Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future - Co-designing perinatal strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma: Framework and protocol for a community-based participatory action research study

C Chamberlain; G Gee; SJ Brown; J Atkinson; H Herrman; D Gartland; K Glover; Y Clark; S Campbell; FK Mensah; C Atkinson; SE Brennan; H McLachlan; T Hirvonen; D Dyall; N Ralph; S Hokke; J Nicholson

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Healing the Past by Nurturing the Future - Co-designing perinatal strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents experiencing complex trauma: Framework and protocol for a community-based participatory action research study

C Chamberlain, G Gee, SJ Brown, J Atkinson, H Herrman, D Gartland, K Glover, Y Clark, S Campbell, FK Mensah, C Atkinson, SE Brennan, H McLachlan, T Hirvonen, D Dyall, N Ralph, S Hokke, J Nicholson

BMJ Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028397

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Abstract

Introduction Child maltreatment and other traumatic events can have serious long-term physical, social and emotional effects, including a cluster of distress symptoms recognised as 'complex trauma'. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Aboriginal) people are also affected by legacies of historical trauma and loss. Trauma responses may be triggered during the transition to parenting in the perinatal period. Conversely, becoming a parent offers a unique life-course opportunity for healing and prevention of intergenerational transmission of trauma. This paper outlines a conceptual framework and protocol for an Aboriginal-led, community-based participatory action research (action research) pro..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Lowitja Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (1141593). CC was supported by an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (1088813). SJB was supported by an NHMRC Research Fellowship (1103976). HH was supported by an Australian NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (1080820). FKM was supported by an NHMRC Career Development Fellowship (1111160). JN was supported by the Roberta Holmes donation to La Trobe University. Research at MCRI is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program.