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Aboriginal Community Control and Decolonizing Health Policy: A Yarn from Australia

Year: 2011

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: This chapter outlines: a brief history of Australian Aboriginal health and health policy and then moves on to demonstrate how the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (VACCHO) undertakes its work and is an example of 'decolonizing policy in action'. Moreover, it highlights how Aboriginal participation in the development of policy and in the planning, delivery, management and evaluation of health programs enables policies and programs to respond effectively to the needs of Aboriginal people and to change future health outcomes for them. It showcases how Aboriginal decision-making has gone some way to decolonizing policymaking and has addressed the power imbalance - both of which have been critical in the improvement in Aboriginal health outcomes.

Source: Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks

DOI: 10.4337/9780857931818.00012

Authors: Bronwyn Fredericks, Karen Adams, Rebecca Edwards

Institutions: Queensland University of Technology, Monash University, Victoria University

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1567643550

FWCI: 2.532

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Cited by: 18

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