Programs to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
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Attending to the social and emotional wellbeing of those from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural backgrounds is widely recognised to play a key role in effective social work practice. However, relatively little is currently known about what effective practice comprises, and significant challenges exist in any effort to demonstrate that programs do achieve significant change both for individual participants and the communities in which they live. This paper considers one program, Seasons for Healing, to illustrate the type of intervention that holds promise when working with adults and discusses the difficulties that arise in both defining and assessing program outcomes.
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Australian Social Work
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Australian Social Work
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69
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1447-0748
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3
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8
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DOI
10.1080/0312407X.2015.1069866