Walker Melissa, Fredericks Bronwyn, Mills Kyly, Anderson Debra
a School of Nursing , Queensland University of Technology , Brisbane , Queensland , Australia.
Health Care Women Int. 2014;35(10):1216-26. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2013.815754. Epub 2013 Aug 27.
This project explores yarning as a methodology for understanding health and wellness from an indigenous woman's perspective. Previous research exploring indigenous Australian women's perspectives have used traditional Western methodologies and have often been felt by the women themselves to be inappropriate and ineffective in gathering information and promoting discussion. This research arose from the indigenous women themselves, and resulted in the exploration of using yarning as a methodology. Yarning is a conversational process that involves the sharing of stories and the development of knowledge. It prioritizes indigenous ways of communicating, in that it is culturally prescribed, cooperative, and respectful. The authors identify different types of yarning that are relevant throughout their research, and explain two types of yarning-family yarning and cross-cultural yarning-which have not been previously identified in research literature. This project found that yarning as a research method is appropriate for community-based health research with indigenous Australian women. This may be an important finding for health professionals and researchers to consider when working and researching with indigenous women from other countries.
本项目探索将讲故事作为一种从原住民女性视角理解健康与福祉的方法。此前探索澳大利亚原住民女性观点的研究采用的是传统西方方法，而原住民女性自己常常觉得这些方法在收集信息和促进讨论方面既不合适也无效。本研究源于原住民女性自身，并促成了对将讲故事作为一种方法的探索。讲故事是一个对话过程，涉及故事分享和知识发展。它优先采用原住民的交流方式，因为它是文化规定的、合作性的且相互尊重的。作者们确定了在整个研究过程中相关的不同类型的讲故事方式，并解释了两种此前研究文献中未被识别的讲故事方式——家庭讲故事和跨文化讲故事。本项目发现，讲故事作为一种研究方法适用于针对澳大利亚原住民女性的社区健康研究。对于健康专业人员和研究人员在与其他国家的原住民女性合作及开展研究时而言，这可能是一个值得考虑的重要发现。
