Indigenous ownership and support adds to effectiveness of social and emotional wellbeing programs

According to two newly released papers on the Closing the Gap Clearinghouse website, the most effective programs to promote social and emotional wellbeing in Indigenous people are those that are culturally competent and have Indigenous ownership and community support.

The subjects examined by the two papers are strategies and practices for promoting social and emotional wellbeing, and policies and programs for preventing suicide and suicidal behaviour.

It was also found that programs that encompassed and addressed issues of trauma, racism, poverty, and homelessness maximised their effect on Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing.

Source: NACCHO communiqué

Contacts

Colin Cowell
National Communications and Media Advisor
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO)
Ph: (02) 6246 9309
Fax: (02) 6248 0744
Mobile: 0401 331 251
Email: colin@naccho.org.au

Links

• View report: Strategies and practices for promoting the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (PDF - 243.5 KB)
• View report: Strategies to minimise the incidence of suicide and suicidal behaviour (PDF - 1.4 MB)
• View news item: Effectiveness of Aboriginal social and emotional wellbeing programs examined in new reports
• View website: NACCHO Communiqué