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dc.contributor.authorMassey, Peter D
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorSaggers, Sherry
dc.contributor.authorDurrheim, David N
dc.contributor.authorSpeare, Richard
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Kylie
dc.contributor.authorPearce, Glenn
dc.contributor.authorOdo, Travis
dc.contributor.authorBroome, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorJudd, Jenni
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorBlackley, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorClough, Alan
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:41:25Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:41:25Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.issn0168-8510
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.healthpol.2011.07.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/68222
dc.description.abstractObjectives 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeIreland
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom184
dc.relation.ispartofpageto190
dc.relation.ispartofissue2-3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalHealth Policy
dc.relation.ispartofvolume103
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode450299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleAustralian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and the development of pandemic influenza containment strategies: Community voices and community control
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorMiller, Adrian
gro.griffith.authorKelly, Jenny


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