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Wis Wei Youpla Health?. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Sep 2008, Pages: 236
This book describes an investigation into community
participation in health education decision making
for Torres Strait Islander girls in Australia. The
investigation was informed by the standpoint that
Indigenous communities want to participate in
education decision-making to facilitate good
outcomes for Indigenous students. A critical
ethnographic case study approach was chosen as it
allowed for power and control relations between
researchers and research participants to be
explicated, giving voice to the usually marginalised
Indigenous students. This approach is also congruent
with specific Torres Strait Islander research
protocols, informed by Ailan Kastom. Data analysis
is informed by a framework of Indigenous community
participation theory together with curriculum theory
from Bernstein. Findings indicate a strong desire by
community members to participate in decision-making
at the school. Recommendations intend to enhance
greater community participation in health education
decision-making for girls at this high school, and
more generally in other Australian Indigenous
educational settings.
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