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{"title":"A Revolution From North to South: 30 Years of Primary Care and Health Promotion in Brazil","authors":"Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza, Carla Pacheco Teixeira, Maria Cristina Rodrigues Guilam, Deivisson Vianna Dantas dos Santos, Divanise Suruagy Correia, Thaís Silva Matos, Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70049","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Putting All Our Eggs in One Basket While Dancing Around the Elephant in the Room: How Health and Economy Conversations Need to Better Align","authors":"Gemma Crawford,&nbsp;Katherine Trebeck","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70050","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This commentary examines a critical paradox in contemporary policymaking that hinders effective action for health equity. On one hand, certain policymakers fixate on economic growth measured by GDP as the solution to societal challenges (putting all their eggs in one basket). Simultaneously, other policymakers acknowledge but ultimately avoid addressing how the economic system fundamentally drives health inequalities (dancing around the elephant in the room). This results in perpetuating a focus on downstream interventions rather than disrupting health's structural and economic determinants. While notable exceptions exist, sustained examples of upstream economic intervention remain scarce. Health promotion practitioners are positioned to challenge this paradox through their core competencies in policy influence, systems thinking, partnership building, and community mobilisation. By supporting policymakers to address power and wealth inequalities that underpin health disparities, health promotion practitioners can help move beyond approaches focused primarily on individual behaviour change. This commentary calls for creative collaborations, new language for conceptualising wellbeing economies, and broader public support to expand what is deemed politically possible in addressing economic causes of health inequalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70050","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Barriers to Creating and Implementing Child Mental Health Policies That Promote Child Mental Health Competence in Victoria, Australia: A Qualitative Study","authors":"M. Stonnill,&nbsp;S. Gray,&nbsp;S. Woolfenden,&nbsp;S. Goldfeld","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70046","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>A comprehensive child mental health policy agenda should promote mental health competence and prevent difficulties to ensure children experience the best start to life. As a key influence on child outcomes, supporting families is critical to achieving this. This study aims to understand the current child mental health policy landscape from a policy maker's perspective. It explores barriers to creating and implementing policies that support families and target child mental health competence for children aged 0 to 12 in Victoria and nationally.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Eleven policy makers from health, education, social services/human rights, and non-government organisations participated in semi-structured interviews. Interviews were de-identified and analysed using the general inductive approach outlined by Miles et al.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Policy makers described the current child mental health policy landscape as focused on addressing mental health difficulties. This prioritisation of addressing difficulties and family risk factors, along with challenges associated with measuring competence and the complex mental health system, was seen as hindering the implementation of child mental health competence policies and their ability to support families.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>While there are efforts to promote child mental health competence through policy, such as the National Children's Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy, policy makers believe there remains a strong focus on deficits. <b>So What?</b> Researchers can play a role in addressing barriers to creating mental health competence policies by providing guidance on the measurement of child mental health competence and identifying ways to stack interventions to efficiently target mental health competence and difficulties and address family risk factors.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70046","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888989","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Are We There Yet? Co-Production in Recovery Colleges","authors":"Katheryn Jones,&nbsp;Gemma Crawford,&nbsp;Jonine Jancey","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70047","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Introduction</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Recovery Colleges (RCs) are educational hubs offering a unique approach to enhance mental health and wellbeing by fostering inclusive learning opportunities. Co-production, integrating lived and learned knowledge and experience, is central to RCs. However, in Australia, there is limited understanding of how co-production is defined and implemented. This study explored the definition, interpretation, and practice of co-production in Australian RCs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Seventeen stakeholders were interviewed to examine their perspectives on co-production in RCs. Using inductive reflexive thematic analysis, we constructed four superordinate and eight subordinate themes exploring co-production's relational and contextual dynamics.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Superordinate themes were: (1) Conceptual Fluidity and Experiential Integration; (2) Enacting co-production; (3) Navigating power and relationships; (4) Resources for success.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Co-production practices in Australian RCs are highly complex and variable. Developing consistent definitions, practical guides, and consistent strategies may support a more adaptable and context-sensitive approach for individual RCs. Further research could explore how different RCs manage co-production stages, involve stakeholders over time, and identify metrics to evaluate impact.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> So What?