Why Visual Ethnography Should Be Used to Incorporate Traditional Knowledge into Health Promotion in Remote Aboriginal Communities
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| Title: | Why Visual Ethnography Should Be Used to Incorporate Traditional Knowledge into Health Promotion in Remote Aboriginal Communities |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Thompson, Adam (ORCID |
| Source: | SAGE Open. Apr 2019 9(2). |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2019 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | Indigenous Knowledge, Health Promotion, Rural Areas, Indigenous Populations, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, Cultural Differences, Hygiene |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2158244019856950 |
| ISSN: | 2158-2440 |
| Abstract: | Health promotion within Aboriginal communities has typically come from a top-down approach with government-funded health research directing the nature in which health information is disseminated. Previous literature has argued for two-way interaction that requires an equivalent bottom-up approach to integrate community beliefs and perceptions. Good hygiene has been the focus of many health promotion campaigns to reduce the presence of a wide variety of pathogens, but to date, there have been few attempts to incorporate traditional knowledge into such campaigns. This article proposes that visual ethnography, specifically community video, provides a good method for understanding community beliefs while simultaneously creating health promotion materials within the local culture. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2019 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1221288 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Health promotion within Aboriginal communities has typically come from a top-down approach with government-funded health research directing the nature in which health information is disseminated. Previous literature has argued for two-way interaction that requires an equivalent bottom-up approach to integrate community beliefs and perceptions. Good hygiene has been the focus of many health promotion campaigns to reduce the presence of a wide variety of pathogens, but to date, there have been few attempts to incorporate traditional knowledge into such campaigns. This article proposes that visual ethnography, specifically community video, provides a good method for understanding community beliefs while simultaneously creating health promotion materials within the local culture. |
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| ISSN: | 2158-2440 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/2158244019856950 |
