Abstract
The Ngala Nanga Mai pARenT Group Program is an arts based community health program for young parents of Aboriginal children situated at an Aboriginal Community Health Centre in Sydney and run by the Sydney Children's Hospital. The program emerged through the community's commitment to support young families facing adverse environmental factors, cultural dislocation, isolation, intergenerational grief and loss and lower levels of access to mainstream services that often underlie poorer health and social outcomes for Aboriginal parents and children. This paper details the development and implementation of this participatory arts based program, which aims to increase social and emotional wellbeing, access to services, health literacy, empowerment strategies and educational opportunities among participants.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-27 |
| Number of pages | 27 |
| Journal | UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Journal in the Arts |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- culture
- arts
- Aboriginal Australians
- health
- empowerment
- parenting
- Australia