Building bridges: learning from the experts: building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities
Project report
Title | Building bridges: learning from the experts: building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities |
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Report Type | Project report |
Authors | |
Author | Ward, Raelene |
Editors | Ward, Raelene |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Page Range | 1-36 |
Number of Pages | 36 |
Year | 2009 |
Publisher | Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing |
Place of Publication | Cairns, Australia |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.crrmhq.com.au/pdfs/CRRMHQ%20NSPS%20Report%20for%20web.pdf |
Abstract | The Building Bridges: Learning from the Experts report describes the implementation and findings of a community based suicide prevention initiative. The project aimed to use the experience and knowledge of the Yarrabah community as a model for other Indigenous communities for the establishment of effective and sustainable community-based approaches to building resilience, reducing suicide risk exposure and reducing self-harm. Several empowerment strategies had been developed in Yarrabah following a cluster of suicides in the 1990s (the Yaba Bimbie Men's Group, the Family Well Being Empowerment program and the Life Promotion Officer). Under the Building Bridges Project these strategies were employed within the communities of Hope Vale, Kowanyama and Dalby. Sharing of knowledge through formal events and informal communication provided a means by which the knowledge, skills and experience of each community was strengthened. |
Keywords | suicide prevention; aboriginal men; indigenous health workers; self-harm; community empowerment |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 450499. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing not elsewhere classified |
420603. Health promotion | |
420313. Mental health services | |
Public Notes | Raelene Ward received the Suicide Prevention Australia 2009 Life Award for her work on this project. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health |
Book Title | Building Bridges |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q0v94/building-bridges-learning-from-the-experts-building-bridges-to-implement-successful-life-promotion-and-suicide-prevention-expertise-across-aboriginal-communities
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