Mental health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia during COVID-19

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In May 2020, an independent working party was convened to determine the mental health and well-being needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, in response to COVID-19. Thirty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and allies worked together in a two-month virtual collaboration process. Here, we provide the working party's five key recommendations and highlight the evidence supporting these proposals. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination and governance must be prioritised to manage the COVID-19 recovery in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. To mitigate long-term social and economic impacts of COVID-19 to Australian society, the historical underinvestment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must be reconciled. Equitable, needs-based funding is required to support strengths-based, place-based initiatives that address the determinants of health. This includes workforce and infrastructure development and effective evaluation. There is a clear, informed pathway to health and healing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples being enacted by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and community organisations; it remains to be seen how these recommendations will be implemented.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

The Australian journal of social issues - 56(2021), 4 vom: 31. Dez., Seite 485-502

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Dudgeon, Pat [VerfasserIn]
Alexi, Joanna [VerfasserIn]
Derry, Kate [VerfasserIn]
Brideson, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Calma, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Darwin, Leilani [VerfasserIn]
Gray, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Hirvonen, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
McPhee, Rob [VerfasserIn]
Milroy, Helen [VerfasserIn]
Milroy, Jill [VerfasserIn]
Murray, Donna [VerfasserIn]
Sutherland, Stewart [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
COVID‐19
Indigenous
Journal Article
Mental health
Self‐determination
Social and emotional well‐being

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Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/ajs4.185

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM334352231