Journal article
A prospective evaluation of first people's health promotion program design in the goulburn-murray rivers region
J Doyle, S Atkinson-Briggs, P Atkinson, B Firebrace, J Calleja, R Reilly, M Cargo, T Riley, T Crumpen, K Rowley
BMC Health Services Research | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2016
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Abstract
Background: Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) provide community-focussed and culturally safe services for First Peoples in Australia, including crisis intervention and health promotion activities, in a holistic manner. The ecological model of health promotion goes some way towards describing the complexity of such health programs. The aims of this project were to: 1) identify the aims and purpose of existing health promotion programs conducted by an alliance of ACCOs in northern Victoria, Australia; and 2) evaluate the extent to which these programs are consistent with an ecological model of health promotion, addressing both individual and environmental determinants of he..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This work was funded by grants from the NHMRC (#1049086) and Lowitja Institute, incorporating the Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, a collaborative partnership partly funded by the CRC Program of the Commonwealth Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research KR was supported by NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship, and MC by an ARC Future Fellowship.