Evaluation of Family Well Being Empowerment program: A participatory action research initiative

我们已经证明，原住民社区的家庭福祉赋权培训可以显着增强项目参与者对影响其健康和福祉的条件的控制感和责任感（Tsey和Every，2000 a;Tsey和Every，2000 b）。在此之后，不仅在澳大利亚土著居民中，而且在新西兰毛利人中，都对家庭福利方案产生了极大的兴趣和需求。目前，我们正在与土著社区开展四项合作举措，以应对对该方案日益增长的兴趣和需求。目前的提案是昆士兰州大学、Apunipima Cape约克卫生理事会和Gurriny Yealamucka卫生服务机构之间的联合倡议，旨在：利用参与性行动研究进程，巩固霍普维尔和亚拉巴现有的家庭福利倡议，并将其推广到昆士兰州北部的另外两个社区（尚未从几个表示有兴趣的社区中选出）B。对所有四个网站的成果进行Meta评估这项建议旨在增加我们对个人和群体如何更好地支持他们努力改变个人和社会生活的理解。

We have shown that family well being empowerment training in Indigenous communities can significantly enhance program participants' sense of control and responsibility for the conditions affecting their health and well being (Tsey and Every, 2000a;Tsey and Every, 2000b). Following this, there has been a great deal of interest and demand for the family well being program not only in Indigenous Australia, but also among Maori people in New Zealand. Presently, we are involved in four collaborative initiatives with indigenous communities in response to growing interest and demand for the program. The current proposal is a joint initiative between University of Queensland, Apunipima Cape York Health Council and Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services which aims to: a. Consolidate and extend the existing family well being initiatives in Hopevale and Yarrabah to two other north Queensland communities (yet to be selected from several that have expressed an interest), using a participatory action research process b. Undertake a meta evaluation of outcomes across all four sites This proposal aims to increase our understanding about ways in which individuals and groups of people can be better supported in their efforts to bring about changes in personal and social life.