Working together in Aboriginal health: a framework to guide health professional practice.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Working effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is important for maximising the effectiveness of a health care interaction between and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and a health professional. This paper presents a framework to guide health professional practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

Methods

This qualitative study was based in a social constructionist epistemology and was guided by a critical social research methodology. Two methods were employed: interviews with Aboriginal health workers and allied health professionals about their experiences of working together in Aboriginal health, and an auto-ethnography conducted by the researcher, a non-Aboriginal dietitian and researcher who worked closely wit

SUBMITTER: Wilson AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7329497 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature