SEWB

Question 1

connection to body and behavior

Answer 1

Connecting to the physical
body and health in order to
participate fully in all aspects
of life

e.g. Maintaining a healthy weight.
* Access to good nutrition.
* Managing illness and disability

Question 2

connection to mind and emotions

Answer 2

Ability to effectively manage
thoughts and feelings
e.g. Maintaining self-esteem.
* Connecting to values and motivation.
* Having high levels of confidence.
* Maintaining a strong identity.

Question 3

connection to family and kinships

Answer 3

connection to the immediate
and wider family group and
community.
e.g Spending time within family groups
promotes a feeling of connection and
therefore wellbeing.
* Caring for the ill is the responsibility of
all, not simply one’s biological parents
or children.

Question 4

connection to community

Answer 4

connection to wider social
systems, providing individuals
and families the ability to
connect with and support
each other
e.g Community services and support
networks.
* The ability to maintain community
connections plays an integral role
in maintaining the wellbeing of
individuals (Dudgeon et al., 2015)

Question 5

conncetion to culture

Answer 5

A strong sense of identity,
values, tradition, and
connection between the past,
present, and future that drives
behaviour and beliefs.
e.g. l Elders passing on information and
tradition to future generations.
* Speaking local languages.
* Attending cultural events.
* Participating in traditional rites and
rituals, which enable children to learn
about their culture’s value systems,
including those related to wellbeing.

Question 6

conncetion to country

Answer 6

the traditional lands of a
particular language or cultural
group, both geographically and
the spiritual, emotional, and
intellectual connections to and
within it.
e.g Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
beliefs are tied heavily to the land and
how one lives on it. One should and
does not take more than one needs so
the land continues to thrive.
* Each person belongs to certain
territories within family and clan
groups, and by extension has spiritual
connections and obligations to the
associated land. Therefore, one belongs
to the land rather than the other way
around (Dudgeon et al., 2014).
* Connection to Country is a strong part
of Aboriginal culture and therefore a
strong part of establishing social and
emotional wellbeing (Deadly Story, n.d.)

Question 7

connection to spirit

Answer 7

spirituality refers to a concept
that connects all things, and
shapes beliefs, values, and
behaviour. It guides knowledge
systems, culture, and all that
is life for Aboriginal people,
including connections to
ancestors, the past, the present,
and the future.
Ancestors refer to a belief
that a family and community’s
ancestors are interconnected
with Creation spirits and
Country and watch over,
guide, and protect families and
communities in the phy
e.g. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples’ spirituality is grounded in
the belief that their ancestors watch
over them for the entirety of their life.

Question 8

what are the determines for ASTI SWEB

Answer 8

soical, historical and political determinants

Question 9

what are the domains

Answer 9

connection to body, mind/emotions, family/kindship, community, culture, country , spirituality/ancestors

Question 10

social determinants

Answer 10

the circumstances in which people grow,
live, and work, and the systems put in place
to deal with illness (WHO, 2008).
e.g.
- Socioeconomic status (level of wealth)
* The impact of poverty
* Unemployment
* Racial discrimination

Question 11

historical determinants

Answer 11

The ongoing influence of events,
policies, and trauma on groups of people
- Colonisation and its legacy (for example, the ongoing loss of
culture and language)
* The impact of past government policies (for example, policies
of Aboriginal child removal)

Question 12

political determinants

Answer 12

Political policies that shape the process
of distributing resources and power to
individuals and communities, and create
or reinforce social and health inequalities
e.g.
- Unresolved issues of land
* Control of local resources
* The rights of self-determination and sovereignty (individuals
and communities making their own choices and managing
their own lives in culturally informed ways)

Question 13

cultural continuity

Answer 13

• involves the preservation of all things to do wtih Aboriginal and Torres stairt islander peoples over time, sense of history, identify and belonging

Question 14

self determination

Answer 14

Self-determination refers to the ability of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples to freely decide on their own political, economic, social
and cultural development.

Question 15

why is SEWB HOLISTIC AND MULTIDIMESIONAL

Answer 15

• The SEWB framework can be described as multidimensional in the sense
  that multiple domains of connection (body, mind and emotions, family
  and kinship, community, culture, Country, spirituality and ancestors) are
  central to the wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
• The SEWB framework can be described as holistic in the sense that
  wellbeing is not just considered as physical health, but rather,
  considered in terms of the physical, social, emotional, cultural, spiritual,
  and environmental wellbeing of the individual and the community.