Biles Brett J, Serova Nina, Stanbrook Gavin, Brady Brooke, Kingsley Jonathan, Topp Stephanie M, Yashadhana Aryati
Deputy Vice-Chancellor Indigenous Division, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2024 Nov 10;52:101220. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2024.101220. eCollection 2024 Nov.
Indigenous cultural health is an emerging field of research and reflects the unique connections Indigenous peoples have with their Country, culture, and knowledge systems. This narrative review explores the concept of cultural health focusing on the interplay between culture, health, and wellbeing within settler colonial contexts. The review is mostly focused on Australian research, despite its international scope. A narrative review methodology was employed, search terms were compiled, and a title and abstract search was executed across two databases (Scopus, PubMed), confined to English language papers, with a focus on Australia. Three key themes were identified: Country; culture, and Indigenous knowledges. Country is vital to health. Culture practices offer frameworks for healing nurturing the relationship between people, Country and culture. Privileging Indigenous knowledges is a means to achieving health and wellbeing. Indigenous cultural health encompasses the interconnectedness of Country, people and culture, demanding a holistic approach that integrates Indigenous knowledges and practices. In Australia, these core components of cultural health must be situated in a contemporary context of ongoing colonisation. This narrative review underscores the importance of culturally centred approaches in addressing health inequities and enhancing the wellbeing of Indigenous peoples.
This study was funded by the Australian Government's Medical Research Future Fund (MRF2009522 & MRF2025330).
本土文化健康是一个新兴的研究领域，反映了原住民与其土地、文化和知识体系之间的独特联系。本叙述性综述探讨了文化健康的概念，重点关注殖民定居背景下文化、健康和福祉之间的相互作用。尽管该综述具有国际视野，但主要聚焦于澳大利亚的研究。采用了叙述性综述方法，编制了检索词，并在两个数据库（Scopus、PubMed）中进行了标题和摘要检索，仅限于英文论文，重点是澳大利亚。确定了三个关键主题：土地；文化和本土知识。土地对健康至关重要。文化习俗为疗愈提供了框架，滋养着人、土地和文化之间的关系。重视本土知识是实现健康和福祉的一种手段。本土文化健康涵盖了土地、人和文化的相互联系，需要一种整合本土知识和实践的整体方法。在澳大利亚，文化健康的这些核心要素必须置于持续殖民化的当代背景中。本叙述性综述强调了以文化为中心的方法在解决健康不平等问题和增进原住民福祉方面的重要性。
本研究由澳大利亚政府医学研究未来基金（MRF2009522和MRF2025330）资助。
