Program goal
The goal is to build and strengthen the social and emotional
wellbeing of Aboriginal families and communities through
appropriate interventions, including a better understanding of the
role of social and cultural relationships as determinants of
health.
Program overview
The focus of this program is to identify pathways and methods
whereby resilience can be built on and enhanced to measurably
improve the wellbeing and social outcomes or life chances of
individuals, families and groups. It is important to understand how
resilience is promoted within Aboriginal family and social
relationships despite the adverse impacts of social change and
colonisation.
For more information about the program, download the Program statement and/or the Social
and Emotional Wellbeing Brochure.
Research priorities
An industry
roundtable was held on 7 September 2006 to provide guidance in
identifying the priorities for research in this program.
Discussions also helped to shape the program statement, which was
then presented to the Board on 26 September 2006 to set out the
parameters of the program.
Research priorities identified by the roundtable went to the
Board for ranking. The Board endorsed the below seven
priority areas for program activity. Current projects were
identified which address these priority areas and where gaps were
identified new projects were funded.
1.
Families - in particular,
resilience and children.
2. Resourcing and service
provision around SEWB - including issues such as under
resourcing, short term funding and constraints of funding
availability in relation to the actual nature and scope of
need.
3. Activism/Advocacy - focusing on
activist/advocacy skills required and
training to develop these skills.
4. Workforce - key issues around workforce
skills that support SEWB interventions.
5. Research transfer and capacity
development - issues such as supporting research transfer;
building a network of researchers and practitioners in this field
through regular events, and establishing a central home for
resources about SEWB.
6. Evaluating what is currently working and
why? - How to ensure that knowledge is passed on to
funders and service providers.
7. Spirituality - What is the evidence for how
spirituality affects, promotes or enhances Indigenous SEWB
outcomes?
All projects
For a full list of Social and Emotional Wellbeing projects, go to
Research
projects.
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