Developing a community rehabilitation and lifestyle service for a remote indigenous community

CONCLUSIONS: An action-research approach to co-design has led to the establishment of a unique community rehabilitation service to address disability and rehabilitation needs in two remote Australian communities.Implications for rehabilitationCo-design of community rehabilitation services between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members and the local allied health professionals can lead to development of an innovative service model for remote Aboriginal communities.Culturally responsive community rehabilitation services in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities requires holistic and community-wide perspectives of wellbeing.Incorporating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of engaging and communicating, and leadership and mentorship for non-Indigenous allied health professionals and students are essential components for students-assisted culturally responsive services.PMID:33756085 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2021.1900416

Source: Rural Remote Health - March 23, 2021 Category: Rural Health Authors: Alice Cairns Lynore Geia Sylvia Kris Elizabeth Armstrong Amy O'Hara Danielle Rodda Robyn McDermott Ruth Barker Source Type: research