‘Wellah planted a good seed’: How an online health and wellbeing program supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic

Stella Mulder; Laura Thompson; Sarah Sheridan; Lena Charles; Emily Munro-Harrison; Helen Kennedy; Ngaree Blow; Stephanie J Brown; Graham Gee

Journal article

‘Wellah planted a good seed’: How an online health and wellbeing program supported Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples during the COVID-19 pandemic

Stella Mulder, Laura Thompson, Sarah Sheridan, Lena Charles, Emily Munro-Harrison, Helen Kennedy, Ngaree Blow, Stephanie J Brown, Graham Gee

First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal | Elsevier BV | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.fnhli.2023.100005

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Abstract

Purpose With COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in place throughout Australia in 2021, Aboriginal-led Clothing The Gaps Foundation (CTGF) delivered a 6-week health and wellbeing program known as Wellah Together Online. The aim of the program was to strengthen the healthy lifestyle choices, resilience and social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Three staff members from Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Goolum Goolum Aboriginal Co-operative participated to consider the feasibility of other organisations offering similar programs. Wellah Together was evaluated by an Aboriginal-led team at Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in c..

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