Community development interventions to improve Aboriginal health: Building an evidence base
Community development interventions to improve Aboriginal health: Building an evidence base
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DOI：
10.5172/hesr.2007.16.3-4.304
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发表时间：
2007-10-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
McCarthy, Leisa
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作者：
Campbell, Danielle;Pyett, Priscilla;McCarthy, Leisa
本文探讨了社区发展干预措施的潜力，以促进土著居民健康的改善，支持社区发展干预措施的理论，以及用于评估这种干预措施的方法。本文是基于健康文献的审查，以确定澳大利亚和国际干预的例子，利用社区发展的方法，以直接解决健康问题，并促进土著人民的权力。从1994年起的10年期间发表的17篇文章被确定为符合社区发展的标准，具有具体的赋权目标。土著社区无疑参与了社区发展，目的是改善其社区的健康状况。我们认为，促进赋权和控制的干预措施应包括作为整体战略的一部分，以减少土著环境中的健康不平等。迫切需要在这一领域开展进一步的研究，特别是可以结合未发表的土著卫生领域社区发展实例的研究。
This paper explores the potential of community development interventions to contribute to improvements in Aboriginal health, the theory underpinning community development interventions, and the methods used to evaluate such interventions. This paper is based on a review of health literature to identify Australian and international examples of interventions utilising a community development approach with a view to directly addressing a health issue and contributing to the empowerment of Aboriginal people. Seventeen articles published over a ten year period from 1994 were identified which met the criteria for community development with a specific empowerment objective. Aboriginal communities are undoubtedly engaged in community development with the aim of improving health outcomes for their own communities. We argue that interventions promoting empowerment and control should be included as part of an overall strategy to reduce health inequalities in Aboriginal settings. There is an urgent need for further research in this area, particularly research which can engage with unpublished examples of community development in Aboriginal health contexts.