Deficit discourse and strengths-based approaches: Changing the narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing
Learn how shifting from deficit to strengths-based narratives can improve health outcomes and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.
Summary
About the resource
The report outlines how deficit discourses can create barriers to improving health outcomes for First Nations People. In this context, strengths-based approaches are argued to overcome the limits and harms of deficit-based models and provide alternative ways to understand and respond to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health issues.
The report also draws on a number of strengths-based Indigenous health program case studies which provide examples of how strengths-based approaches can change the narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing.
Authors
William Fogarty, Melissa Lovell, Juleigh Langenberg and Mary-Jane Heron.
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