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Journal article
'Ask someone, what is their Dreaming?': Exploring occupational performance coaching with service providers supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
Australian occupational therapy journal, Vol.72(5), pp.1-12
10/2025
PMID: 40990155
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Abstract
Introduction: Culturally responsive health services have been highlighted as a national priority in Australia. Yet, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families still experience notable challenges accessing and engaging in culturally responsive health and community services across states and territories in Australia.
Methods: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health service providers partnered with researchers to consider the alignment of occupational performance coaching (OPC) with current practice and its potential applicability when working with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander families. Yarning Circle methodologies were adopted to support data collection, with main themes analysed using a blend of evidence-based approaches from Indigenous and Western cultures, including Thought Ritual and reflexive thematic analysis.
Consumer and Community Involvement: Description and depiction of themes were co-developed by members of the research team, including researchers and service providers from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and white cultural backgrounds from Australia and New Zealand.
Findings: Four key themes emerged from the Yarning Circles and were described and depicted iteratively until agreement was reached. The themes, which intersect around concepts of Dreaming, relationship-building, system disruption, and moving forward, describe how Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health service providers consider their ways of working in response to prompts around the three domains of OPC. The imagery of a river depicts the links between, and flow of, themes that emerged from the data, with synergy with OPC domains described.
Conclusion: OPC holds promise as an approach for family support, from the perspective of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health service providers. Further work is needed to explore its feasibility and applicability from multiple perspectives, including family and community members across all regions of Australia.
Details
- Title
- 'Ask someone, what is their Dreaming?': Exploring occupational performance coaching with service providers supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families
- Creators
- Laine B Chilman - University of the Sunshine CoastLaura Burritt - University of the Sunshine CoastSharnna Duncan - REFOCUS (Queensland)Pamela J Meredith - University of the Sunshine CoastCharmaine Bernie - Southern Cross UniversityFiona Graham - University of Otago
- Publication Details
- Australian occupational therapy journal, Vol.72(5), pp.1-12
- Publisher
- Wiley; HOBOKEN
- Grant note
- This work was supported by a CONNECT grant from the University of the Sunshine Coast (0980028677).
- Identifiers
- 991013317528402368
- Copyright
- © 2025 The Author(s).
- Academic Unit
- School of Health and Human Sciences; Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article