Development of an Australian FASD Indigenous Framework: Aboriginal Healing-Informed and Strengths-Based Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing

Nicole Hewlett; Lorian Hayes; Robyn Williams; Sharynne Hamilton; Lorelle Holland; Alana Gall; Michael Doyle; Sarah Goldsbury; Nirosha Boaden; Natasha Reid

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Development of an Australian FASD Indigenous Framework: Aboriginal Healing-Informed and Strengths-Based Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing

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Development of an Australian FASD Indigenous Framework: Aboriginal Healing-Informed and Strengths-Based Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing

Nicole Hewlett, Lorian Hayes, Robyn Williams, Sharynne Hamilton, Lorelle Holland, Alana Gall, Michael Doyle, Sarah Goldsbury, Nirosha Boaden and Natasha Reid

International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.20(6), 5215

22/03/2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20065215

PMID: 36982125

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Abstract

fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

healing

wellbeing

strengths-based

Aboriginal

indigenous

cultural framework

assessment

Dadirri

yarning

Aboriginal culture intuitively embodies and interconnects the threads of life that are known to be intrinsic to human wellbeing: connection. Therefore, Aboriginal wisdom and practices are inherently strengths-based and healing-informed. Underpinned by an Indigenist research methodology, this article presents findings from a collaboration of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples to develop an Australian Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Indigenous Framework during 2021 to 2023. The FASD Indigenous Framework unfolds the changes that non-Aboriginal clinicians and Aboriginal peoples each need to make in their respective ways of knowing, being and doing in order to facilitate access to healing-informed, strengths-based and culturally responsive FASD knowledge, assessment, diagnosis and support services among Aboriginal peoples. Drawing on the Aboriginal practices of yarning and Dadirri, written and oral knowledges were gathered. These knowledges were mapped against Aboriginal cultural responsiveness and wellbeing frameworks and collaboratively and iteratively reflected upon throughout. This article brings together Aboriginal wisdom (strengths-based, healing-informed approaches grounded in holistic and integrated support) and Western wisdom (biomedicine and therapeutic models) in relation to FASD. From a place of still awareness (Dadirri), both forms of wisdom were drawn upon to create Australia's first FASD Indigenous Framework, a new practice in the assessment and diagnosis of FASD, which offers immense benefit to equity, justice, support and healing for Aboriginal families with a lived experience of FASD.

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Title: Development of an Australian FASD Indigenous Framework: Aboriginal Healing-Informed and Strengths-Based Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing
Creators: Nicole Hewlett - University of Queensland
Lorian Hayes - University of Queensland
Robyn Williams - Curtin University
Sharynne Hamilton - University of Technology Sydney
Lorelle Holland - University of Queensland
Alana Gall - Southern Cross University
Michael Doyle - University of New South Wales
Sarah Goldsbury - University of Otago
Nirosha Boaden - University of New South Wales
Natasha Reid - University of Queensland
Publication Details: International journal of environmental research and public health, Vol.20(6), 5215
Grant note: G02647 / Department of Health
Identifiers: 991013100811502368
Copyright: © 2023 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Academic Unit: National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

Development of an Australian FASD Indigenous Framework: Aboriginal Healing-Informed and Strengths-Based Ways of Knowing, Being and Doing

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