Interplay Project Overview: Ninti One
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The document summarizes the Interplay Wellbeing Framework project which examines relationships between education, employment, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote communities. It involved literature reviews, community engagement, developing a framework and conducting quantitative surveys and qualitative focus groups in four communities. Key findings were that empowerment, culture and long term vision are important for effective programs. The framework provides a tool to inform policy and practice to improve outcomes in these areas. Future work includes further data collection, publications, and applying the tools developed by the project.
Interplay Project Overview: Ninti One
- 1. The Interplay Wellbeing Framework for use in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: Development, Methods and Outcomes Project Leader Sheree Cairney Senior Aboriginal researcher Tammy Abbott PhD student Byron Wilson Statistician Steve Quinn Project Website www.crc-rep.com/interplay
- 2. Overview 2
- 3. Research Questions 3 1.! What are the relationships between health and wellbeing outcomes, and education and employment for individuals, families and communities living in remote Australia? 2.! How effective are targeted interventions? 3.! How can policy and practice be better informed by this knowledge to maximise desired health and wellbeing outcomes? Interplay Project
- 4. Literature Review - Recommendations 4 1.! Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people involved and their perspectives represented 2.! Strength-based approach 3.! Focus on interrelationships 4.! Include additional themes of culture, community and empowerment 5.! Broader culturally aligned definitions of education, employment and health Nguyen O, Cairney S. 2013 ‘Literature review of the Interplay Between Education, Employment, Health and Wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas: Working towards an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing framework’. (named in the top ten Indigenous research publications in 2013 by Australian Policy Online).
- 5. Community Engagement 5 Over 3-year period, engagement included: -! 21 workshops -! 11 semi-structured interviews with PRLs -! 4 community visits -! 2 advisory group meetings -! 21 ACRs employed Questions were asked about the research approach, framework and methods. Cairney S and Abbott T. In press. ‘Aboriginal Wellbeing in a Red Dirt Economy’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Studies.
- 6. Community Engagement - Outcomes 6 •! Culture governs everything that people do •! Importance of building empowerment •! Broader understandings and flexible, culturally aligned practices needed to achieve good outcomes for education, employment and health •! All of these areas are inherently interrelated, or interplay together Cairney S and Abbott T. In press. ‘Aboriginal Wellbeing in a Red Dirt Economy’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Studies.
- 7. 7 Numbers Stories Bringing it together Shared Space model Abbott T and Cairney S. 2014. Collaboration and Capacity Development through the employment of Aboriginal Community-based Researchers: Examples from the Interplay Project. Journal of Australian Indigenous Studies.
- 9. 9 Community priorities 1.! Culture (language, family, land, law, spirituality) 2.! Empowerment (control, two-way learning) 3.! Community (safety, inclusiveness, leadership, respect)
- 10. 10 Wellbeing = feeling good Interplay = connections Interplay Wellbeing Framework
- 11. 11 How to tell the story Numbers/Quantitative ---- Survey Stories/Qualitative ---- Focus groups & Interviews
- 13. 13 Interplay Project Wellbeing = feeling good Interplay = connections Project Aims •! Interplay •! Objective measures •! Inform policy Review •! Literature •! Community Engagement Interplay Framework •! Links science, community & policy systems •! Quantitative & qualitative •! Tool for planning, evaluation & communication Study Design •! Prospective cohort •! 4 communities •! 2 timepoints/waves •! 900 surveys, 20 focus groups •! Nguyen & Cairney (2013) Literature review – working towards a wellbeing framework. CRC-REP •! Cairney & Abbott (2014) Aboriginal Wellbeing in a ‘Red Dirt Economy’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Studies.
