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Hodgkinson L, Bowman S, Blunden S. Reconnecting with the Warrior Within: Australian Indigenous perspectives on the development of a social and emotional wellbeing program. Health Promot J Austr 2024; 35:784-793. [PMID: 37812937 DOI: 10.1002/hpja.805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/11/2023] Open
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ISSUE ADDRESSED Australian Indigenous youth are at high risk of developing mental health problems. Historical determinants and socioeconomic disadvantage continue to impact their social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) and sense of identity. Previous literature suggests connecting to culture significantly impacts SEWB in Indigenous youth. Given the diversity of Indigenous culture, collaboration and consultation with specific cultural groups is required to develop appropriate and relevant psychological treatments for SEWB. The Warrior Within Program was developed to improve SEWB in Indigenous youth by assisting them to better understand their identity through participation in group-based cultural activities. This research aimed to understand Central Queensland Indigenous Development staff perspectives around (1) the process of developing the program and (2) how group-based cultural activities contributed to staff perceived improvements in SEWB of program participants. METHODS In this qualitative study, semi-structured individual interviews of 60-90 min were conducted with four Warrior Within Program staff of Central Queensland Indigenous Development. Transcripts were thematically analysed and the subthemes identified were categorised into main themes. RESULTS The process of developing the Warrior Within Program, cultural and Indigenous identity, reconnecting and knowledge emerged as the four main themes. CONCLUSIONS This study makes a unique and important contribution to the Australian Indigenous literature regarding the role and nature of culture in group-based programs and the importance of collaborating with Indigenous groups to increase our understanding of their usefulness and efficacy. This study also helps to bridge the gap between Indigenous ways of knowing in program development and non-Indigenous methods of evaluation. SO WHAT?: Acknowledging Australian Indigenous methods and ways of knowing are essential to the development and delivery of culturally appropriate group problems for addressing the psychological needs of this population. The methods used in this study could be used by others seeking to legitimise cultural ways of knowing.
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- Luke Hodgkinson
- College of Psychology, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
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- College of Psychology, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
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- College of Psychology, CQUniversity, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
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Blair C, Leonard R, Linden M, Teggart T, Mooney S. Allied health professional support for children and young adults living in and leaving care: A systematic scoping review. Child Care Health Dev 2024; 50:e13140. [PMID: 37300280 DOI: 10.1111/cch.13140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Children and young people living in and leaving care are known to have experienced significant childhood adversity and trauma resulting in potentially deleterious impact on their health and well-being across the life course. Studies point to the complex needs of this population who may benefit from allied health professional (AHP)-related support with limited studies located. This review sought to address this gap by systematically scoping empirical literature focused on the provision of AHP support to this cohort of children and young adults to assist an understanding of the service needs for this vulnerable population. METHODS This scoping review followed Arskey and O'Malley's five steps framework (2005) to identify and review relevant literature. A focus on identifying the evidence, challenges and gaps in research relating to AHP support for children and young people living in and leaving care was initially agreed, followed by a systematic search using a combination of three key concepts to identify relevant studies in five AHP disciplinary areas to identify best evidence in the past decade (2011-2021). Study inclusion criteria were based on empirical studies of children and young people living in care (0-17 years) and leaving care (18-25 years). A data extraction table was formulated as a means of charting the data, aligned with the scope and objectives of this review. Finally, data were subsequently collated, synthesised and reported based on key thematic areas emerging from included studies regarding AHP support to children and young people living in and leaving care. RESULTS A total of 13 studies met the review inclusion criteria. Included studies reported specifically on speech and language therapist (SLT; n = 5), occupational therapist (OT; n = 3) and arts-based therapies (n = 5). No studies were identified with regard to the use of physiotherapy and dietetics with this population. Results indicated that children and young people living in and leaving care have high rates of speech, language, communication and sensory needs. More rigorous screening, assessment and early intervention were identified as essential for this vulnerable group. Increased multidisciplinary collaboration and OT support for young adults in preparation for transition to independent living was identified as an urgent requirement. Included studies indicate promising results in relation to access to arts-based therapies with particular reference to identity formation for children and young people living in and leaving care. CONCLUSIONS Although evidence of effectiveness remains limited, AHP service provision (specifically speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and arts-based therapies) has the potential to contribute positively to addressing the complex and interacting needs of this vulnerable population. As a result, it is recommended that AHP service provision is integrated into the collaborative, multidisciplinary care available to children living in and leaving care. More extensive, higher quality research related to the benefits of AHP provision for this population of children and young people is essential to provide a more robust evidence base across the various professional disciplines that constitute allied health provision.
