Moving Forward Together in Aboriginal Women's Health: - Theses ...

Moving Forward TogetherJanet Kellywatched and listened and at the end of the conference they told a Team SAmember from the Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia (that they hada long term relationship with), to tell me that I could use Ganma to guide myresearch. This ‘cultural approval to use Ganma was very important to me, mysupervisors, mentors and fellow Team SA members. We had walked our talk,and enacted Ganma in a way approved by Yolngu women themselves.A follow up workshop a year laterIn 2008, ALARA, Team SA and Tauondi College renewed our partnership toplan a one day collaborative workshop, funded by the budget surplus as agreed.A one-day follow up workshop titled Moving Forward Together: the JourneyContinues was planned by Team SA members. Following recommendationsfrom past participants, we planned a more interactive workshop, with emphasison using research in practice, including discussion about how to begin andutilise PAR in the workplace. The workshop was timed to coincide with a visitby Ernie Stringer and Canadian researcher Josée Lavoie, enabling widerknowledge sharing to occur.Thirty people attended, including eight community services students fromTauondi College. Presentations and discussions were provided by veryexperienced researchers and those who had just completed their researchstudies with the Aboriginal Health Council of SA. Approximately one third ofthe participants were Aboriginal and two thirds non-Aboriginal. People camefrom a wide range of disciplines and sectors (family services, mental health,law, childcare, primary health care, education, academia, and environment).All agreed that the workshop was very useful and plans are in place for followup workshops every six months in conjunction with Tauondi communityservices students.The significance of our collaborative researchCo-researcher reflections – Team SAFollowing the conference I invited Team SA members to reflect on theirexperiences of being part of Team SA, working collaboratively to plan,313