Đo lường cảm xúc và sự an lành xã hội trong các cộng đồng người Úc Nguyên thủy và người Torres Strait: phân tích Thang đo Sự kiện cuộc sống tiêu cực

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 6 - Trang 1-12 - 2007
Emma Kowal1,2, Wendy Gunthorpe1, Ross S Bailie1
1Menzies School of Health Research, Institute of Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
2School of Social and Environmental Enquiry, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Tóm tắt

Người Úc Nguyên thủy và người Torres Strait phải đối mặt với nhiều bất lợi về kinh tế xã hội và bất bình đẳng về sức khỏe. Để làm cho nghiên cứu về sức khỏe của người bản địa phù hợp hơn về mặt văn hóa, họ đã yêu cầu có nhiều sự chú ý hơn đến khái niệm an lành cảm xúc và xã hội (ESWB). Mặc dù đã được công nhận rộng rãi rằng ESWB có tầm quan trọng quyết định đối với sức khỏe của người Úc Nguyên thủy và người Torres Strait, nhưng vẫn còn ít sự đồng thuận về cách đo lường trong các quần thể bản địa, điều này cản trở nỗ lực hiểu và cải thiện các yếu tố tâm lý xã hội ảnh hưởng đến sức khỏe. Bài báo này khám phá bối cảnh chính sách và chính trị liên quan tới tình hình này, đồng thời đề xuất những cách để tiến lên phía trước. Phần thứ hai của bài báo khám phá cách thức các thang đo có thể được đánh giá trong bối cảnh nghiên cứu sức khỏe, bao gồm các đánh giá về sự chấp thuận, phân biệt, độ tin cậy nội tại và bên ngoài. Chúng tôi sau đó đánh giá việc sử dụng một thang đo sự kiện cuộc sống căng thẳng, Thang đo Sự kiện Cuộc sống Tiêu cực (NLES), trong hai mẫu người Úc Nguyên thủy sống ở các cộng đồng hẻo lánh tại Lãnh thổ Bắc Úc. Chúng tôi lập luận rằng Thang đo Sự kiện Cuộc sống Tiêu cực là một công cụ đánh giá đầy hứa hẹn về sự an lành tâm lý xã hội trong các quần thể người Úc Nguyên thủy và Torres Strait. Việc đánh giá thang đo và hiệu suất của nó trong các mẫu người Úc Nguyên thủy và Torres Strait khác là điều cần thiết nếu chúng ta hy vọng phát triển các thang đo tốt hơn, chứ không chỉ nhiều hơn, cho việc đo lường ESWB trong số người bản địa Úc. Chỉ khi đó chúng ta mới có thể thiết lập các phương pháp đo lường ESWB chuẩn hóa và phát triển một cơ sở tài liệu so sánh có thể hướng dẫn cả việc hiểu rõ hơn về ESWB và đánh giá các can thiệp nhằm cải thiện sức khỏe tâm lý xã hội của các cộng đồng bản địa và giảm bất bình đẳng về sức khỏe.

Từ khóa

#sức khỏe #người bản địa Úc #an lành cảm xúc và xã hội #đánh giá #Thang đo Sự kiện Cuộc sống Tiêu cực #bất bình đẳng về sức khỏe

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