TY - JOUR
T1 - Yarning about e-mental health tools
T2 - First Nations Australian youth perspectives of well-being and e-health
AU - Wills, Madeline N.
AU - Rodaughan, Jessica
AU - Jobson, Laura
AU - Adams, Karen
AU - Murrup-Stewart, Cammi
N1 - Funding Information:
Karen Adams (Wiradjuri) is a Professor and Director of the Gukwonderuk Indigenous Health Unit in the Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. In this role, she coordinates a programme to strengthen education in Indigenous health equity and develop more Indigenous people to become healthcare providers, educators, researchers and leaders. The Gukwonderuk programme has more than quadrupled the number of Indigenous students in the Faculty and graduated over 160 Indigenous health professionals in the 5 years. Karen leads an Australian Research Council grant in collaboration with four universities and the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives. The grant aims to engage arts-based research to develop an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander theory and practice of nursing and midwifery and include this in nursing and midwifery education programmes.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - This study implemented Indigenous research methods, including yarning, to understand First Nations youth’s perspectives of social and emotional well-being and how e-health can support their well-being. Six First Nations youth (aged 18–25 years, M = 21.33) based in Victoria, Australia, yarned with the First Nations researcher between April and July 2022. Yarns emphasised the importance of connection to family, Community, Mob, Country, and Spirit in maintaining and strengthening well-being. These findings were extended to yarns about e-health, where it was recommended that trust and cultural safety be considered in their design and implementation. These considerations should be explored in light of the ongoing impacts of colonisation, which contribute to fear and mistrust of governments experienced by First Nations youth. The findings provide meaningful contributions to the growing field of e-health and amplify First Nations voices to guide the development of culturally safe and effective e-health.
AB - This study implemented Indigenous research methods, including yarning, to understand First Nations youth’s perspectives of social and emotional well-being and how e-health can support their well-being. Six First Nations youth (aged 18–25 years, M = 21.33) based in Victoria, Australia, yarned with the First Nations researcher between April and July 2022. Yarns emphasised the importance of connection to family, Community, Mob, Country, and Spirit in maintaining and strengthening well-being. These findings were extended to yarns about e-health, where it was recommended that trust and cultural safety be considered in their design and implementation. These considerations should be explored in light of the ongoing impacts of colonisation, which contribute to fear and mistrust of governments experienced by First Nations youth. The findings provide meaningful contributions to the growing field of e-health and amplify First Nations voices to guide the development of culturally safe and effective e-health.
KW - colonisation
KW - cultural safety
KW - e-mental health
KW - Indigenous
KW - Indigenous methodologies
KW - social and emotional well-being
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85187443925&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/11771801241235370
DO - 10.1177/11771801241235370
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85187443925
SN - 1177-1801
VL - 20
SP - 225
EP - 233
JO - AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
JF - AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples
IS - 1
ER -
