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Pat Dudgeon
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Patricia Dudgeon
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Journal article
Aboriginal deaths in custody in Western Australian prisons
This article provides an overview of the nature and adequacy of culturally appropriate health services within Western Australian prisons based on coroner findings on Aboriginal deaths in custody between 2019 to 2023. The findings reported substandard quality of supervision, care and treatment. The article calls for implementation of recommendations from Australian government inquiries.
Report
An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander systems approach to suicide prevention
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience disproportionally high rates of suicide and other health inequities. This report outlines the requirements of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander systems approach to suicide prevention and proposes a framework and implementation guidelines for such an approach.
Report
Preventing suicides of First Nations people
This paper explores the existing literature, data and lived experience relating to suicide prevention for First Nations people. It brings together community knowledge, research and policy to highlight what is already known about protective factors, particularly the roles of culture, connection, self-determination and healing. The paper concludes by arguing that First Nations suicide prevention requires...
Report
Social and emotional wellbeing: a review
The paper introduces the social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) model and provides an overview of its key features, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander selfhood, SEWB domains, determinants of health, and expressions and experiences of SEWB. It presents the challenges in effective implementation and provides recommended best practice approaches.
Guide
Supporting young Aboriginal people who self-harm: a guide for families and communities
This guide aims to help families and communities in Western Australia understand what they can to do to support a young Aboriginal person who is self-harming.