</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Addressing contextual nuance is critical to strengthen co-production practices. Doing so could enhance the transformative potential of RCs to foster meaningful health and social outcomes and inform other programs applying co-production principles.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Increasing the Effectiveness of Rural, Regional and Remote Food Security Initiatives Through Place-Based Partnerships—A Qualitative Study","authors":"Stephanie L. Godrich,&nbsp;Melissa Stoneham,&nbsp;Isabelle Chiera,&nbsp;Jess Doe,&nbsp;Amanda Devine,&nbsp;Emily Humphreys","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70048","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70048","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Issue Addressed</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This work aimed to understand the ways in which local organisations were working in partnership to support food security action in rural, regional, and remote areas.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 101 food security initiative leaders, representing 148 food initiatives within Australia's largest state, Western Australia (WA). A thematic analysis was undertaken using NVivo that indicated a total of 378 partnering organisations worked on the food security initiatives.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Organisations partnered to address food security in their regions through coordinated action; community consultation; food/financial donations; funding and grants; on-ground programme and service delivery and physical and human resources. Initiatives need to be documented, where appropriate, in formal partnership agreements to increase the sustainability of initiatives yet allow for some adaptability to respond to the changing nature of wicked issues such as food security.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study's findings increase understanding about how rural, regional, and remote Australian organisations are collaborating to drive food security action and identify areas where partnerships could be enhanced to maximise impact on food security. Although this study was undertaken in WA, the recommendations are relevant to all rural, regional, and remote food security initiatives and include helping organisations to identify clear partnership purposes, partner roles, and actions.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> So What?</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Providing a qualitative analysis of food security partnerships offers insight into the nature, purpose, and experiential phenomena of these partnerships, to determine what, how and why organisations work together.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70048","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Socio-Ecological Enablers of Smoking and Vaping in Rural Young Adults: A Mixed-Methods Study","authors":"Morgan Spencer,&nbsp;Emily Wood,&nbsp;John Baker,&nbsp;Nerida Hyett","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70044","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;div&gt;\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Introduction&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Tobacco and vaping use among young people is a significant public health issue in Australia. Smoking rates are higher in rural areas of Australia compared to metropolitan cities. Research is needed to understand the factors that influence rural people to experiment and commence use of these products to inform evidence-based prevention and to reduce dependence and related morbidity and mortality. The study aim was to analyse the socio-ecological enablers of smoking tobacco and vaping use in young adults (18–30 years of age) in a rural Australian context with high rates of population tobacco use and to identify factors to improve prioritisation, design and implementation of place-based prevention interventions.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Methods&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The study setting was defined by three adjoining rural shires (all modified Monash 5 small rural towns) in [deidentified for peer review] Victoria, Australia. A mixed-methods approach was applied using an online quantitative descriptive survey (&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; = 51) and semi-structured qualitative interviews (&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; = 7) with young adults, and semi-structured interviews with health professionals (&lt;i&gt;n&lt;/i&gt; = 10) working in the region. Quantitative and qualitative descriptive analyses were completed to describe the influences on smoking and vaping uptake and continued use, and recommendations for prevention-focused population health intervention.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Results&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Friends were the highest influence on smoking tobacco and vaping uptake and continued use for the survey participants. The next highest known influences on smoking tobacco and vaping uptake were classmates and sporting teammates, and the interrelationships with stress and mental health were also emphasised. The interview themes are presented in the socio-ecological frames and highlight how cultural change and policy and legislation interventions might prevent uptake.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; Conclusions&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;The findings inform place-based prevention strategies for governments and community health organisations in similar rural contexts; further population survey research is needed in this area for more accurate data to inform rural population health planning.&lt;/p&gt;\u0000 &lt;/section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;section&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;h3&gt; So What?&lt;/h3&gt;\u0000 \u0000 &lt;p&gt;Rural young adults smoking and vaping was most strongly influenced by friends. Prevention is needed that focuses on peer-to-peer health promotion in schools, sports ","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70044","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143856852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating Social Media Barriers: Challenges in Public Health Messaging on Vaping","authors":"Xiao Li,&nbsp;Alberto Nettel-Aguirre,&nbsp;Robyn Gillespie,&nbsp;Lisa Gaye Smithers","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143835775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Qualitative Investigation of University Student's Perceptions of Health Behaviours and Associations With Educational Outcomes Through the Lens of the WHO Framework on Health Behaviours and Educational Outcomes","authors":"Lena Y. Babaeer,&nbsp;Michalis Stylianou,&nbsp;Mansoureh Nickbakht,&nbsp;Sjaan R. Gomersall","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Issue Addressed</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Informed by the World Health Organisation's (WHO) framework on health behaviours and educational outcomes (EO), this study examined university students' perceptions about factors influencing their health behaviours and relationships between health behaviours and EO.