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Autore: | Whiteside Mary |
Titolo: | Promoting Aboriginal Health : The Family Wellbeing Empowerment Approach / / by Mary Whiteside, Komla Tsey, Yvonne Cadet-James, Janya McCalman |
Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Adis, , 2014 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2014. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (63 p.) |
Disciplina: | 362.10899915 |
Soggetto topico: | Social sciences |
Social Sciences, general | |
Soggetto geografico: | Australia |
Soggetto non controllato: | Australian |
Persona (resp. second.): | TseyKomla |
Cadet-JamesYvonne | |
McCalmanJanya | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | The Family Wellbeing Empowerment Program -- The Research Approach -- An Aboriginal Family Wellbeing Model of Empowerment -- Beliefs and Attitudes -- Skills and Knowledge -- Agency -- Outcomes -- Conclusion. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "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. . |
Titolo autorizzato: | Promoting Aboriginal Health |
ISBN: | 3-319-04618-7 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910357853603321 |
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