An electronic publication from the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
Issue 9, November 2000 - February 2001 : ISSN 1329-3362
Conference abstracts and papers
12th National Health Promotion Conference: Inequalities in health
- reflecting back, stepping forward.
29 October - 1 November 2000, Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne, Victoria.
Anna Haining, Freidoon Khavarpour
and Angela Dawson
Are your health promotion
resources culturally appropriate?
Culturally appropriate programs and services have been an issue of concern for workers in a variety of services. Health promotion practitioners have not been immune from this debate as the term itself is often difficult to define. The issue is more relevant to the work of health promotion workers who are involved in the development of resources for various cultural settings, specifically in Indigenous communities. The purpose of this paper is to ascertain on one hand what we mean by culturally appropriate health promotion resources, and on the other hand what guidelines might be used to evaluate the success or failure of this component of health promotion materials.
This paper will present the findings of discussions with health workers, in particular Indigenous health workers, concerning their views on the meaning of culturally appropriate health promotion resources. A review of the current literature on the topic will be also undertaken.
It is envisaged that a series of generic and specific criteria such as ownership of the resources by the community or helping to develop community's knowledge and skills (etc.) will be developed to guide health promotion workers in working in the development of health promotion resources in non-mainstream cultures.
