Wungening’s Free Webinar’s are Back!
Are you interested in a free seminar hosted by Wungening?
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation’s Dabakarn Kadadjiny (slow steady learning) Research-to-Practice Seminar Series is a free online series of presentations from either Wungening or its research partners. The series is open to all people working in or with the community sector.
This session will be about how concussions (mTBI) can have short- and long-term impacts on individuals, families, and communities, with high incidence in Aboriginal populations. This presentation explores Aboriginal peoples’ experiences through interviews with affected individuals, families, and service providers in WA. Key themes include the importance of connection to Country and Elders, understanding of concussion, and negative healthcare experiences involving racism. Participants highlighted the need for better screening, especially in domestic violence contexts, and culturally responsive care and education initiatives.
Presenters:
Professor Beth Armstrong is Director of Rural Health South West at ECU in Bunbury, WA. She leads a national multidisciplinary team of Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and non-Aboriginal researchers focused on improving service delivery and quality of life for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people after traumatic brain injury and stroke.
Kerri Colegate is a Noongar woman, mother, and grandmother. She is Research Project Coordinator of the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Sub-study of the AUS-mTBI project based at ECU, and creator of both the Yarning Group for Aboriginal people of all ages with disabilities and the Brain Injury Yarning Circles project.
Associate Professor Jocelyn Jones, a Vice-Chancellor Professoriate Research Fellow at ECU, is a Nyoongar woman, with extensive experience working in health and justice. She had served in both ACCO Health services and in senior management positions in the Department of Health in WA.
About Dabakarn Kadadjiny:
Wungening Aboriginal Corporation’s Dabakarn Kadadjiny (slow steady learning) Research-to-Practice Seminar Series is a free online series of presentations from either Wungening or its research partners. The series is open to all people working in or with the community sector.
We hope you can join us.
Time and date 11am-12pm (AWST), Friday 1 May
Register to join via: bit.ly/ArmCole