PSYCOLOGICAL RESILIENCE and THE INDIGENOUS HEALTH WORKER

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTACKNOWLEDGEMENT

• I acknowledge the Kaipa Kulai Maril and the Tribes and Clans of the people from whose lands and seaways I am practicing.

• I also acknowledge the peoples of Zenadth Kes for whom I am portioned responsibility and obligation in Social Emotional and Spiritual Health, Wellbeing, and Healing.

• I accept the life I have been blessed with by my Babal, Amal, and B’wai in the Torres Strait and Northern Cape York Peninsula.

Marsat Ketchell: WAKAID – ZAGAREB – WUTHATHIKODAL & SERARR

KUBIN

BADU

MABUIAG

ST PAULS

KIRRIRI

NARUPAIWAIBENE

BOIGUDAUAN

SAIBAI

WARRABER

PORUMA

MASIG

IAMA

UGAR

ERUB

MER

SEISIA

NEW MAPOON

BAMAGA

INJINOO

UMAGICO

BUZISIGABADURU

MABUDUAN

MASINGARA

MJK

MURALAG

HUMAN BEHAVIOURHUMAN BEHAVIOUR• According to moral values, human behaviour may

depend upon the common, usual, unusual, acceptable or unacceptable behaviour of others…or environmentally sponsored and/or influenced.

• Human Behaviour can be common, unusual, acceptable, or unacceptable.

• Humans evaluate to control the acceptability of behaviour using “social norms” and regulate behaviour by means of social control.

• In sociology, behaviour is considered as having no meaning, being not directed at other people and thus is the most basic human action.

BEHAVIOUR CHANGEBEHAVIOUR CHANGE

• Behaviour Change can refer to any transformation or modification of human behaviour.

• Behaviour change in Public Health is a broad range of activities and approaches which focus on the individual, community, and environmental influences for our behaviour.

The Indigenous Health Worker… The Indigenous Health Worker… Remote and Isolated CommunitiesRemote and Isolated Communities

• Born and bred local to a region,• Raised to be Culturally and Traditionally learned and easily

orientated to another Tribal land,• Life Skilled…including age, in all positives and negatives of

daily living,• Multi-skilled in the Community Workforce arena,• Multi-Lingual…• Experts in Intra-Community/State communications,• Have common denominators in Health of Community and a

Passion for Culture and Tradition.Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are the oldest ongoing workforce in Australia.Most in the workforce are co-morbid with chronic diseases but continue to choose work over retirement.This makes them “special people” in their society and virtually unknown to the outside world.

WHAT MAKES THEM SPECIALWHAT MAKES THEM SPECIAL

Unknown to them, they are Specialists to be able Unknown to them, they are Specialists to be able

to tailor and perfect the Art of Persuasion and to tailor and perfect the Art of Persuasion and

Convincing with...Convincing with...

KnowledgeKnowledge – Communications and Environment– Communications and EnvironmentRapport Rapport – Established or Not– Established or NotTrustTrust – Earned…even if Counter-Transference is required– Earned…even if Counter-Transference is requiredPrepared Prepared – Topics, Data, and Resources– Topics, Data, and ResourcesDefendingDefending – Divide and Conquer parochialisms– Divide and Conquer parochialisms

And their Personality Styles…And their Personality Styles…

PERSONALITY STYLESPERSONALITY STYLESSerious Personality StyleSerious Personality StyleGreat Capacity to Cope with Great AdversityGreat Capacity to Cope with Great Adversity

Solitary Personality StyleSolitary Personality StyleComfort with Solitude…Self Contained…Stoical. Comfort with Solitude…Self Contained…Stoical. Endure beyond human norms in being non-biased in family members beingEndure beyond human norms in being non-biased in family members being

clients. That is emotional suffering at the highest level.clients. That is emotional suffering at the highest level.

Sensitive Personality StyleSensitive Personality StyleComfort with a small Circle of Friends…with Little Need forComfort with a small Circle of Friends…with Little Need forCompanyCompany

Conscientious Personality styleConscientious Personality style A capacity for hard work and perseveranceA capacity for hard work and perseverance

Vigilant Personality StyleVigilant Personality StyleAutonomy, capacity to make decisionsAutonomy, capacity to make decisions

““WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CRACKS APPEAR IN THE MASK?”WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CRACKS APPEAR IN THE MASK?”

EARTH WIND and FIREEARTH WIND and FIRE

• EARTHEARTH

Identity.Identity. Explore roles, responsibilities, and Explore roles, responsibilities, and

obligationsobligations• WINDWIND

Change. Change. Discuss Identity changes inDiscuss Identity changes in

accordance to/with accordance to/with EARTHEARTH• FIREFIRE

Balance. Balance. Discuss the concept of Discuss the concept of FIREFIRE to to

counter counter EARTHEARTH and and WINDWIND