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- Carolyn Blair
- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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Lukey S, Keevers L, Trueman S, Frith F, Chandler P, Rawari R, Henry W, Townsend ML. The social and emotional wellbeing needs of Aboriginal staff in out of home care: Walking in two worlds. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2023; 141:106232. [PMID: 37220692 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 03/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND There is a disproportionate representation of Aboriginal children in the Australian Out of Home Care system. An important strategy to ensure Aboriginal children experience trauma informed care that is culturally situated is to have access to Aboriginal practitioners. The experiences of Aboriginal practitioners working in Aboriginal Out of Home Care have not been explored thoroughly. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING This community led research was undertaken on Dharawal Country on the South Coast of the Illawarra region, Australia with an Out of Home Care program managed by an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation. The study included Aboriginal (n = 50) and non-Aboriginal (n = 3) participants connected through employment or community membership to the organisation. OBJECTIVE We aimed to explore the wellbeing needs of Aboriginal practitioners working with Aboriginal children in Aboriginal Out of Home Care. METHODS This co-designed qualitative research project used yarning sessions (individual and group), co-analysis with co-researchers, document analysis and reflexive writing. FINDINGS Aboriginal practitioners are required to bring their cultural expertise to their work and with this, there is an expectation of cultural leadership and the fulfilling of cultural responsibilities. These elements bring with them emotional labour that must be acknowledged and accounted for in working in the Out of Home Care sector. CONCLUSION The findings point to the importance of establishing an organisational social and emotional wellbeing framework in recognition of Aboriginal practitioner's specific needs, centring cultural participation as a key wellbeing and trauma informed strategy.
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- S Lukey
- The University of New England, Faculty of Health and Society, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.
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- The University of Wollongong, Early Start, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia; University of Canberra, Faculty of Health, School of Health Sciences, Australia.
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- Illawarra Shoalhaven Health District, Australia
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- The University of Wollongong, Early Start, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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- Illawarra Shoalhaven Health District, Australia
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- Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
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- Illawarra Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
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- School of Psychology, the University of Wollongong, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Wollongong, NSW 2500, Australia
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Hewlett N, Hayes L, Williams R, Hamilton S, Holland L, Gall A, Doyle M, Goldsbury S, Boaden N, Reid N. Development of an Australian FASD Indigenous Framework: Aboriginal Healing-Informed and Strengths-Based Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2023; 20:ijerph20065215. [PMID: 36982125 PMCID: PMC10049125 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph20065215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2023] [Revised: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Aboriginal culture intuitively embodies and interconnects the threads of life that are known to be intrinsic to human wellbeing: connection. Therefore, Aboriginal wisdom and practices are inherently strengths-based and healing-informed. Underpinned by an Indigenist research methodology, this article presents findings from a collaboration of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples to develop an Australian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Indigenous Framework during 2021 to 2023. The FASD Indigenous Framework unfolds the changes that non-Aboriginal clinicians and Aboriginal peoples each need to make in their respective ways of knowing, being and doing in order to facilitate access to healing-informed, strengths-based and culturally responsive FASD knowledge, assessment, diagnosis and support services among Aboriginal peoples. Drawing on the Aboriginal practices of yarning and Dadirri, written and oral knowledges were gathered. These knowledges were mapped against Aboriginal cultural responsiveness and wellbeing frameworks and collaboratively and iteratively reflected upon throughout. This article brings together Aboriginal wisdom (strengths-based, healing-informed approaches grounded in holistic and integrated support) and Western wisdom (biomedicine and therapeutic models) in relation to FASD. From a place of still awareness (Dadirri), both forms of wisdom were drawn upon to create Australia's first FASD Indigenous Framework, a new practice in the assessment and diagnosis of FASD, which offers immense benefit to equity, justice, support and healing for Aboriginal families with a lived experience of FASD.
