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If the land's sick, we're sick:* The impact of prolonged drought on the social and emotional well-being of Aboriginal communities in rural New South Wales: PROLONGED DROUGHT AND ABORIGINAL WELL-BEING

Rigby, Colin Wayne, Rosen, Alan, Berry, Helen Louise, Hart, Craig Richard·2011·Australian Journal of Rural Health
DOI 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2011.01223.x
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OBJECTIVE: To report Aboriginal communities' views of how prolonged drought in rural NSW has affected their social and emotional well-being, and of possible adaptive strategies. DESIGN: Content analysis of issues, priorities and adaptive strategies raised in semistructured community forums. SETTING: Rural centres across NSW. PARTICIPANTS: Aboriginal people, service providers and other stakeholders. Voluntary participation by invitation with consent to record discussions. RESULTS: Three themes (containing six issues) emerged: (i) impacts on culture (harm to traditional family structure, culture and place; bringing shame to culture); (ii) sociodemographic and economic impacts (skewing of the population profile; loss of livelihood and participation; aggravation of existing socioeconomic disadvantage); and (iii) loss. In addition to continuing well-being programs that were already successful, proposed adaptive strategies were: capturing the spirit of Aboriginal knowledge and traditions; knowing your land; and Aboriginal arts. CONCLUSION: Prolonged drought presented substantial and unique adversity for rural NSW Aboriginal communities, compounding existing, underlying disadvantage. Drought-induced degradation of and, sometimes, the necessity to leave traditional land drove people apart and disrupted Caring for Country activities. Some people reported despair at not being able to discharge cultural obligations. At the same time, the drought prompted increased love of and concern for land and a renewed enthusiasm for expressing connectedness to land through all forms of art. Modern Aboriginal and wider community well-being programs helped frame a response to drought alongside traditional Aboriginal dreaming and cultural approaches to emotional health and well-being.

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  1. Drought Policy Review Expert Social Panel, 2008, It's about People: Changing Perspectives on Dryness - A Report to Government by an Expert Social Panel on Dryness
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Authors
Rigby, C. W., Rosen, A., Berry, H. L., & Hart, C. R.
Affiliations
  • Charles Sturt University (AU)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • University of Canberra (AU)
  • Newcastle University (GB)
Corresponding author
Berry, Helen Louise
ORCID
Venue
Australian Journal of Rural Health
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2011-09-21
Volume
19
Issue
5
Pages
249-254
ISSN
1038-5282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1111/j.1440-1584.2011.01223.x
OpenAlex
W1874193084
Cited by
157
References
17
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FWCI
6.27
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
doi.wiley.com/10.1002/tdm_license_1.1 (tdm, 1441 d)
Locations
  • Australian Journal of Rural Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Online (University of Wollongong) (submittedVersion)
  • University of Canberra Research Portal (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
  • Social Sciences › Anthropology › Australian Indigenous Culture and History
  • Social Sciences › Education › Indigenous and Place-Based Education
Keywords
long-term drought, Aboriginal communities, social well-being, emotional well-being, rural New South Wales, traditional family structure, caring for country, Aboriginal knowledge, Aboriginal art, adaptation strategies, socioeconomic deprivation, land connection, Aboriginal Dreaming
MeSH terms
Adaptation, Psychological, Attitude to Health, Cultural Characteristics, Disasters, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Health Services, Indigenous, Health Status, Humans, Male, New South Wales, Surveys and Questionnaires, Rural Population, Social Environment, Social Support, Health Behavior, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

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