Lecture 10 - First Nations Approaches to Social and Emotional Wellbeing Flashcards
What does cultural respect require the development of?
Cultural awareness.
Cultural humility.
Cultural reflexivity.
What is a yarning circle?
A conversation style held in person where being present and respectful is encouraged and required. Everyone is respected and their opinion/story/feelings heard.
Listening
Why is an acknowledgement to Country important?
It is a sign of respect as well as an acknowledgment that the lands being met on were never ceded.
What are some ways that First Nations’ concept of health differ to a Western perspective of health?
First Natons’ concept of health is holistic and encompasses multiple factors, such as social and emotional well being, as well as connection to land, family, and spirituality.
What are the 9 guiding principles that guide social and emotional well being for First Nations’ people according to the Strong SEWB framework.
They were arrived by a national consensus of First Nations peoples.
There are cultural, historical, social, political determinants.
5 of the guiding principles are cultural determinants.
When the harmony of the interrelation between the cultural determinants is disrupted then SEWB problems will arise or persist. Examples of SEWB problems are family violence, substance mis-use, or suicide. These are not mental health problems from this perspective.
The inner circle of the framework are the strengths of First Nations’ holistic concept of health and well-being. The outer circle represents some of the challenges that influence whether well being is present or SEWB problems emerge or persist.
The inner circle represent the cultural determinants of SEWB and the outer circle represent the historical, social, and political determinants.
Can connection to culture be medicine for Colonised First Nations Peoples SEWB problems?
Yes.
What is Dardi Munwurro?
Victorian program for First Nations Peoples that aims at connecting individuals and families with elders and culture. Aims to help heal SEWB problems experienced by First Nations Peoples.
When is using the strong SEWB framework most helpful when it comes SEWB problems?
To protect and prevent to development of these problems, but can be used, and should be used, at stages of intervention and recovery and relapse prevention.
What is the purpose of the Strong SEWB framework?
To help practitioners offer and engage First Nations clients in services and treatments in a culturally safe, respectful way, that takes into account the perspectives and understanding of SEWB for First Nations people, especially when it differs to a Western understanding.
Why is self-determination so important for First Nations peoples, especially when there has been a history of colonisation?
Self-determination is a political determinant of SEWB for First Nations peoples.
When communities are able to speak for themselves and encorporate their values and culture into their everyday life, but also in response to challenges, SEWB improves and other aspects of health also improve.
What are the 5 cultural determinants of SEWB?
- Holistic approach to health that incoporates family, spirituality, culture, and land.
- Cultural understandings must shape delivery of services to First Nations peoples.
- The paramount importance of family and kinship for First Nations peoples needs to be acknowledge and respected.
- It must be recognised and remembered that First Nations peoples have great strength, creativity and endurance and a deep understanding of the relationship between humans and the environment.
- The diversity of First Nations populations and their cultures needs to be recognised and respected, and an understanding that individuals and communities may live in rural, suburban or urban settings.
What is the social determinant outlined in the SEWB framework?
Racism, stigma, social disadvantage, and environmental adversity all continue be active stressors in the lives of First Nations peoples, and contribute to bringing about and perpetuating social and emotional well being problems.
What is the historical determinant outlined in the SEWB framework?
There is an ongoing colonization and destruction of the land and the First Nations peoples continue to be affected by this.
The trauma and loss experienced intergenerationally by First Nations peoples is a direct outcome of disruption to cultural well being.
What are the two political determinants in the SEWB framework?
Self-determination.
The human rights of First Nations people need to be continually recognised and respected, especially when it comes to human rights around mental ill health from a Western perspective.
Are the cultural determinants in the First Nations Framework for SEWB protective factors for SEWB and good mental health?
Yes.
These determinants and connections to country, body, spirituality and ancestors, family, emotions, and community are sources of strength and resilience that have been a part of First Nations cultures for over 60,000 years.
