IntroductionIndigenist evaluation is emergent in Australia; the premise of which is that evaluati... more IntroductionIndigenist evaluation is emergent in Australia; the premise of which is that evaluations are undertaken for Indigenous, by Indigenous and with Indigenous people. This provides opportunities to develop new models and approaches. Exploring a collective capability approach could be one way to inform an Indigenist evaluation methodology. Collective capability suggests that a base of skills and knowledges exist, and when these assets come together, empowerment and agency emerge. However, collective capability requires defining as it is not common terminology in population health or evaluation. Our aim is to define the concept of collective capability in Indigenist evaluation in Australia from an Australian Indigenous standpoint.Methods and analysisA modified Rodgers’ evolutionary concept analysis will be used to define collective capability in an Australian Indigenous evaluation context, and to systematically review and synthesise the literature. Approximately 20 qualitative ...
International journal for equity in health, Sep 15, 2018
Improving the wellbeing of Indigenous populations is an international priority. Robust research c... more Improving the wellbeing of Indigenous populations is an international priority. Robust research conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is key to developing programs and policies to improve health and wellbeing. This paper aims to quantify the extent of participation in a national longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) children, and to understand the reasons why caregivers participate in the study. This mixed methods study uses data from Wave 6 of Footprints in Time, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. We conducted descriptive analysis of quantitative variables to characterise the sample and retention rates. We applied conventional content analysis to 160 caregivers' open-ended responses to the question, 'Why do you stay in the study?', identifying themes and overarching meta-themes. The study has maintained a high retention rate, with 70.4% (n = 1239/1671) of the baseline sample participating i...
Background: There is growing awareness nationally that building local community capacity is impor... more Background: There is growing awareness nationally that building local community capacity is important in outbreak responses. A recent mumps outbreak in an Aboriginal community in Qld, provides valuable insights into the benefits of partnership with the local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service’s workforce to undertake an outbreak investigation. The community’s vaccination coverage is high, yet the community experienced a rise in mumps cases, December 2017 – March 2018. Method: Case notifications were extracted from the Communicare patient information system at the local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. A questionnaire was co-designed and administered with Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) to follow-up cases, establish severity of symptoms, knowledge on mumps, contacts and overcrowding. Results: There were 36 confirmed cases and 25 probable cases from December 2017 to March 2018, the index case presented in December 2017. Over half of all cases were aged 519 ...
IntroductionIndigenist evaluation is emergent in Australia; the premise of which is that evaluati... more IntroductionIndigenist evaluation is emergent in Australia; the premise of which is that evaluations are undertaken for Indigenous, by Indigenous and with Indigenous people. This provides opportunities to develop new models and approaches. Exploring a collective capability approach could be one way to inform an Indigenist evaluation methodology. Collective capability suggests that a base of skills and knowledges exist, and when these assets come together, empowerment and agency emerge. However, collective capability requires defining as it is not common terminology in population health or evaluation. Our aim is to define the concept of collective capability in Indigenist evaluation in Australia from an Australian Indigenous standpoint.Methods and analysisA modified Rodgers’ evolutionary concept analysis will be used to define collective capability in an Australian Indigenous evaluation context, and to systematically review and synthesise the literature. Approximately 20 qualitative ...
International journal for equity in health, Sep 15, 2018
Improving the wellbeing of Indigenous populations is an international priority. Robust research c... more Improving the wellbeing of Indigenous populations is an international priority. Robust research conducted with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is key to developing programs and policies to improve health and wellbeing. This paper aims to quantify the extent of participation in a national longitudinal study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Indigenous Australian) children, and to understand the reasons why caregivers participate in the study. This mixed methods study uses data from Wave 6 of Footprints in Time, the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children. We conducted descriptive analysis of quantitative variables to characterise the sample and retention rates. We applied conventional content analysis to 160 caregivers' open-ended responses to the question, 'Why do you stay in the study?', identifying themes and overarching meta-themes. The study has maintained a high retention rate, with 70.4% (n = 1239/1671) of the baseline sample participating i...
Background: There is growing awareness nationally that building local community capacity is impor... more Background: There is growing awareness nationally that building local community capacity is important in outbreak responses. A recent mumps outbreak in an Aboriginal community in Qld, provides valuable insights into the benefits of partnership with the local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service’s workforce to undertake an outbreak investigation. The community’s vaccination coverage is high, yet the community experienced a rise in mumps cases, December 2017 – March 2018. Method: Case notifications were extracted from the Communicare patient information system at the local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service. A questionnaire was co-designed and administered with Aboriginal Health Workers (AHWs) to follow-up cases, establish severity of symptoms, knowledge on mumps, contacts and overcrowding. Results: There were 36 confirmed cases and 25 probable cases from December 2017 to March 2018, the index case presented in December 2017. Over half of all cases were aged 519 ...
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