School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
Healthy Urban Environments Collaboratory, Maridulu Budyari Gumal SPHERE, Liverpool, NSW 2170, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 23;19(21):13778. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192113778.
In Australia, Aboriginal people are underserved by the transport system and are less able to easily get to places they need to go than others. This is a part of a larger pattern of exclusion and inequity for Aboriginal people which affects their health, wellbeing, and social participation. Guided by a decolonising framework, this research explored how older Aboriginal people, whose pivotal roles in their families and communities require their mobility, experience the transportation system, providing an Indigenous-centred view of the accessibility of transportation options in society.
Interviews drawing from the yarning technique were conducted with ten older Aboriginal people living in Greater Western Sydney and analysed qualitatively.
In addition to the cognitive labour required to decipher the rules of the transport system and organise commitments to match the scheduling of transport services, older Aboriginal people in this study experienced stigmatising attitudes and condescending treatment from service professionals and the public when traveling.
This study suggests three potential ways that the current trajectory that underserves older Aboriginal people could be disrupted, relating to service design, the diversity and inclusion agenda, and the social determinants of Indigenous health.
在澳大利亚，原住民在交通系统中得不到充分服务，他们比其他人更难轻松到达他们需要去的地方。这是原住民被排斥和不平等的更大模式的一部分，影响了他们的健康、福祉和社会参与。本研究以去殖民化框架为指导，探讨了在家庭和社区中发挥关键作用、需要出行的老年原住民是如何体验交通系统的，为了解社会中交通选择的可及性提供了一种以原住民为中心的视角。
对居住在大悉尼西部地区的 10 名老年原住民进行了访谈，这些访谈借鉴了闲聊技术，并进行了定性分析。
除了需要认知劳动来解读交通系统的规则并安排承诺以匹配交通服务的时间表外，本研究中的老年原住民在出行时还经历了来自服务专业人员和公众的污名化态度和屈尊俯就的待遇。
本研究提出了三种可能的方式来打破目前服务不足老年原住民的现状，这与服务设计、多样性和包容性议程以及原住民健康的社会决定因素有关。
