School of Health, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia.
Centre for Indigenous Health Equity Research, First Nations Academy, Central Queensland University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2023 Dec;32(6):1484-1495. doi: 10.1111/inm.13184. Epub 2023 Jun 11.
This paper emerged from discussions between the authors about our shared and different perspectives of climate change and its impact on the social, emotional, physical, spiritual and cultural wellbeing of Aboriginal Peoples and mental health services in a rural region, heavily impacted in recent years by bushfires and floods. Here we discuss, from the lead authors personal perspective as a Gamilaraay Woman, the experience of Solastalgia as a critical impact of climate change on wellbeing. Specifically, we discuss the relationship of a connection to country from a Gamilaraay, first person perspective through a series of diary entries from the lead author. Authors are researchers from different cultural backgrounds, connected through a medical research futures fund research project, to promote resilience within Aboriginal communities and the health services sector in the New England, North West region. The lead author has cultural connections to some of the communities we work with and our work is informed by these connections. While this paper was written to express an Aboriginal perspective on climate change and wellbeing, it reflects our shared perspectives of how disasters such as bushfires impact the wellbeing of Aboriginal peoples. We also explore the connection between the impact of localised, recurring natural disasters and the increasing demands on mental health services in regional and rural areas and discuss what this means with Aboriginal and non-Indigenous mental health nurses and researchers working in regional and rural areas where access to mental health services often poses considerable challenges. From our perspective, mental health research and nursing play an important role in walking alongside Aboriginal Peoples as we explore, respond and create resilience to the ever-present influence that climate change is having on our lives, communities, country and workplaces.
这篇论文源于作者们就气候变化及其对原住民的社会、情感、身体、精神和文化福祉以及农村地区心理健康服务的影响进行的讨论。近年来，该地区深受山火和洪水的影响。在这里，我们从作为一名 Gamilaraay 女性的首席作者的个人视角出发，讨论了作为气候变化对福祉的重大影响之一的 Solastalgia 体验。具体来说，我们从首席作者的一系列日记条目出发，从 Gamilaraay 的第一人称视角讨论了与国家的联系。作者们来自不同文化背景，通过医学研究未来基金研究项目联系在一起，旨在促进原住民社区和新英格兰、西北部地区卫生服务部门的韧性。首席作者与我们合作的一些社区有文化联系，我们的工作受到这些联系的启发。虽然本文旨在表达原住民对气候变化和福祉的看法，但它反映了我们对山火等灾害如何影响原住民福祉的共同看法。我们还探讨了局部、反复发生的自然灾害的影响与区域和农村地区心理健康服务需求增加之间的联系，并讨论了在区域和农村地区工作的原住民和非原住民心理健康护士和研究人员在获得心理健康服务方面经常面临相当大的挑战时，这意味着什么。从我们的角度来看，心理健康研究和护理在我们探索、应对和创造对气候变化对我们生活、社区、国家和工作场所的持续影响的适应能力方面发挥着重要作用。
