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ReviewAustralian occupational therapy journal2025

'Ask someone, what is their Dreaming?': Exploring occupational performance coaching with service providers supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families.

Laine B Chilman, Laura Burritt, Sharnna Duncan, Pamela J Meredith, Charmaine Bernie, Fiona Graham

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Review in Australian occupational therapy journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Laine B ChilmanSchool of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9996-3728
Laura BurrittSchool of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6157-2681
Sharnna DuncanREFOCUS, Rosemount, Queensland, Australia.
Pamela J MeredithSchool of Health, University of the Sunshine Coast, Sippy Downs, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2981-9189
Charmaine BernieFaculty of Education, Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-1427-6724
Fiona GrahamRehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-5828-0955

Funding

University of the Sunshine Coast grant 0980028677
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCulturally responsive health services have been highlighted as a national priority in Australia. Yet, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families still experience notable challenges accessing and engaging in culturally responsive health and community services across states and territories in Australia.

methodsAboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health service providers partnered with researchers to consider the alignment of occupational performance coaching (OPC) with current practice and its potential applicability when working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families. Yarning Circle methodologies were adopted to support data collection, with main themes analysed using a blend of evidence-based approaches from Indigenous and Western cultures, including Thought Ritual and reflexive thematic analysis. CONSUMER AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT: Description and depiction of themes were co-developed by members of the research team, including researchers and service providers from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and white cultural backgrounds from Australia and New Zealand.

findingsFour key themes emerged from the Yarning Circles and were described and depicted iteratively until agreement was reached. The themes, which intersect around concepts of Dreaming, relationship-building, system disruption, and moving forward, describe how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health service providers consider their ways of working in response to prompts around the three domains of OPC. The imagery of a river depicts the links between, and flow of, themes that emerged from the data, with synergy with OPC domains described.

conclusionOPC holds promise as an approach for family support, from the perspective of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health service providers. Further work is needed to explore its feasibility and applicability from multiple perspectives, including family and community members across all regions of Australia.

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Culturally Competent CareHealth Services, IndigenousMentoringOccupational TherapyAustraliaAustralian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander PeoplesCultural CompetencyHumansNew ZealandAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander familiesculturally responsive ways of workingIndigenous research methodologiesoccupational performance coachingoccupational therapyYarning

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PMID40990155
PMCPMC12458970

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