- This article explores the successful use of yarning as a research method within a community-based indigenous women's wellness project. The project was based on the north side of Brisbane, a large urban city in Queensland, Australia (Walker, Fredericks, & Anderson, 2012). This article provides an overview of the yarning method and argues that yarning is a credible and valuable method for research in an Indigenous health context.
- This paper explores a decolonizing approach to research about Indigenous women’s health in Australia. The paper identifies the strengths of decolonizing methodologies as a way to prioritize Indigenous values and worldviews, develop partnerships between researchers and the researched, and contribute to positive change. The authors draw on Laenui’s (2000) five- step model of decolonization to describe their work in the Indigenous Women’s Wellness Project in Brisbane, Queensland. They argue that Laenui’s model presents a valuable framework for conducting decolonizing research projects about women’s health with Australian Indigenous women. The authors demonstrate that working within a decolonizing framework offers autonomy and sustainability for women’s wellness activities, while continuing to improve a community’s health and wellbeing outcomes. Our project began with social yarning. We sought permission to carry out the project from the Moreton Bay regional elders, a group of individuals who hold traditional ownership of this country and have responsibility for the North Brisbane region indigenous women's population. We followed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communications and hierarchy protocols and received permission to conduct our project.
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“Yarning” as a Method for Community-Based Health Research With Indigenous Women: The Indigenous Women's Wellness Research Program
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