Family Wellbeing Program

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The Lowitja Institute
Cooperative Research Centre for Remote Economic Participation (CRC-REP)

Family Wellbeing Empowerment commenced in Adelaide in the 1990s, out of a concern for the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People.

Since then, this program has moved across many Indigenous Communities and in early 2000s came to Yarrabah and was embraced by the local community and Gurriny Yealamucka Health Services Aboriginal Corporation.

In the past 20 years, Family Wellbeing Empowerment Program has been embraced by many communities and organisations throughout Australia and is delivering tangible and lasting benefits for individuals, families and communities.

Output(s)

Recommendations and outcomes from the national roundtable Empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through the Family Wellbeing program
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Final report 
Authors
Luella Monson-Wilbraham
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The Lowitja Institute
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The Role of Spirituality in Social and Emotional Wellbeing Initiatives: The Family Wellbeing Program at Yarrabah
Type
Discussion paper
Authors
Alexandra McEwan, Komla Tsey and the Empowerment Research Team (Mary Whiteside, Janya McCalman, Yvonne Cadet James, Les Baird, Ruth Fagan, Senimelia Kingsburra, David Patterson, Kayleen Jackson, Bradley Baird, Andrew Wilson & Melissa Haswell
Publisher
Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health
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Empowerment-based research methods: a 10-year approach to enhancing Indigenous social and emotional wellbeing
Type
Journal article
Authors
Komla Tsey ,Andrew Wilson, Melissa Haswell-Elkins, Mary Whiteside, Janya McCalman, Yvonne Cadet-James and Mark Wenitong
Publisher
The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
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C 2007 The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
The Aboriginal Australian Family Wellbeing Program: A Historical Analysis of the Conditions That Enabled Its Spread
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Journal article
Authors
Janya McCalman, Roxanne Bainbridge, Catherine Brown, Komla Tsey, and Adele Clarke
Publisher
Frontiers in Public Health
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Copyright © 2018 McCalman, Bainbridge, Brown, Tsey and Clarke. This is an openaccess article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
Exposure to the Family Wellbeing program and associations with empowerment, health, family and cultural wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: a cross-sectional analysis
Type
Journal article
Authors
Williamson, L.M., Baird, L., Tsey, K., Cadet-James, Y., Whiteside, M., Hunt, N., and Lovett, R.
Publisher
BMC Public Health
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Mr Leslie Baird on the Family Wellbeing Program
Type
Conference proceeding 
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The Lowitja Institute
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