During 2014, Muru Marri worked collaboratively the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing ... more During 2014, Muru Marri worked collaboratively the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation and its partners to document the evidence and support for collective healing programs for Stolen Generations members, and to develop a resource to assist Stolen Generations organisations and groups in the design, delivery and evaluation of collective healing responses. The resource was launched in February 2015, at a public forum to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.
There is no better place to start a broad reflection on Indigenous health than with t he question... more There is no better place to start a broad reflection on Indigenous health than with t he question, ‘ How is health defined?’ There are a few definitions that have been developed by and accepted within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations as appropriate to describe health. One of the most often used is: ‘Aboriginal health’ me ans not just the physical well - being of an individual but refers to the social, emotional and cultural well - being of the whole Community in which each individual is able to achieve their full potential as a human being thereby bringing about the total well - being of their Community. It is a whole of life view and includes the cyclical concept of life-death-life Within this definition, the word ‘well - being’ is mentioned three times . It comprise s four dimensions – social, emotional, physical and cultural – a nd is linked directly to the enabling of achievement of one’s full potential...
he maternal and perinatal outcomes of Indigenous women and their babies have consistently been sh... more he maternal and perinatal outcomes of Indigenous women and their babies have consistently been shown to be poorer than those of non-Indigenous women and their babies.
For the reconciliation process to be successful, professionals working in the domain of Aborigina... more For the reconciliation process to be successful, professionals working in the domain of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion must remember that it is not only which programs are carried out, but how they are carried out. The 'how' involves protocols that are based on fundamental human rights, not the least of which is the right to the highest attainable standard of health. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, these basic human rights are indissolubly linked to the right to self determination and the right to development. Four human rights principles of engagement are necessary for the process of reconciliation to be successful. These are: no discrimination; progressive realisation; effective participation; and effective remedies. This paper outlines these principles and presents two frameworks that have been developed to redress Indigenous disadvantage: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission's Integrated Capacity Building Fra...
Aboriginal Health Workers are recognised as critical to meeting the health promotion needs of Ind... more Aboriginal Health Workers are recognised as critical to meeting the health promotion needs of Indigenous communities, but addressing the complexity of these needs requires Aboriginal Health Workers to have a high level of professional skills and knowledge. Considerable progress has been made in developing health worker training programs, particularly in the vocational sector. However, a national review finds that training is still inadequate for enabling health workers to meet the level of communities' health needs and asks why this is so.
Abstract: The bureaucratic measure of health service, health performance indicators, suggest that... more Abstract: The bureaucratic measure of health service, health performance indicators, suggest that we are not effective in our legislative responsibility to deliver suitable health care to some of the populations we are meant to serve. Debate has raged over the years ...
During 2014, Muru Marri worked collaboratively the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing ... more During 2014, Muru Marri worked collaboratively the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Healing Foundation and its partners to document the evidence and support for collective healing programs for Stolen Generations members, and to develop a resource to assist Stolen Generations organisations and groups in the design, delivery and evaluation of collective healing responses. The resource was launched in February 2015, at a public forum to commemorate the 7th anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations.
There is no better place to start a broad reflection on Indigenous health than with t he question... more There is no better place to start a broad reflection on Indigenous health than with t he question, ‘ How is health defined?’ There are a few definitions that have been developed by and accepted within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations as appropriate to describe health. One of the most often used is: ‘Aboriginal health’ me ans not just the physical well - being of an individual but refers to the social, emotional and cultural well - being of the whole Community in which each individual is able to achieve their full potential as a human being thereby bringing about the total well - being of their Community. It is a whole of life view and includes the cyclical concept of life-death-life Within this definition, the word ‘well - being’ is mentioned three times . It comprise s four dimensions – social, emotional, physical and cultural – a nd is linked directly to the enabling of achievement of one’s full potential...
he maternal and perinatal outcomes of Indigenous women and their babies have consistently been sh... more he maternal and perinatal outcomes of Indigenous women and their babies have consistently been shown to be poorer than those of non-Indigenous women and their babies.
For the reconciliation process to be successful, professionals working in the domain of Aborigina... more For the reconciliation process to be successful, professionals working in the domain of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion must remember that it is not only which programs are carried out, but how they are carried out. The 'how' involves protocols that are based on fundamental human rights, not the least of which is the right to the highest attainable standard of health. For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, these basic human rights are indissolubly linked to the right to self determination and the right to development. Four human rights principles of engagement are necessary for the process of reconciliation to be successful. These are: no discrimination; progressive realisation; effective participation; and effective remedies. This paper outlines these principles and presents two frameworks that have been developed to redress Indigenous disadvantage: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission's Integrated Capacity Building Fra...
Aboriginal Health Workers are recognised as critical to meeting the health promotion needs of Ind... more Aboriginal Health Workers are recognised as critical to meeting the health promotion needs of Indigenous communities, but addressing the complexity of these needs requires Aboriginal Health Workers to have a high level of professional skills and knowledge. Considerable progress has been made in developing health worker training programs, particularly in the vocational sector. However, a national review finds that training is still inadequate for enabling health workers to meet the level of communities' health needs and asks why this is so.
Abstract: The bureaucratic measure of health service, health performance indicators, suggest that... more Abstract: The bureaucratic measure of health service, health performance indicators, suggest that we are not effective in our legislative responsibility to deliver suitable health care to some of the populations we are meant to serve. Debate has raged over the years ...
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