Social and emotional wellbeing among Indigenous Australian correctional officers

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Justin S. Trounson ◽  
Rebekah K. Oppenheim ◽  
Stephane Shepherd ◽  
Jeffrey E. Pfeifer
Keyword(s):  
Correctional Officers ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Social And Emotional Wellbeing

scholarly journals Indigenous Relationality: Women, Kinship and the Law

Genealogy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dudgeon ◽  
Bray
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Reproductive Justice ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Community Culture ◽  
Kinship Networks ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Indigenous Knowledge Systems ◽  
Social And Emotional Wellbeing

Strong female governance has always been central to one of the world’s oldest existing culturally diverse, harmonious, sustainable, and democratic societies. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s governance of a country twice the size of Europe is based on complex laws which regulate relationships to country, family, community, culture and spirituality. These laws are passed down through generations and describe kinship systems which encompass sophisticated relations to the more-than-human. This article explores Indigenous kinship as an expression of relationality, culturally specific and complex Indigenous knowledge systems which are founded on a connection to the land. Although Indigenous Australian women’s kinships have been disrupted through dispossession from the lands they belong to, the forced removal of their children across generations, and the destruction of their culture, community and kinship networks, the survival of Indigenous women’s knowledge systems have supported the restoration of Indigenous relationality. The strengthening of Indigenous women’s kinship is explored as a source of social and emotional wellbeing and an emerging politics of environmental reproductive justice.

scholarly journals ‘Hot, Young, Buff’: An Indigenous Australian Gay Male View of Sex Work

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-60
Author(s):  
Corrinne Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
Standpoint Theory ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Dirty Work ◽  
Cultural Perceptions ◽  
Indigenous Australian ◽  
Sex Worker ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social And Emotional Wellbeing

Research has historically constructed youths who are involved in sex work as victims of trafficking, exploitation, poverty, and substance abuse. These perceptions often cast the sex worker as deviant and in need of ‘care’ and ‘protection.’ Rarely seen are accounts that provide different perspectives and positioning of youth engaged in sex work. This article explores the lived experiences of Jack, a young gay cis-male who identifies as Indigenous Australian. Despite being a highly successful sex worker, his involvement in such a stigmatised occupation means that he must navigate the social and cultural perceptions of ‘deviant’ and ‘dirty’ work. This qualitative study explores the ways in which Jack negotiates his work, his communities, and the capitalisation of his sexuality. Drawing on Indigenous Standpoint Theory and wellbeing theory, Jack’s choice of sex work is explored through the intersections of sexuality and culture, with the consequences of Jack’s social and emotional wellbeing emerging as his narrative unfolds.

Children's social and emotional wellbeing in schools

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Watson ◽  
Carl Emery ◽  
Phil Bayliss ◽  
Margaret Boushel ◽  
Karen McInnes
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Social And Emotional Wellbeing

scholarly journals The Attention of Caregiver. An Intersdisciplinary Vision

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 105-118
Author(s):  
Esther Secanilla ◽  
María Bonjoch ◽  
Margarida Galindo ◽  
Laura Gros
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
People With Dementia ◽  
Active Observation ◽  
Admission Interviews ◽  
Social And Emotional Wellbeing

In a global approach to the attention of carers of older people with dementia living at the elder’s home, it is essential to promote their personal, social and emotional wellbeing as well as provide them with tools that improve their quality of life. With this goal we present the experience of CDD and Residencia de Horta, Barcelona. A documentary review of the file was made, covering the period between 2004 and 2010 to define the sample. For the analysis of the semistructured admission interviews, monitoring and mentoring, a research was made through the daily records. Other strategies used were fulfilment questionnaires as well as the validated questionnaire of caregiver’s burden (Zarit and Zarit, 1982). Likewise, there was a systematic active observation of the GAM group. The interviews were made to the caregivers who attended the GAM. It is proven that actions of prevention and monitoring as well as psycho-educational training designed for carers promotes the user’s staying at their home, improves their quality of life and their caregiver’s.

scholarly journals A scoping review about social and emotional wellbeing programs and services targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in Australia: understanding the principles guiding promising practice

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Himanshu Gupta ◽  
Noemi Tari-Keresztes ◽  
Donna Stephens ◽  
James A. Smith ◽  
Emrhan Sultan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young People ◽  
Torres Strait Islander ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Program Planning ◽  
Promising Practices ◽  
Emotional Wellbeing ◽  
Social And Emotional ◽  
Torres Strait ◽  
Social And Emotional Wellbeing

Abstract Background Multiple culturally-oriented programs, services, and frameworks have emerged in recent decades to support the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people in Australia. Although there are some common elements, principles, and methods, few attempts have been made to integrate them into a set of guidelines for policy and practice settings. This review aims to identify key practices adopted by programs and services that align with the principles of the National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing 2017–2023. Methods A comprehensive review of electronic databases and organisational websites was conducted to retrieve studies of relevance. Twenty-seven publications were included in the review. Next, we identified promising practices through a collaborative review process. We then used the principles articulated in the above-mentioned framework as the basis to complete a framework analysis. This enabled us to explore the alignment between current scholarship about SEWB programs and services with respect to the principles of the framework. Results We found there was a strong alignment, with selected principles being effectively incorporated into most SEWB program and service delivery contexts. However, only one study incorporated all nine principles, using them as conceptual framework. Additionally, ‘capacity building’, ‘individual skill development’, and ‘development of maladaptive coping mechanisms’ were identified as common factors in SEWB program planning and delivery for Aboriginal people. Conclusion We argue the selective application of nationally agreed principles in SEWB programs and services, alongside a paucity of scholarship relating to promising practices in young people-oriented SEWB programs and services, are two areas that need the urgent attention of commissioners and service providers tasked with funding, planning, and implementing SEWB programs and services for Aboriginal people. Embedding robust participatory action research and evaluation approaches into the design of such services and programs will help to build the necessary evidence-base to achieve improved SEWB health outcomes among Aboriginal people, particularly young people with severe and complex mental health needs.

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