Indigenous Psychology in Australia

Adams, Michael E.; Adams, Yolonda; Drew, Neil

doi:10.4324/9781315158358-10

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“…12 Connection to culture impacts on all aspects of health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people. [21][22][23] Health interventions aimed at Aboriginal populations should include cultural components to align with Aboriginal views of health, cater for family dynamics and allow for strengths-based programmes. 21,24,25 Effective codesign allows communities to contribute meaningfully to the design, and to lead delivery of programmes.…”

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children with obesity: A review of programmes for children and young people aged 5–17 years

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J Paediatrics Child Health

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A literature review of overweight and obesity prevention and management programmes for Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children 5–17 years to inform a co‐design weight management intervention in an urban Aboriginal community. Systematic searching of PubMed, Science Direct, Lowitja LitSearch and hand‐searching of references, government and Aboriginal websites. Programmes were categorised as including nutrition and food literacy, cooking skills, health education and cultural components. Quality was assessed against the CREATE QAT Tool. Eight programmes, including two evaluations and six programme descriptions, were identified. Interventions ranged in duration from 1 day to 10 weeks involving nutrition education, health information, cooking skills, exercise and cultural content. There were no significant reductions in weight outcomes, although there were reported positive health changes to the children including a reduction in waist circumference and an increase in exercise levels. Insights for future research include effective co‐design with community and the delivery of flexible content through an Aboriginal‐led, multifaceted programme. There is limited evidence for the prevention and management of weight in Aboriginal children with overweight and obesity. Future research efforts should include more time‐intensive, multifaceted, community‐run programmes that are supported by medical, advocacy and evaluation expertise from health services.

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