Capturing research impact: the case study of a community wellbeing research partnership.
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(Whiteside) School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Thomas) Mallee District Aboriginal Services, Mildura, Australia
(Griffin) Mallee District Aboriginal Services, Mildura, Australia
(Stephens) Mallee District Aboriginal Services, Mildura, Australia
(Maltzahn) School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Tsey) Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia
(MacLean) School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Thomas) Mallee District Aboriginal Services, Mildura, Australia
(Griffin) Mallee District Aboriginal Services, Mildura, Australia
(Stephens) Mallee District Aboriginal Services, Mildura, Australia
(Maltzahn) School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
(Tsey) Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia
(MacLean) School of Allied Health, Human Services and Sport, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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2022
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Australian Social Work. Vol.75(3), 2022, pp. 292-303.
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Australian Social Work
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This study is part of a larger project funded by the Lowitja Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health aimed at developing evidence to support sustainable Family Wellbeing program implementation and evaluation.
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"Demonstration of impact" is now a key measure of research value. Within and beyond social work, researchers are looking for guidance on how to best demonstrate this. To provide an example, this paper reports on a case study of the impact of a collaborative project conducted by a university and an Aboriginal community organisation in regional Victoria, the aim of which was to promote community wellbeing. The paper presents the case study within the Australian Research Council's impact framework; it is also informed by the ethical research principles of the Lowitja Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research. Some of the challenges associated with documenting more complex and participatory forms of social research are highlighted, including identifying the primary research and differentiating knowledge translation from impact. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
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Research practice
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Research ethics