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Brokering community engagement: proactive strategies for supporting indigenous Australians with mental health problems
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Sayers, JM and Hunt, GE and Cleary, M and Burmeister, OK, Brokering community engagement: proactive strategies for supporting indigenous Australians with mental health problems, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 37, (12) pp. 912-917. ISSN 0161-2840 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/01612840.2016.1224284
Abstract
This qualitative study explored the experiences of mental health employees working with Indigenous clients living with mental illness. Interviews were conducted with 20 mental health workers to identify strategies they adopt to facilitate community engagement with Indigenous clients. Using a thematic analysis approach, 'Brokering community engagement' was the umbrella theme from which two subthemes related to community engagement for the service and clients emerged (1) enabling connections - community and family; and (2) recovery and reconnecting with community. Participant insights enabled a deeper understanding of the role of community in the recovery process for Indigenous clients and highlight the importance of community engagement as a primary, yet multifaceted strategy used by mental health workers in the communities they serve.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Indigenous Australians, mental health, mental health worker, community participation, community, recovery |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Sayers, JM (Dr Jan Sayers) |
UTAS Author: | Cleary, M (Professor Michelle Cleary) |
ID Code: | 113268 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2016-12-19 |
Last Modified: | 2018-01-24 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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