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dc.contributor.authorSprigg Dos Santos, Naomi
dc.contributor.authorKendall, Garth
dc.contributor.authorMunns, Ailsa
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T14:31:05Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T14:31:05Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationSprigg Dos Santos, N. and Kendall, G. and Munns, A. 2022. Applying an authentic partnership approach to facilitate optimal health of Aboriginal children. Primary Health Care Research and Development. 23: E47.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90697
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S1463423622000329
dc.description.abstract

The aim of this development paper is to inform the ongoing implementation of the partnership approach with Aboriginal families in Australia. As almost all Community Health Nurses employed by the Health Department of Western Australia, Country Health Service are non-Aboriginal, there are a number of factors that may, potentially, limit their capacity to work effectively with the primary caregivers of Aboriginal children. Historically, much that has been written about the health and development of Aboriginal people in Australia has been negative and derogatory with wide criticism for their non-participation with health services and healthy lifestyle activities. Not only has this deficit discourse approach proved to be unhelpful in terms of improving the health and well-being of Aboriginal people but also there is mounting evidence that it has been detrimental to mental and physical health and capacity to achieve autonomy in all aspects of life. In response to the voices of Aboriginal people, the partnership approach to care has been promoted for use by Community Health Nurses in Western Australia. However, the implementation of the approach is not always genuinely strength based, and it does not always focus on mutual goal setting within authentic partnership relationships. The partnership approach has the potential to improve the lives of Aboriginal people if it is implemented with appropriate cultural sensitivity, shared responsibility, dignity and respect.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectPrimary Health Care
dc.subjectGeneral & Internal Medicine
dc.subjectpartnership approach
dc.subjectAboriginal
dc.subjectearly childhood
dc.subjectcultural sensitivity
dc.subjectsocial determinants
dc.subjectinterpersonal relationships
dc.subjectmutual goal setting
dc.subjectSTRENGTHS-BASED APPROACH
dc.subjectCULTURAL COMPETENCE
dc.subjectPARENT SUPPORT
dc.subjectHUMILITY
dc.subjectPATIENT
dc.subjectMODEL
dc.subjectCARE
dc.subjectDISCOURSES
dc.subjectBEHAVIOR
dc.subjectOUTCOMES
dc.titleApplying an authentic partnership approach to facilitate optimal health of Aboriginal children
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume23
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage7
dcterms.source.issn1463-4236
dcterms.source.titlePrimary Health Care Research and Development
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T14:31:04Z
curtin.departmentCurtin School of Nursing
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidMunns, Ailsa [0000-0002-8489-769X]
curtin.contributor.orcidKendall, Garth [0000-0002-0000-8198]
curtin.identifier.article-numberPII S1463423622000329
curtin.identifier.article-numberE47
dcterms.source.eissn1477-1128
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMunns, Ailsa [6603688903]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridKendall, Garth [7006008499]


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