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Improving healthcare for Aboriginal Australians through effective engagement between community and health services

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, July 2016
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Title
Improving healthcare for Aboriginal Australians through effective engagement between community and health services
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BMC Health Services Research, July 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12913-016-1497-0
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Angela Durey, Suzanne McEvoy, Val Swift-Otero, Kate Taylor, Judith Katzenellenbogen, Dawn Bessarab

Abstract

Effectively addressing health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians is long overdue. Health services engaging Aboriginal communities in designing and delivering healthcare is one way to tackle the issue. This paper presents findings from evaluating a unique strategy of community engagement between local Aboriginal people and health providers across five districts in Perth, Western Australia. Local Aboriginal community members formed District Aboriginal Health Action Groups (DAHAGs) to collaborate with health providers in designing culturally-responsive healthcare. The purpose of the strategy was to improve local health service delivery for Aboriginal Australians. The evaluation aimed to identify whether the Aboriginal community considered the community engagement strategy effective in identifying their health service needs, translating them to action by local health services and increasing their trust in these health services. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling. Qualitative data was collected from Aboriginal participants and health service providers using semi-structured interviews or yarning circles that were recorded, transcribed and independently analysed by two senior non-Aboriginal researchers. Responses were coded for key themes, further analysed for similarities and differences between districts and cross-checked by the senior lead Aboriginal researcher to avoid bias and establish reliability in interpreting the data. Three ethics committees approved conducting the evaluation. Findings from 60 participants suggested the engagement process was effective: it was driven and owned by the Aboriginal community, captured a broad range of views and increased Aboriginal community participation in decisions about their healthcare. It built community capacity through regular community forums and established DAHAGs comprising local Aboriginal community members and health service representatives who met quarterly and were supported by the Aboriginal Health Team at the local Population Health Unit. Participants reported health services improved in community and hospital settings, leading to increased access and trust in local health services. The evaluation concluded that this process of actively engaging the Aboriginal community in decisions about their health care was a key element in improving local health services, increasing Aboriginal people's trust and access to care.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Canada 1 <1%
Australia 1 <1%
Unknown 249 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 53 21%
Student > Master 29 12%
Researcher 18 7%
Other 16 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 4%
Other 40 16%
Unknown 86 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 47 19%
Medicine and Dentistry 35 14%
Social Sciences 21 8%
Unspecified 9 4%
Psychology 7 3%
Other 38 15%
Unknown 94 37%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 24 October 2022.
All research outputs
#6,824,531
of 23,867,274 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#3,286
of 8,044 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#110,550
of 360,471 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#73
of 173 outputs
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