Factors contributing to strengths-based nutrition research in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
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2025-05-16
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(McManus) College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
(Delbridge) School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
(McKivett) School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
(Harvey) Wattleseed Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing, Sunshine Coast, Australia.
(Burgess) Independent researcher.
(Wilson) College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
(Delbridge) School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
(McKivett) School of Allied Health, Human Services & Sport, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
(Harvey) Wattleseed Nutrition, Health and Wellbeing, Sunshine Coast, Australia.
(Burgess) Independent researcher.
(Wilson) College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia.
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2025
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Critical Public Health. Vol.35(1), 2025.
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Critical Public Health
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Strengths-based research has been identified to change deficit discourse to one that reports strengths of individuals and Communities through fostering capacity strengthening. Currently, there is a lack of guidance on how to implement strengths-based approaches in research which has resulted in inconsistencies in how strengths-based research is conducted and reported. This article identifies key factors that could be used to guide strengths-based nutrition research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Following a critical social research study design perspectives of strengths-based researchers in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health were utilised to identify current practices, barriers, and enablers to strengths-based health research. Six key factors were identified: capacity strengthening and empowerment; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander driven research; the importance of research approaches; changing the current research system and culture; the need to reframe the narrative of ill-health; and learning from existing tools and guidelines. This research has the potential to be translated into both research and public health policy, contribute as a stepping stone to the development of a practical framework within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research space as well as be applied to other professions and Indigenous populations.
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Research practice