Working with Anangu (Aboriginal people) with disabilities from remote Central Australia. Navigating multiple expectations: “sandpaper and polyfilla”

Co‐creation of a student‐implemented allied health service in a First Nations remote community of East Arnhem Land, Australia

“…The challenge is to work with and support long-held mainstream models of care while remaining true to the community-guided model of care. 42 When evaluating the co-created service, it was methodologically difficult to demonstrate the impact of the service to a health system that is not designed to include the type of service that was created. Mainstream process measures such as 'referrals' could not accurately reflect service reach, nor could 'occasions of service' accurately reflect activity at the individual, family and community level.…”

“…The importance of connecting student‐implemented services, with visiting AH services as well as with community‐based services to increase the value of those services to the community, was also highlighted. The challenge is to work with and support long‐held mainstream models of care while remaining true to the community‐guided model of care 42 …”

“…The challenge is to work with and support long‐held mainstream models of care while remaining true to the community‐guided model of care. 42 …”