Repository logo

 

Participative research in a remote Australian Aboriginal setting.

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Date

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Affiliation(s)

(Kildea) Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
(Barclay) Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia
(Wardaguga) Maningrida Community, Arnhem Land, NT, Australia

Year

2009

Citation

Action Research. Vol. 7(2), 2009, pp. 143-163.

Journal

Action Research

Conference name

Conference location

Grant information

Abstract

This article describes the research process used to develop and evaluate an Internet-based resource aimed at improving access by health professionals to Australian Aboriginal cultural knowledge specific to pregnancy and childbirth. As a result of the research, women's stories from Maningrida were recorded and presented on the 'Birthing Business in the Bush Website' which provided a platform for Aboriginal Australian women from Maningrida to present cultural and other information to maternity care practitioners. In particular, this article describes the development of the participatory action research combined with an Aboriginal research process, and how this was guided by the Aboriginal co-researchers and participants. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)

PubMed ID

Type

Article

Study type

Qualitative study

Subjects

Maternal health
Cultural knowledge
Healthcare workforce

Keywords