Sheree Cairney|Tammy Abbott|Stephen Quinn|Jessica Yamaguchi|Byron Wilson|John Wakerman
Interplay wellbeing framework: a collaborative methodology ‘bringing together stories and numbers’ to quantify Aboriginal cultural values in remote Australia
Centre for Remote Health|Charles Darwin University|Flinders University|Centre for Remote Health|Swinburne University of Technology|Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet|Australian Government|Centre for Remote Health|Centre for Remote Health|Charles Darwin University|Flinders University
wellbeing difficult understand measure strengthen aboriginal people remote australia part challenge genuinely involving community members incorporating values priorities assessment policy taking shared space collaborative approach remote aboriginal communities governments scientists merged aboriginal knowledge western science bringing together stories numbers research aims statistically validate holistic interplay wellbeing framework survey bring together aboriginalidentified priorities culture empowerment community government priorities including education employment healthquantitative survey data collected cohort 842 aboriginal people aged 1534 years recruited four different aboriginal communities remote australia aboriginal community researchers designed administered surveystructural equation modeling showed good fit statistics df 269 cfi 095 rmsea 0045 confirming holistic nature interplay wellbeing framework strongest direct impacts wellbeing social emotional wellbeing r 023 p 0001 english literacy numeracy r 015 p 0001 aboriginal literacy r 014 p 0001 substances lack thereof r 013 p 0003 work r 012 p 002 community r 008 p 005 correlation analyses suggested cultural factors indirect impacts wellbeing aboriginal literacy cultural variables correlated highly empowerment community empowerment also correlated highly education work variables substances lack thereof linked positive outcomes across culture education work specific interrelationships explored detail separatelythe interplay wellbeing framework survey statistically validated collaborative approach assessing wellbeing inclusive cultural worldviews values practices new communityderived social cultural indicators established contributing valuable insight psychometric assessment across cultures analyses confirm culture empowerment community play key roles interplay education employment health part holistic quantifiable system wellbeing research supports holistic concept wellbeing confirming everything interrelated needs considered whole system level policy approaches