In this week’s episode, we speak with Mitch Walley from Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service, and Dr Natalie Ciccone from ECU about a telehealth service for Aboriginal people living with acquired brain injury (ABI). They discuss steps for making the service culturally secure, and the important role of yarning and Aboriginal coworkers in this process.
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Resources:
Indigenous Allied Health Australia: https://iaha.com.au/
IAHA Cultural Responsive Training Levels 3 and 4: https://iaha.com.au/iaha-consulting/cultural-responsiveness-training/
Lowitja Institute: https://www.lowitja.org.au/
Australian Indigenous Health InfoNet: https://healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/
Stroke Foundation- Our Stroke Journey: https://strokefoundation.org.au/media/hxmn4b1w/our-stroke-journey.pdf
Ciccone, N., Armstrong, E., et al. (2019). The Wangi (talking) project: A feasibility study of a rehabilitation model for Aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders after stroke.
Lin, I., Green, C., & Bessarab, D. (2016). ‘Yarn with me’: applying clinical yarning to improve clinician–patient communication in Aboriginal health care.
Armstrong, E., Colegate, K., et al. (2024). Intersectionality and its relevance in the context of Aboriginal People with brain injury in Australia.
Armstrong, B., Coffin, J., et al. (2023). Communication services for Indigenous peoples after stroke and traumatic brain injury: Alignment of Sustainable Development Goals 3, 16 and 17 within the First Nations context in Australia.
Armstrong, E., Coffin, J., et al. (2021). “You felt like a prisoner in your own self, trapped”: the experiences of Aboriginal people with acquired communication disorders.
Penn, C., Armstrong, E., et al. (2017). De-colonising speech-language pathology practice in acquired neurogenic disorders.
Research by Anne Lowell, Emily Armstrong and Rebecca Amery and colleagues at Charles Darwin University as well as research by Frances Cochrane at James Cook University.
McGill, N., & Lewis, T. (2024). Evidence matters: research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and communities.
SPA Resources:
IAHA Cultural Responsive Training
Level 1: https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/topclass/topclass.do?expand-OfferingDetails-Offeringid=3328
Level 2: https://learninghub.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/topclass/topclass.do?expand-OfferingDetails-Offeringid=3335
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culturally responsive capability framework: speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/public/libraryviewer?ResourceID=884
Anti-racism position statement: speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/libraryviewer?ResourceID=54
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