ArticleThe Lancet regional health. Western Pacific2024
Redefining the gap in Aboriginal health: from deficit to cultural connection.
Article in The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Closing the Feedback Loop: Improving Communication of Findings With Aboriginal Research Participants Through Participatory Action Research.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- The Indigenous Health Research Priorities Study: family research priorities identified by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland, Australia.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Healing and trauma services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: a scoping review.Australian journal of psychology · 2026Review
- What is Indigenous cultural health and wellbeing? A narrative review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Review
- Measuring the health and wellbeing impacts of cultural camps among Aboriginal adults: preliminary evidence from the Gaawaadhi Gadudha Research Collaborative.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Gaawaadhi Gadudha: exploring how cultural camps support health and wellbeing among Aboriginal adults in New South Wales Australia, a qualitative study.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
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Abstract
This article is written from the perspectives of a Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay cultural knowledge holder and a Yuin Djirringanj cultural knowledge holder from New South Wales, Australia. It explores the concept of cultural health, and the need to shift towards centring culture in every aspect of Aboriginal health and wellbeing. The three elements of cultural health are discussed as Country which includes lands, waters, skies, and all entities within; people, and their freedom, and ability to express and maintain continuing connections to culture and Country; and culture which encompasses identity, language, and knowledges, and is maintained and strengthened through active connection to Country, and cultural practices. Cultural health is out of balance due to invasion and ongoing colonisation which translates to the differences in health and social outcomes we see represented in 'the gap', fails to acknowledge or centre our cultural health, and remains a challenge in making significant progress in health and social outcomes. It is reflected in many of the unmet or receding targets. To improve Aboriginal health and wellbeing, data exploring the different aspects of 'the gap' in cultural health from a strength-based approach, as opposed to the gap in deficit and disease is required.
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