Mental health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia during COVID-19

dc.contributor.authorDudgeon, Pat
dc.contributor.authorAlexi, Joanna
dc.contributor.authorDerry, Kate
dc.contributor.authorBrideson, Tom
dc.contributor.authorCalma, Tom
dc.contributor.authorDarwin, Leilani
dc.contributor.authorGray, Paul
dc.contributor.authorHirvonen, Tanja
dc.contributor.authorMcPhee, Rob
dc.contributor.authorMilroy, Helen
dc.contributor.authorSutherland, Stewart
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-06T00:09:00Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.updated2022-10-09T07:17:11Z
dc.description.abstractIn May 2020, an independent working party was convened to determine the mental health and well-being needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia, in response to COVID-19. Thirty Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and allies worked together in a two-month virtual collaboration process. Here, we provide the working party's five key recommendations and highlight the evidence supporting these proposals. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander self-determination and governance must be prioritised to manage the COVID-19 recovery in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. To mitigate long-term social and economic impacts of COVID-19 to Australian society, the historical underinvestment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must be reconciled. Equitable, needs-based funding is required to support strengths-based, place-based initiatives that address the determinants of health. This includes workforce and infrastructure development and effective evaluation. There is a clear, informed pathway to health and healing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander being enacted by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership and community organisations; it remains to be seen how these recommendations will be implemented.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0157-6321en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/313238
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Council of Social Servicesen_AU
dc.relationhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/178803en_AU
dc.rights© 2021 The authorsen_AU
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of Social Issuesen_AU
dc.subjectAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoplesen_AU
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_AU
dc.subjectIndigenousen_AU
dc.subjectmental healthen_AU
dc.subjectself-determinationen_AU
dc.subjectsocial and emotional well- beingen_AU
dc.titleMental health and well-being of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia during COVID-19en_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage502en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage485en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDudgeon, Pat, University of Western Australiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationAlexi, Joanna, University of Western Australiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDerry, Kate, The University of Western Australiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBrideson, Tom, Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit)en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCalma, Tom, University of Canberraen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationDarwin, Leilani, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Lived Experience Centreen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationGray, Paul, Australian Indigenous Psychologists Associationen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationHirvonen, Tanja, Healing Foundationen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMcPhee, Rob, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Servicesen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationMilroy, Helen, University of Western Australiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationSutherland, Stewart, College of Health and Medicine, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailu4999850@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidSutherland, Stewart, u4999850en_AU
local.description.embargo2099-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor420313 - Mental health servicesen_AU
local.identifier.absfor450499 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing not elsewhere classifieden_AU
local.identifier.absfor320211 - Infectious diseasesen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB22148en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume56en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1002/ajs4.185en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85115071470
local.identifier.thomsonIDWOS:000697254700001
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBya383154en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/en_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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