Story Telling: Australian Indigenous Women's Means of Health Promotion.

Autor/inn/en	Brock, Kaye; Acklin, F.; Newman, J.; Arbon, V.; Trindal, A.; Bermingham, M.; Thompson, B.
Titel	Story Telling: Australian Indigenous Women's Means of Health Promotion.
Quelle	(1999), (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Aboriginal Australians; Action Research; Community Involvement; Cultural Awareness; Culturally Relevant Education; Empowerment; Females; Foreign Countries; Health Education; Health Promotion; Indigenous Populations; Participatory Research; Research Design; Research Projects; Story Telling + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Aborigines; Australia; Australien; Projektforschung; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Sinti und Roma; Forschungstätigkeit; Forschungsdesign; Forschungsvorhaben
Abstract	Story-telling, an oral tradition of the indigenous peoples of Australia, was recorded on video as a vehicle for conveying health promotion messages in several urban Aboriginal (Koori) communities in Sydney, Australia. The video was made by a group of Koori women Elders and two female Aboriginal academics. The Elders integrated their personal stories, which stressed the need for a healthy lifestyle, with information about preventative health care, particularly the processes of screening for cervical cancer and coronary heart disease. The placement of Aboriginal people in Australian society has resulted in a power imbalance that has permitted outsiders to define research problems and pose solutions with little consideration for Aboriginal control, needs, or interests. This research was conducted within the ethical guidelines for indigenous research developed by the Aboriginal Education Unit at the University of Sydney. These guidelines specify that: researchers should ensure through consultation and collaboration that the needs of Aboriginal people are met; Aboriginal communities shall have a principal role in decision making concerning research; research methodologies must reflect the group emphasis in Aboriginal communities; research materials and findings must be given to Aboriginal participants in research; and researchers shall observe cultural and customary rules in the Aboriginal communities involved. Adherence to these guidelines gave control, knowledge, and space to the older Aboriginal women to communicate important messages in their own way. (TD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC