facilitators for Indigenous people seeking mental health services in Australia and identifies key elements in the development and maintenance of partnerships for improved service delivery and future research. The process of seeking help for mental illness has been conceptualized as four consecutive steps starting from recognizing that there is a problem to actually contacting the mental health service. We have attempted to explore the factors affecting each of these stages. While people in the general population experience barriers across all four stages of the process of seeking treatment for a mental disorder, there are many more barriers for Indigenous people at the stage of actually contacting a mental health service. These include a history of racism and discrimination and resultant lack of trust in mainstream services, misunderstandings due to cultural and language differences, and inadequate measures to reduce the stigma associated with mental illness. Further research is required to understand the mental health literacy of Indigenous people, their different perceptions of mental health and well-being, issues around stigma, and the natural history of mental illness among Indigenous people who do not access any form of professional help. Collaborations between mainstream mental health services and Aboriginal organizations have been promoted as a way to conduct research into developing appropriate services for Indigenous people.

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Section: ‘White Fella and Black Fella’ Working Together: Building Parmentioning

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Section: 'White Fella and Black Fella' Working Together: Building Parmentioning

confidence: 99%

Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of adult mental health services by Australia's Indigenous people: Seeking a way forward

Isaacs

Pyett

Oakley‐Browne³

et al. 2010

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…It also received written and verbal approval from the leadership of the Garden Project. Conducting research with urban Aboriginal populations can be challenging because, compared with some rural communities, urban Aboriginal populations may be more dispersed and culturally diverse, lacking any clear council with whom researchers can engage to ensure respectful research (Pyett et al, 2009). For this study, the first author worked closely with the Garden Project steering committee (which consists of project leaders and participants) throughout the study to ensure that the research was carried out in a respectful, useful and participatory manner.…”

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A decolonizing approach to health promotion in Canada: the case of the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project

Mundel

Chapman

2010

Health Promotion International

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SUMMARYAboriginal people in Canada suffer ill-health at much higher rates compared with the rest of the population. A key challenge is the disjuncture between the dominant biomedical approach to health in Canada and the holistic and integrative understandings of and approaches to health in many Aboriginal cultures. More fundamentally, colonization is at the root of the health challenges faced by this population. Thus, effective approaches to health promotion with Aboriginal people will require decolonizing practices. In this paper, we look at one case study of a health promotion project, the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project in Vancouver, Canada, which, guided by the teachings of the Medicine Wheel, aims to provide culturally appropriate health promotion. By drawing on Aboriginal approaches to healing, acknowledging the legacy of colonization and providing a context for cultural celebration, we suggest that the project can be seen as an example of what decolonizing health promotion could look like. Further, we suggest that a decolonizing approach to health promotion has the potential to address immediate needs while simultaneously beginning to address underlying causes of Aboriginal health inequities.

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“…Research teams who have collaborated with Indigenous groups in New Zealand (Tipa et al 2009) and Australia (Pyett et al 2009) on health research initiatives, have reported both similar and additional lessons learned such as flexibility, communication choices, the need to allow for extra time to develop trust and the importance of educating ourselves as researchers about the Aboriginal people and communities we are working with.…”

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Community-based Suicide Prevention Research in Remote On-Reserve First Nations Communities

Isaak

Campeau

Katz

et al. 2009

Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Suicide is a complex problem linked to genetic, environmental, psychological and community factors. For the Aboriginal population more specifically, loss of culture, history of traumatic events, individual, family and community factors may also play a role in suicidal behaviour. Of particular concern is the high rate of suicide among Canadian Int J Ment Health Addiction (2010) Aboriginal youth. While the need to develop interventions to reduce suicidal behaviour for First Nations on-reserve populations is evident, there may be an element of distrust of researchers by Aboriginal communities. Furthermore, research in mental health and specifically suicide is much more sensitive than studying medical illnesses like diabetes. Clearly, this issue requires a unique and insightful approach. While numerous suicide prevention/intervention plans and guidelines have been published specifically for work involving Aboriginal people, the literature lacks a comprehensive discussion of the methodological and logistical issues faced by research teams and Aboriginal communities attempting to develop culturally-grounded and community-specific suicide prevention and intervention strategies. This paper outlines the research process, key challenges and lessons learned in a collaborative University-First Nations suicide prevention project conducted with eight north-western Manitoba First Nations communities (Canada).

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Engaging with Aboriginal communities in an urban context: some practical suggestions for public health researchers

Cited by 30 publications

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Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of adult mental health services by Australia's Indigenous people: Seeking a way forward

Barriers and facilitators to the utilization of adult mental health services by Australia's Indigenous people: Seeking a way forward

A decolonizing approach to health promotion in Canada: the case of the Urban Aboriginal Community Kitchen Garden Project

Community-based Suicide Prevention Research in Remote On-Reserve First Nations Communities

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