- 14. Get a picture for different communities 14
- 16. Number of Surveys from each community Community Total Population Number surveys Too old (>34 years) Useable surveys Katherine 2,344 (9,186 total) 571 15 556 Wiluna 200-300 86 34 52 Galiwin’ku 1,890 122 22 100 Yirrkala 521 138 4 134 TOTAL 917 75 842 16
- 17. Interplay Wellbeing Framework - subdomains 17
- 18. 18 First and second order traits/domains
- 19. Interplay Wellbeing Framework - Culture 19 And a further level of data
- 21. Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts 21
- 22. Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts 22 Can be used to understand the relative influence of different contributors Only health and education directly influence wellbeing (others may indirectly)
- 23. Impacts of Age & Gender Age Older people score higher for: •! Empowerment •! Culture •! Work Younger people score higher for: •! Health •! Community Gender Females score higher than males for: •! Health •! Education •! Work •! Community 23
- 24. Stories to build? Each window you look through gives you a different view 24
- 25. Using the framework to show the Interplay between domains 25
- 26. Can culture be used to improve education outcomes? 26
- 27. Learning about culture in school, and Aboriginal literacy can improve education outcomes 27
- 28. Aboriginal literacy – the key role of bilingual education 28
- 30. 30 Numbers Stories Bringing it together . Values & Knowledge Stories & Numbers together – More Powerful
- 31. Interplay Project - Focus Groups 31
- 32. Successful employment examples •! Ranger / Caring for Country •! Art 32
- 33. Qualitative data - Martu Ranger Program (WA) 33 •! Strong partnerships •! Connectedness, teamwork, support •! Working in culture, working and learning on country, learning about culture through work, preserving culture •! Capacity development, empowerment, opportunities •! Flexible employment (2-3 weeks/month) “If I didn’t bring my boy along with me when I go out, he wouldn’t know anything about his country ” “I like learning both ways – white fella way and Martu way. Helping one another – learing from one another – teamwork” “We are all happy all of the time” “When I get up in the morning, I feel happy knowing that I’m going to work”
- 34. Qualitative data - Dhimurru Ranger Program (NT) 34 •! Vision Statement – powerful, resilience to keep strong both at work and home, values shared •! Two-way working/learning but Yolngu drive it, through Yolngu board •! Independent (non-government) •! Strong partnerships with stakeholders •! Learning and teaching on country, making sure country is safe, respect the land “It’s a good thing that we are still standing firm for Yolngu people” “Two way working thing but the Yolngu drive it, through Yolngu board” “You’re empowering yourself to go to work” “You can see that vision statement within your mind, as soon as you enter the workplace. The vision statement guides us every day. We can feel it, it’s something guiding us during the day and can take it home.”
- 35. What works well and why? – main findings" " (in programs & services) 1.! Empowerment Partnerships, Local governance, Engagement, Consultation, two way learning, support, mentoring Opportunities to learn, capacity development, Inclusiveness, networks, connectedness, Indigenous staff at all levels, control, influence, Equal respect, linking & referring, open, transparent, trust 2.! Culture – relevance / alignment Relevant, Flexible, adaptable, learn about culture in school/job, safe cultural identity, access, inclusive, culturally appropriate resources, learning and governance. 3.! Long term vision, planning and investment Pathways (education to employment), funding and resources, transport, housing, infrastructure, time and investment (spending time to engage/consult/build relationships), monitoring and evaluation. 35
- 36. Interplay Wellbeing Framework •! Dynamic, holistic and multipurpose •! Roadmap to inform, drive and monitor change •! Provides a tool for knowledge building, evaluation decision making, planning and communication •! Provides objective measures •! Strong foundation in both science and community development •! Model can be applied for other applications/fields •! Can be tailored to address numerous policy goals •! Empowers community to have ownership and control in research process •! Give community values and priorities a ‘voice’ to Government 36
- 37. Stories to build? Each window you look through gives you a different view 37
- 38. Stories to Build What works well in programs and services? 1.! Empowerment 2.! Culture – fits the world in which you live 3.! Long term vision - planning and investment How to improve education outcomes? •! Bilingual education / Aboriginal literacy •! Cultural relevance of curriculum Pathways to Work •! Two way learning •! Balance with cultural obligations Good examples •! Caring for country / ranger work •! Artwork •! Other employment options? •! Local Enterprises? 38
- 39. Outlook for 2016 & 2017 Project Output •! Design and build interactive data visualisation platform •! Produce video documentary •! Publication of findings •! Policy Briefs •! Conference Presentations Further Cata Collection •! Wave 2 data collection (follow-up of participants from Wave 1) •! Surveys & focus groups Future work •! Funding submissions to extend the research (ours & others) •! Seek opportunities for applications of Interplay tools and methods (ie evaluation) 39
- 40. 40 For further information, please contact: Project Leader contact: sheree.cairney@flinders.edu.au Project Website: www.crc-rep.com/interplay Thank you