Healing journeys
Experiences of young Aboriginal people in an urban Australian therapeutic community drug and alcohol program
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3636754 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brittany Hill (0000-0003-4439-6732, UNSW Sydney), Megan Williams (0000-0002-0969-2619, University of Technology Sydney, corresponding author), Susan Woolfenden (0000-0002-6954-5071, UNSW Sydney), Bianca Martins (0000-0003-1686-6186, Tharawal Aboriginal), Bianca Martin (0009-0005-6535-7363, Aboriginal Advisory Committee, Sydney, Australia), Kieran Palmer (0000-0003-3710-1588, Ted Noffs Foundation, Sydney, Australia), Sally Nathan (0000-0002-1960-1063, UNSW Sydney) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 193-212 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Health Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14461242.2022.2091948 |
| PMID | 35786397 |
| OpenAlex | W4283803414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
Disproportionately high numbers of Aboriginal young people access residential alcohol and other drug programs in Australia. While demand is high, these programs often have low numbers of Aboriginal staff. Residential programs, however, generally offer supports that reflect features of Aboriginal health care - holistic, group-based, connected to local communities, and addressing determinants of health. The qualitative research outlined in this paper was a collaboration between a mainstream residential therapeutic community program and two Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, and Aboriginal young people and researchers, with Aboriginal research leadership. It used an Aboriginal healing framework to understand the experiences of 12 young Aboriginal people in the program, triangulated with 19 key informant interviews. This provided an opportunity to understand how Indigenous knowledge about healing related to mainstream programs and the experiences of Aboriginal young people. This moves beyond individualist and deficit-focused conceptions of youth alcohol and drug use and centres Aboriginal cultures as healing. Findings point to the need for critically self-reflective mainstream organisations, a larger Aboriginal workforce with leadership roles, partnerships with Aboriginal Elders and organisations, and an investment in Aboriginal community-controlled alcohol and other drug services
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |