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  • Capacity building in indigenous men's groups and sheds across Australia

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    Author(s)
    Southcombe, Amie
    Cavanagh, Jillian
    Bartram, Timothy
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    Shaw, Amie M.
    Year published
    2015
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    This article presents an investigation into capacity building, at the community level, in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men's Groups and Sheds. As safe men's spaces, Men's Groups and Sheds represent an ever-growing social, and health and well-being community service across Australia. The study is qualitative and employs ‘yarning circles’ (focus groups), semi-structured interviews and observations to gather data from 15 Groups/Sheds involving 45 men from urban, regional and remote communities. We found that capacity building is primarily about securing relationships between Group Leaders/Shed Co-ordinators and Government ...
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    This article presents an investigation into capacity building, at the community level, in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Men's Groups and Sheds. As safe men's spaces, Men's Groups and Sheds represent an ever-growing social, and health and well-being community service across Australia. The study is qualitative and employs ‘yarning circles’ (focus groups), semi-structured interviews and observations to gather data from 15 Groups/Sheds involving 45 men from urban, regional and remote communities. We found that capacity building is primarily about securing relationships between Group Leaders/Shed Co-ordinators and Government services. Capacity building establishes links to services such as Centrelink, Medicare, Department of Housing, Probation and Control, and positive outcomes such as Indigenous men securing housing and Centrelink payments. Capacity building results in better health outcomes and, educates and empowers men to improve their social, cultural, emotional and economic well-being. It helps men to better connect with family and community. The current research paves the way for countries worldwide to explore the conceptual and empirical approach of capacity building applicable to other Indigenous [and non-Indigenous] Men's Groups/Sheds. We recommend feasibilities studies, on approaches to capacity building in Indigenous Groups/Sheds, be carried out within urban, regional and remote regions across the country.
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    Journal Title
    Health Promotion International
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dat092
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    © 2015 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Health Promotion International following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version. Capacity building in indigenous men's groups and sheds across Australia, Health Promotion International, 30 (3): 606-615, 2015 is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/heapro/dat092.
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    This publication has been entered into Griffith Research Online as an Advanced Online Version.
    Subject
    Human information behaviour
    Curriculum and pedagogy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141125
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    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander