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Creating cultural empathy and challenging attitudes through Indigenous narratives

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Please be aware that this digital resource may contain references to Aboriginal people who may have passed away.
Where people are deceased the story providers have given their permission for their story to be told.

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This project was led by ECU and brought together non-health-service sectors, educators and health professionals to collaborate as a reflective, multidisciplinary team, with shared visions and goals. The collaborators included Combined Universities Centre for Rural Health; The University of Notre Dame, Australia; Curtin University and Health Consumers’ Council, WA.

Indigenous narratives

Forty-one (41) narratives available as videos and/or transcripts, comprising stories collected from Aboriginal Australians in Western Australia about their experiences with health services.

Scenarios

Four scenarios - on the key themes of communication, passing on, drunken stereotypes and the Stolen Generation.

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One of project aims was to positively influence the health and wellbeing of Australian Aboriginal people by improving the education of health professionals. Find out more...

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