Using the Healthy Community Assessment Tool: Applicability and Adaptation in the Midwest of Western Australia.

ABSTRACT: Population-based studies have associated poor living conditions with the persistent disparity in the health of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. This project assesses the applicability of the Health Community Assessment Tool and its role in improving the environment of a small community in the Midwest of Western Australia (WA). The action research cycles started with the initial reflection on the suitability of the HCAT version 2 for the local community context and whether it was fit-for-purpose. The researcher provided 'critical companionship', while the participants of the study were invited to be co-researchers (the Assessors) who critically examined the HCAT and assess the community. The relevant domains to the serviced town (an outer regional community) were pest control and

SUBMITTER: Tsou C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6024991 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature