Truth-telling about suicide: Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to engage with the media.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices are crucial when reporting on key issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. To date, there has been very little representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members speaking to the media about suicide and mental health challenges, but this is changing. This paper outlines the process and outcomes of co-creating resources which aim to increase the confidence and capacity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to talk to media about mental health challenges and/or suicide.

Methods

Following an Aboriginal Participatory Action Research approach, this paper elevates the voices of 18 Aboriginal (Noongar) community members with lived experience of suicide and mental health chall

SUBMITTER: Dudgeon P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12022366 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature