Interplay Wellbeing Framework: Community Perspectives on Working Together for Effective Service Delivery in Remote Aboriginal Communities
Author(s)
McRae-Williams, EvaYamaguchi, Jessica
Wilson, Byron
Schultz, Rosalie
Abbott, Tammy
Cairney, Sheree
Keywords
Interplay ProjectAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
remote Australia
well-being
service delivery
empowerment
community functioning
local governance
Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
Other Mental and Social Health
Social and Cultural Anthropology
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https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol9/iss1/1Abstract
Access to effective services and programs is necessary to improve wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in remote Australia. Without genuine participation of Aboriginal community members in the design, governance, and delivery of services, desired service delivery outcomes are rarely achieved. Using a "shared space" model, Aboriginal communities, governments, and scientists came together to design and develop the Interplay Wellbeing Framework. This Framework brings together stories and numbers (or qualitative and quantitative data) to represent community values for the purpose of informing program and policy agendas. This article unpacks what community members saw as making a service work well and why. The domains of empowerment and community functioning are discussed and their relationship to effective service delivery demonstrated.Date
2018-02-02Type
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oai:ir.lib.uwo.ca:iipj-1350https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/iipj/vol9/iss1/1