Post on 20-Feb-2017
Sheree CairneyTammy AbbottByron 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
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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 goodInterplay = 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.
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Get a picture for different communities
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework – Education
Each domain has sub-domains
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework – Culture
Each domain has sub-domains
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework - Culture
And a further level of data
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework - subdomains
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts
Can be used to understand the relative influence of different contributors
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Interplay Wellbeing Framework - interrelationships
Can also be used to understand interrelationships(interplay)
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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: sheree.cairney@flinders.edu.au
Project Website: www.crc-rep.com/interplay
Thank you