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- Nicole Hewlett
- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Curtin Medical School, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6000, Australia
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- Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
- School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine, Faculty of Health, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW 2480, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Māori/Indigenous Health Innovation, University of Otago Christchurch, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand
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- Faculty of Social Work, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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Allice I, Acai A, Ferdossifard A, Wekerle C, Kimber M. Indigenous Cultural Safety in Recognizing and Responding to Family Violence: A Systematic Scoping Review. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:16967. [PMID: 36554846 PMCID: PMC9779508 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192416967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2022] [Revised: 12/09/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This systematic scoping review synthesizes the recommended approaches for providing culturally safe family violence interventions to Indigenous peoples in health care and social service settings. A total of 3783 sources were identified through our electronic database searches, hand-searching of Indigenous-focused journals, and backward and forward citation chaining. After screening those sources in duplicate, 28 papers were included for synthesis in June 2020. Forward citation chaining of these 28 included articles in June 2022 identified an additional 304 possible articles for inclusion; following the screening of those 304 articles, an additional 6 were retained in the review. Thus, a total of 34 articles were included for data extraction and narrative synthesis. Initial results were presented to members of the Six Nations of the Grand River Youth Mental Wellness Committee, and their feedback was incorporated into our inductive organization of findings. Our findings represent three thematic areas that reflect key recommendations for health care and social service provision to Indigenous families for whom family violence is a concern: (1) creating the conditions for cultural safety; (2) healing at the individual and community level; and (3) system-level change. These findings demonstrate the need to center Indigenous peoples and perspectives in the development and implementation of cultural safety approaches, to acknowledge and address historically contingent causes of past and present family violence including colonization and related state policies, and to transform knowledge and power relationships at the provider, organization, and government level.
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- Ilana Allice
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
- Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
- Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
- Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
- Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
- Optentia Research Unit, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
- Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada
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Flemington T, Fraser J, Gibbs C, Shipp J, Bryant J, Ryan A, Wijetilaka D, Marks S, Scarcella M, Tzioumi D, Ramanathan S, Clague L, Hartz D, Lonne B, Lock (Ngiyampaa) M. The Daalbirrwirr Gamambigu (Safe Children) Model: Embedding Cultural Safety in Child Protection Responses for Australian Aboriginal Children in Hospital Settings. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:5381. [PMID: 35564775 PMCID: PMC9102959 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to describe the development of a model of care to embed cultural safety for Aboriginal children into paediatric hospital settings. The Daalbirrwirr Gamambigu (pronounced "Dahl-beer-weer gum-um-be-goo" in the Gumbaynggirr language means 'safe children') model encompasses child protection responses at clinical, managerial and organisational levels of health services. A review of scholarly articles and grey literature followed by qualitative interviews with Aboriginal health professionals formed the evidence base for the model, which then underwent rounds of consultation for cultural suitability and clinical utility. Culturally appropriate communication with children and their families using clinical yarning and a culturally adapted version of ISBAR (a mnemonic for Identify, Situation, Background, Assessment and Recommendation) for interprofessional communication is recommended. The model guides the development of a critical consciousness about cultural safety in health care settings, and privileges the cultural voices of many diverse Aboriginal peoples. When adapted appropriately for local clinical and cultural contexts, it will contribute to a patient journey experience of respect, dignity and empowerment.
