posted on 2023-11-15, 22:40authored byG Purcell-Khodr, E Webster, K Harrison, A Dawson, Kylie LeeKylie Lee, K Conigrave
Integration of cultural knowledges and healing practices with Western medical approaches to alcohol care has been reported for residential and community settings. However, there is little evidence on how culture features in alcohol care in primary health settings. We analysed data from semi-structured interviews (from a broader study) with 17 First Nations Australian staff (n=8 men, n=9 women) from 11 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Services. We used grounded theory and the 8-ways Aboriginal pedagogy in analysis. We describe three key themes: 1) interpersonal processes; 2) a both-ways approach to healing and alcohol care; and 3) service-wide strategies to achieving both-ways healing. We discuss policy implications of facilitating bicultural alcohol care in primary health settings.
Funding
This work was supported by the NHMRC through a Project Grant (APP1105339), the Centre of Research Excellence in Indigenous Health and Alcohol (APP1117198), and a Practitioner Fellowship for KC (APP1117582).