College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Weipa, Australia.
Disabil Rehabil. 2024 Jan;46(2):354-361. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2022.2161645. Epub 2022 Dec 28.
Promoting positive psychological, social and functional health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires health services to be culturally safe, respecting culture as central to the individuals and their communities. This study explored the experience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, participating in a co-designed student-assisted community rehabilitation service in a remote Aboriginal community in Far North Queensland.
Observation, informal yarning and semi-structured interviews with older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people ( = 6) engaged in the service was conducted over a 7 week period. Interpretive phenomenological analysis was applied through inductive thematic analysis.
Four themes illustrated that experiences within the program promoted: A connection to people, both within the program and those significant in people's lives; a connection to past experiences, roles and events; a connection to the future of cultural knowledge; and a sense of achievement and fun. Participants shared their unique stories on their positive experience of the culturally responsive approach in the activities.
These results suggest that knowledge translation and reciprocity provide a strong foundation for rehabilitation programs that support healthy ageing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and encourage active and ongoing individual and community involvement.
要促进原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的积极心理、社会和功能健康结果，医疗服务必须具有文化安全性，尊重文化是个人及其社区的核心。本研究探讨了原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民的体验，他们参与了在昆士兰州北部偏远的原住民社区中设计的学生协助社区康复服务。
在 7 周的时间里，对参与该服务的 6 名年长的原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民进行了观察、非正式的交谈和半结构化访谈。通过归纳主题分析应用了解释现象学分析。
四个主题表明，该计划中的经验促进了：与计划内的人和对人们生活有重要意义的人之间的联系；与过去的经历、角色和事件的联系；与文化知识的未来的联系；以及成就感和乐趣。参与者分享了他们在活动中对文化响应方法的积极体验的独特故事。
这些结果表明，知识转化和互惠为支持原住民和托雷斯海峡岛民健康老龄化的康复计划提供了坚实的基础，并鼓励个人和社区的积极和持续参与。