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- Tara Flemington
- Nursing, Midwifery and Service Reform, Mid North Coast Local Health District, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia;
- Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nusing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health, Susan Wakil School of Nusing and Midwifery, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia
- Nursing, Midwifery and Education, The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Health Reform, Opportunities and Transition, Mid North Coast Local Health District, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444, Australia;
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- Integrated Child, Youth and Family Wellbeing, Mid North Coast Local Health District, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444, Australia;
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- Aboriginal Health Strategy Unit, Mid North Coast Local Health District, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia;
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- Aboriginal Health Strategy Unit, Mid North Coast Local Health District, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444, Australia;
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- Paediatrics, Mid North Coast Local Health District, Coffs Harbour, NSW 2450, Australia;
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- Child Protection Unit, The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia;
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- Aboriginal Health, The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia;
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- Child Protection Unit, The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia;
- Child Protection and Wellbeing, Ministry of Health, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Health Research Economics, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, NSW 2305, Australia;
- College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Nursing, Midwifery, Health Science and Physiotherapy, The University of Notre Dame, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia;
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- School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Medicine Health & Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Gosford, NSW 2250, Australia;
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- School of Public Health and Social Work, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia;
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- Faculty of Health, School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia;
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Hickey L, Galvin K, Parolini A, Nguyen B, Lokmic-Tomkins Z, Toovey R, Skeat J, Wise S. The engagement of children in out-of-home care with nursing and allied health professionals: A scoping review. Child Care Health Dev 2021; 47:758-770. [PMID: 34250634 DOI: 10.1111/cch.12893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Children living in out-of-home care (OOHC) have significant unmet health care needs and use more tertiary and specialist health care services compared with children from similar social and economic backgrounds. Allied health professionals and nurses have a central role in health care; however, very little is known about the engagement of children in OOHC with nursing and allied health professionals. This scoping review addresses this knowledge gap. METHODS A scoping review methodology framework was used to search for relevant articles published between January 1970 and November 2019, identified using three databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL and ProQuest. Selection of studies was based on empirical research about the health of children in OOHC and their engagement with nursing or allied health services. A total of 37 relevant articles met the eligibility criteria for inclusion in this review. RESULTS Findings could be summarized under five broad themes: (1) nursing and allied health professionals engaging with children in OOHC to support their health and development, (2) opportunities and challenges for nursing and allied health professionals to engage children in OOHC in healthcare, (3) identification and complexity of healthcare needs, (4) access to healthcare services and (5) coordination of healthcare. CONCLUSIONS Children in OOHC have multiple healthcare needs that require monitoring and treatment by allied health professionals and the health and development of these children is best supported through comprehensive health screening on entry into OOHC, and community-based, multidisciplinary healthcare while children are living in OOHC. While nurses in hospitals and community settings were found to play a role in health assessment and care coordination targeted at children in OOHC, the literature was silent on the role of allied health professionals in this healthcare approach.
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- Lyndal Hickey
- Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiotherapy, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Neurodisability and Rehabilitation, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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Gatwiri K, McPherson L, Parmenter N, Cameron N, Rotumah D. Indigenous Children and Young People in Residential Care: A Systematic Scoping Review. TRAUMA, VIOLENCE & ABUSE 2021; 22:829-842. [PMID: 31665981 DOI: 10.1177/1524838019881707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In Australia and internationally, Indigenous children are seriously overrepresented in the child welfare system. This article provides an overview of literature investigating the needs of Indigenous children in residential care facilities. The provision of culturally safe and trauma-informed therapeutic care to Indigenous children and young people in residential care recognizes that the trauma and violence that they have experienced is exacerbated by their Indigeneity due to the colonial histories presenting. Utilizing a systematic scoping review methodology, the study returned a total of 637 peer-reviewed articles that were identified and reviewed for inclusion. The process of exclusion resulted in the inclusion of eight peer-reviewed studies and 51 reports and discussion papers sourced from gray literature. Findings from this study, though dearth, indicate that trauma-informed and culturally safe interventions play a significant role in Indigenous children's health and well-being while in care. Their experiences of abuse and neglect transcend individual trauma and include intergenerational pain and suffering resulting from long-lasting impacts of colonization, displacement from culture and country, genocidal policies, racism, and the overall systemic disadvantage. As such, a therapeutic response, embedded within Indigenous cultural frameworks and knowledges of trauma, is not only important but absolutely necessary and aims to acknowledge the intersectionality between the needs of Indigenous children in care and the complex systemic disadvantage impacting them.
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- Kathomi Gatwiri
- Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care, 4571Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care, 4571Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care, 4571Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Centre for Excellence in Therapeutic Care, 4571Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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- Gnibi College, 4571Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
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Giordano F, Ungar M. Principle-driven program design versus manualized programming in humanitarian settings. CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT 2021; 111:104862. [PMID: 33278731 DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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- F Giordano
- Department of Psychology - Resilience Research Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Gemelli 1, 20121, Milan, Italy.
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- Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience, Resilience Research Centre, Dalhousie University, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H4R2, Canada.
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