20 October 2015 Cairney S, Abbott T, Wilson B, Quinn S. Social and Culture Indicators from the Interplay Wellbeing Framework for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote Australia. The Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economies Conference, Thriving Through Transformation – Local to Global Sustainability. Armidale, NSW, October 2015

1. Sheree Cairney
Tammy Abbott
Byron Wilson
Steve Quinn
Social and Cultural Indicators from the Interplay Wellbeing Framework
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote Australia

2. Interplay project – The way we work
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Abbott T and Cairney S. 2014. Collaboration and Capacity Development
through the employment of Aboriginal Community-based Researchers:
Examples from the Interplay Project. Journal of Australian Indigenous Studies.

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Interplay Project
Wellbeing = feeling good
Interplay = connections
Project Aims
• Interplay
• Objective measures
• Inform policy
Review
• Literature
• Community Engagement
Interplay Framework
• Links science, community & policy
systems
• Quantitative & qualitative
• Tool for planning, evaluation &
communication
Study Design
• Prospective cohort
• 4 communities
• 2 timepoints/waves
• 900 surveys, 20 focus groups
• Nguyen & Cairney (2013) Literature review – working towards a wellbeing framework. CRC-REP
• Cairney & Abbott (2014) Aboriginal Wellbeing in a ‘Red Dirt Economy’. Journal of Australian
Indigenous Studies.

4. Get a picture for different communities
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5. Interplay Wellbeing Framework – Education
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Each domain
has sub-
domains

6. Interplay Wellbeing Framework – Culture
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Each domain
has sub-
domains

7. Interplay Wellbeing Framework - Culture
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And a further
level of data

8. Interplay Wellbeing Framework - subdomains
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9. Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts
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10. Interplay Wellbeing Framework – strongest impacts
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Can be used to
understand the relative
influence of different
contributors

11. Interplay Wellbeing Framework - interrelationships
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Can also be used to
understand
interrelationships
(interplay)

12. Role of culture on Education Outcomes
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13. Role of culture on Education Outcomes
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14. Aboriginal literacy – the key role of bilingual education
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15. Interplay Wellbeing Framework
• Dynamic, holistic and multipurpose
• Roadmap to inform, drive and monitor change
• Provides a tool for knowledge building, evaluation decision making,
planning and communication
• Provides objective measures
• Strong foundation in both science and community development
• Model can be applied for other applications/fields
• Can be tailored to address numerous policy goals
• Empowers community to have ownership and control in research
process
• Give community values and priorities a ‘voice’ to Government
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For further information, please contact:
Project Leader contact: sheree.cairney@flinders.edu.au
Project Website: www.crc-rep.com/interplay
Thank you