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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Co-Designing Health Service Evaluation Tools That Foreground First Nation Worldviews for Better Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes.

Michael Wright, Aunty Doris Getta, Aunty Oriel Green, Uncle Charles Kickett, Aunty Helen Kickett, Aunty Irene McNamara, Uncle Albert McNamara, Aunty Moya Newman, Aunty Charmaine Pell, Aunty Millie Penny and 13 more

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. True Co-Design: Buzzword or Breakthrough? The Value of Authentic Relationships in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Promotion.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026
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  8. Measuring Wellness Through Indigenous Partnerships: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  12. A Comprehensive Review of Optimal Approaches to Co-Design in Health with First Nations Australians.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors.

Michael WrightSchool of Allied Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth 6102, Australia.
Aunty Doris GettaElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Aunty Oriel GreenElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Uncle Charles KickettElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Aunty Helen KickettElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Aunty Irene McNamaraElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Uncle Albert McNamaraElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Aunty Moya NewmanElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Aunty Charmaine PellElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Aunty Millie PennyElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Uncle Peter WilkesElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Aunty Sandra WilkesElders Co-Researcher Group, Perth 6000, Australia.
Tiana CulbongSchool of Allied Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth 6102, Australia.
Kathrine TaylorWoodside (Australia), Perth 6000, Australia.
Alex BrownSouth Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide 5001, Australia.
Pat DudgeonPoche Centre for Indigenous Health, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia.
Glenn PearsonTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Australia.
Steve AllsopNational Drug Research Institute, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth 6102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1087-3027
Ashleigh LinTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Australia.
Geoff SmithMedical School, University of Western Australia, Crawley 6009, Australia.
Brad FarrantTelethon Kids Institute, University of Western Australia, Nedlands 6009, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3903-0990
Leanne MirabellaIndependent Consultant, Perth 6000, Australia.
Margaret O'ConnellSchool of Allied Health, Curtin University, Bentley, Perth 6102, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2380-8200

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is critical that health service evaluation frameworks include Aboriginal people and their cultural worldviews from design to implementation. During a large participatory action research study, Elders, service leaders and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal researchers co-designed evaluation tools to test the efficacy of a previously co-designed engagement framework. Through a series of co-design workshops, tools were built using innovative collaborative processes that foregrounded Aboriginal worldviews. The workshops resulted in the development of a three-way survey that records the service experiences related to cultural safety from the perspective of Aboriginal clients, their carer/s, and the service staff with whom they work. The surveys centralise the role of relationships in client-service interactions, which strongly reflect their design from an Aboriginal worldview. This paper provides new insights into the reciprocal benefits of engaging community Elders and service leaders to work together to develop new and more meaningful ways of servicing Aboriginal families. Foregrounding relationships in service evaluations reinstates the value of human connection and people-centred engagement in service delivery which are central to rebuilding historically fractured relationships between mainstream services and Aboriginal communities. This benefits not only Aboriginal communities, but also other marginalised populations expanding the remit of mainstream services to be accessed by many.

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Health Services, IndigenousMental HealthAgedHealth ServicesHumansSurveys and Questionnairesco-designengagementfirst nationsIndigenous research methodologiesparticipatory action researchrelationshipsservice evaluationworldviews

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PMID34444319
PMCPMC8394671

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