The Importance of Culture in Alcohol Care: Listening to First Nations Staff in Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

Purcell-Khodr, G; Webster, E; Harrison, K; Dawson, A; Kylie Lee, KS; Conigrave, K

The Importance of Culture in Alcohol Care: Listening to First Nations Staff in Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

Purcell-Khodr, G Webster, E Harrison, K Dawson, A

Kylie Lee, KS Conigrave, K

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Publisher:: University of Western Ontario
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2022, 13, (3), pp. 1-31
Issue Date:: 2022-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Purcell-Khodr, G
dc.contributor.author	Webster, E
dc.contributor.author	Harrison, K
dc.contributor.author	Dawson, A https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0926-2202
dc.contributor.author	Kylie Lee, KS
dc.contributor.author	Conigrave, K
dc.date.accessioned	2023-07-10T20:41:33Z
dc.date.available	2023-07-10T20:41:33Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-01
dc.identifier.citation	International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2022, 13, (3), pp. 1-31
dc.identifier.issn	1916-5781
dc.identifier.issn	1916-5781
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/171421
dc.description.abstract	Integration of cultural knowledges and healing practices with Western medical approaches to alcohol care has been reported for residential and community settings. However, there is little evidence on how culture features in alcohol care in primary health settings. We analysed data from semi-structured interviews (from a broader study) with 17 First Nations Australian staff (n=8 men, n=9 women) from 11 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Services. We used grounded theory and the 8-ways Aboriginal pedagogy in analysis. We describe three key themes: 1) interpersonal processes; 2) a both-ways approach to healing and alcohol care; and 3) service-wide strategies to achieving both-ways healing. We discuss policy implications of facilitating bicultural alcohol care in primary health settings.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	University of Western Ontario
dc.relation.ispartof	International Indigenous Policy Journal
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.18584/iipj.2022.13.3.14030
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dc.subject	1603 Demography, 1605 Policy and Administration, 1608 Sociology
dc.subject.classification	4407 Policy and administration
dc.subject.classification	4410 Sociology
dc.title	The Importance of Culture in Alcohol Care: Listening to First Nations Staff in Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
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Abstract:

Integration of cultural knowledges and healing practices with Western medical approaches to alcohol care has been reported for residential and community settings. However, there is little evidence on how culture features in alcohol care in primary health settings. We analysed data from semi-structured interviews (from a broader study) with 17 First Nations Australian staff (n=8 men, n=9 women) from 11 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Services. We used grounded theory and the 8-ways Aboriginal pedagogy in analysis. We describe three key themes: 1) interpersonal processes; 2) a both-ways approach to healing and alcohol care; and 3) service-wide strategies to achieving both-ways healing. We discuss policy implications of facilitating bicultural alcohol care in primary health settings.

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