Sheree Cairney Tammy Abbott Byron Wilson
Steve Quinn
Social and Cultural Indicators from the Interplay Wellbeing Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote Australia
Interplay project – The way we work
2 Abbott T and Cairney S. 2014. Collaboration and Capacity Development through the employment of Aboriginal Community-based Researchers: Examples from the Interplay Project. Journal of Australian Indigenous Studies.
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Interplay Project
Wellbeing = feeling good Interplay = connections
Project Aims • Interplay • Objective measures • Inform policy
Review • Literature • Community Engagement
Interplay Framework • Links science, community & policy
systems • Quantitative & qualitative • Tool for planning, evaluation &
communication
Study Design • Prospective cohort • 4 communities • 2 timepoints/waves • 900 surveys, 20 focus groups
• Nguyen & Cairney (2013) Literature review – working towards a wellbeing framework. CRC-REP • Cairney & Abbott (2014) Aboriginal Wellbeing in a ‘Red Dirt Economy’. Journal of Australian
Indigenous Studies.
Get a picture for different communities
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework – Education
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Each domain has sub-domains
Interplay Wellbeing Framework – Culture
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Each domain has sub-domains
Interplay Wellbeing Framework - Culture
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And a further level of data
Interplay Wellbeing Framework - subdomains
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts
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Can be used to understand the relative influence of different contributors
Interplay Wellbeing Framework - interrelationships
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Can also be used to understand interrelationships (interplay)
Role of culture on Education Outcomes
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Role of culture on Education Outcomes
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Aboriginal literacy – the key role of bilingual education
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework
• Dynamic, holistic and multipurpose • Roadmap to inform, drive and monitor change • Provides a tool for knowledge building, evaluation decision making,
planning and communication • Provides objective measures • Strong foundation in both science and community development • Model can be applied for other applications/fields • Can be tailored to address numerous policy goals • Empowers community to have ownership and control in research
process • Give community values and priorities a ‘voice’ to Government
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For further information, please contact: Project Leader contact: [email protected] Project Website: www.crc-rep.com/interplay
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