Interplay wellbeing framework: A collaborative methodology 'bringing together stories and numbers' to quantify Aboriginal cultural values in remote Australia

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Cairney, Sheree ^a,b,d   Abbott, Tammy ^b   Quinn, Stephen ^c   Yamaguchi, Jessica ^e   Wilson, Byron ^b,d   Wakerman, John ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ninti One Limited and the Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation (CRC REP)   (Australia)

^c SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Aboriginal literacy; Culture; Empowerment; Framework; Indigenous; Policy; Stories; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; EMPLOYMENT; EMPOWERMENT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LITERACY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POLICY MAKING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL VALUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; WELLBEING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE;

AUSTRALIA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85018965552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-017-0563-5     Document Type: Article

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