TY - JOUR
T1 - Programs to Improve the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
AU - Day, Andrew
AU - Nakata, Martin
AU - Miller, Keith
PY - 2016/7/2
Y1 - 2016/7/2
N2 - ABSTRACT: Attending to the social and emotional wellbeing of those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural backgrounds is widely recognised to play a key role in effective social work practice. However, relatively little is currently known about what effective practice comprises, and significant challenges exist in any effort to demonstrate that programs do achieve significant change both for individual participants and the communities in which they live. This paper considers one program, Seasons for Healing, to illustrate the type of intervention that holds promise when working with adults and discusses the difficulties that arise in both defining and assessing program outcomes.
AB - ABSTRACT: Attending to the social and emotional wellbeing of those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural backgrounds is widely recognised to play a key role in effective social work practice. However, relatively little is currently known about what effective practice comprises, and significant challenges exist in any effort to demonstrate that programs do achieve significant change both for individual participants and the communities in which they live. This paper considers one program, Seasons for Healing, to illustrate the type of intervention that holds promise when working with adults and discusses the difficulties that arise in both defining and assessing program outcomes.
KW - Evidence-based Practice
KW - Indigenous Issues
KW - Mental Health
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84941237040&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/0312407X.2015.1069866
DO - 10.1080/0312407X.2015.1069866
M3 - Article
VL - 69
SP - 373
EP - 380
JO - Australian Social Work
JF - Australian Social Work
SN - 0312-407X
IS - 3
ER -