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A community‐based sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers
Author(s) -
Vindigni Dein,
Parkinson Lynne,
Walker Bruce,
Rivett Darren A.,
Blunden Steve,
Perkins Janice
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
australian journal of rural health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.48
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1440-1584
pISSN - 1038-5282
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2005.00664.x
Subject(s) - massage , indigenous , rural community , intervention (counseling) , medicine , rural health , community health , medical education , rural area , physical therapy , nursing , alternative medicine , public health , sociology , socioeconomics , ecology , pathology , biology
Objective: To pilot a community‐based and owned sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers (AHWs).Design: Descriptive, pilot educational intervention study.Setting: Rural, Indigenous Australian community.Subjects: AHWs working in a rural community.Main outcome measures: Cultural and logistical acceptability of the program to AHWs.Results: The course was delivered within a culturally acceptable framework with applicability for the evaluation of sports massage skills and knowledge changes in a larger sample.Conclusion: The sports massage course demonstrated its applicability in this rural Aboriginal community and it has the potential to be adapted and adopted in other similar settings.