Publications
The Interplay team has spent over 13 years developing our wellbeing framework to help those working with communities better understand how the many parts of people’s lives interrelate, or we like to say 'interplay' to impact their overall wellbeing.
By harnessing the strengths and valuable perspectives of the communities we work with, we have developed a suite of indicators and measures of success that have been defined by and developed with communities.
This research has been widely published and continues to inform our ongoing impact and evaluation work with communities and partners.
If you would like to speak to us more about our research, please contact us here.
Publications
Science behind the Interplay Wellbeing Framework
Interplay Wellbeing Framework: a collaborative methodology “bringing together stories and numbers” to quantify Aboriginal cultural values in remote Australia. International Journal for Equity in Health, (2017).
Study protocol: the Interplay Wellbeing Framework and methodology to assess wellbeing in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote Australia. Ninti One Limited (2015).
Aboriginal wellbeing in a “red dirt economy.” Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (2014).
Literature review of the interplay between education, employment, health and wellbeing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote areas: working towards an Aboriginal and Ninti One Limited (2013).
Interplay as an evaluation framework
Exploring Wellbeing within Wunan”s Financial Counselling, Capability and Resilience Hub - Applying the Interplay Wellbeing Framework. Good Shepherd Microfinance (2017).
Culture and empowerment in Aboriginal education
Empowerment is the basis for improving education and employment outcomes for Aboriginal people in remote Australia The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education (2019).
Re-Imagining Indigenous Education for Health, Wellbeing and Sustainable Development in Remote Australia. Creative Education (2018).
The role of Aboriginal literacy in improving English literacy in remote Aboriginal communities: an empirical systems analysis with the Interplay Wellbeing Framework . Educational Research for Policy and Practice (2017).
The Role of Education in the Wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from Remote Communities. Australian Journal of Indigenous Issues (2016).
Caring for country and wellbeing
Australian Indigenous Land Management, Ecological Knowledge and Languages for Conservation, EcoHealth (2019).
Indigenous land management as primary health care: qualitative analysis from the Interplay research project in remote Australia BMC Health Services Research (2018).
Injury prevention through employment as a priority for wellbeing among Aboriginal people in remote Australia. Health Promotion Journal of Australia (2017).
Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Medical Journal of Australia (2017).
Speaking in Two worlds : An Integrated Conceptual Framework to Enhance Understanding across Cultures. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (2014).
Wellbeing as a holistic approach
Structural modelling of wellbeing for Indigenous Australians: importance of mental health. BMC Health Services Research (2019)
Quantification of Interplaying Relationships Between Wellbeing Priorities of Aboriginal People in Remote Australia. The International Indigenous Policy Journal (2019).
Engaging the community
Interplay Wellbeing Framework: Community Perspectives on Working Together for Effective Service Delivery in Remote Aboriginal Communities. The International Indigenous Policy Journal (2018).
Collaboration and capacity development through the employment of Aboriginal community-based researchers: examples from the Interplay project. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (2014).