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  • Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and the development of pandemic influenza containment strategies: Community voices and community control

    Author(s)
    Massey, Peter D
    Miller, Adrian
    Saggers, Sherry
    Durrheim, David N
    Speare, Richard
    Taylor, Kylie
    Pearce, Glenn
    Odo, Travis
    Broome, Jennifer
    Judd, Jenni
    Kelly, Jenny
    Blackley, Magdalena
    Clough, Alan
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Miller, Adrian
    Kelly, Jenny
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    Objectives To develop culturally appropriate and effective strategies to reduce the risk from pandemic influenza (H1N109) in rural and remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Methods Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach that enabled communities and researchers to work together to develop understanding and take action to reduce risk. Results The H1N109 pandemic raised deep concerns and serious issues in all of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities involved in this project. The participants expressed distrust and scepticism in relation to current Australian health policies ...
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    Objectives To develop culturally appropriate and effective strategies to reduce the risk from pandemic influenza (H1N109) in rural and remote Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Methods Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach that enabled communities and researchers to work together to develop understanding and take action to reduce risk. Results The H1N109 pandemic raised deep concerns and serious issues in all of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities involved in this project. The participants expressed distrust and scepticism in relation to current Australian health policies on containment and told the researchers that specific plans for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples were needed. Respondents indicated that policies and plans had been developed without respectful engagement with communities. The strong and recurring themes that emerged from the PAR cycles were: the importance of family; ways of life and realities of living in response to influenza; and key messages to government and health services to focus on communication, understanding and respect. Conclusion The essential work of reducing risk of pandemic influenza with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities is not straightforward, but this project has highlighted a number of useful pathways to continue to journey along with communities. A number of strategies to reduce the spread of pandemic influenza in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities were identified. These strategies would make a good starting point for conversations with communities and health services. In Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities the environment, community structures and traditions vary. Respectful engagement with communities is needed to develop effective policy.
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    Journal Title
    Health Policy
    Volume
    103
    Issue
    2-3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.07.004
    Subject
    Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education not elsewhere classified
    Policy and administration
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/68222
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    • Gold Coast
    • Logan
    • Brisbane - Queensland, Australia
    First Peoples of Australia
    • Aboriginal
    • Torres Strait Islander