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'Evidence' in Aboriginal health and social settings: Past, present and future
About this webinar: In this webinar, Joanne Luke shares research from her PhD on how ‘evidence’ is produced and used in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and social settings. Drawing on work conducted in collaboration with... -
Building the Aboriginal evidence base (OPEN Symposium 2024)
About this webinar: This webinar recording from OPEN Symposium 2024 highlights the significance of Aboriginal-led evidence in supporting Aboriginal children and families. The session includes presentations on VACCA’s Cultural Therapeutic Ways... -
Development of an Aboriginal Resilience and Recovery Questionnaire - a collaboration between practitioners and help-seeking clients of a Victorian Aboriginal community controlled health service
About this journal article: This journal article describes the development of an Aboriginal Resilience and Recovery Questionnaire to support more culturally relevant assessment of healing and recovery from trauma. Drawing on focus groups with counselling... -
Is all that glitters gold?: Assessing the quality and ethics of ?gold standard? randomised controlled trials conducted in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings
About this journal article: Randomised controlled trials are often treated as the “gold standard” in research, but they often do not fit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contexts. This article looks at the ethics of these research methods... -
Not one size fits all - Understanding the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal children
About this research: This report presents the findings from an exploratory study on culturally appropriate ways to understand and assess the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Aboriginal children. This study was funded by the Australian Institute of... -
Proving culture and voice works: Towards creating the evidence base for resilient Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children in Australia
About this journal article: This article looks at how evidence can be built for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child and family services in ways that do not rely on Western research methods. It explores hybrid approaches that respect both... -
Questioning the ethics of evidence-based practice for Indigenous health and social settings in Australia
About this journal article: This article questions how evidence-based practice is applied in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and social settings. It argues that dominant Western approaches to reviewing and ranking evidence can sideline...