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Data collection involved 12 semi-structured focus groups with 37 domestic and international undergraduate students (32 females; mean age = 20.3 ± 3.43 years) studying in various academic years and programs at the main campus of The University of Queensland. Data analysis included an initial inductive thematic analysis to develop themes, followed by a deductive thematic analysis to map the identified themes onto the WHO framework.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Several themes were identified regarding students' health behaviours, including factors at the micro (knowledge and skills; personal attributes; socio-demographic characteristics; time), meso (geographic location; university; social influences), and macro (COVID-19 related policies and restrictions) levels. Two themes were identified relating to students' perceptions of the relationships between health behaviours and EO (relationships with short-term EO; elements mediating this relationship), with most relevant discussions centred around sleep.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Findings suggest that to optimise university students' health and EO, strategies should target multiple health behaviours and address multiple levels of influence. Interventions focused on time management skills and understanding sedentary behaviour may be particularly useful for this population.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> So What?</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>University students' health behaviours should be addressed with consideration of the educational context and use of contextually relevant frameworks. Promotion efforts should prioritise strategies that address multiple levels of influence, which may result in positive outcomes across multiple health behaviours and EO.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143826783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Exploring the Experiences of Australian Fathers Who Lead School ‘Dads Groups’","authors":"Thomas Nevill,&nbsp;Vincent O. Mancini","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70043","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70043","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Issue Addressed</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Past research suggests that fathers are underrepresented in traditional parenting and child health promotion programs compared to mothers. One promising method to deliver support is a peer-facilitated approach that enables fathers to connect with their peers. This model has been adopted by several community organisations in Australia. However, limited research evaluates the implementation and impact of these services.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study conducted interviews with 10 Australian fathers who lead <i>School Dads groups</i>—a peer-based model of support for Australian fathers delivered by one not-for-profit organisation. Using interpretative description methodology, we sought to understand how these leaders approached implementing <i>School Dads Groups</i>, and their perception of how participation in these groups impacts their members.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Key findings of the thematic analysis revealed that leaders felt the key goal and benefit of participating in a <i>School Dads Group</i> is to build closer relationships between fathers and their children. While participants were committed to facilitating peer support, they also recognised potential barriers that prevent translating this into practice, including difficulties maintaining attendance.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusions</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study's findings uncover the main motivations for peer facilitators, crucial for the expansion and success of father-focused community-based programs.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> So What?</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The findings suggest that school-based, peer support programmes for fathers could be an effective medium for delivering health promotion, with the potential to positively influence fathers and children's well-being.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70043","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Jarjums Connections: Connecting Aboriginal Culture With Yoga in Early Childhood Education and Care Services—A Partnership Story","authors":"Amy Bonnefin,&nbsp;Nadia Levett,&nbsp;Ricky Lyons,&nbsp;Alexis Joseph,&nbsp;Sharmain Smith,&nbsp;Angela Balafas,&nbsp;Helen Dirkis,&nbsp;Lisa Simone,&nbsp;Li Ming Wen","doi":"10.1002/hpja.70042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.70042","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Issue Addressed</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>There remains a wide health disparity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Effective health promotion programs and partnerships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal services are vital to improving Aboriginal health outcomes, closing the gap of inequality and working towards reconciliation.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Discussion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Jarjums Connections program promotes Aboriginal culture through storytelling, yoga-inspired movements and mindfulness, in Early Childhood Education and Care Services (ECECS). The program was developed in collaboration between the Aboriginal Health Unit and the Health Promotion Unit in Sydney Local Health District (SLHD) and is based on Aboriginal significant animals of SLHD. The principles of yoga and its philosophies merging with Aboriginal culture have been complementary, and this synergy was harnessed to develop the program. The program has had positive feedback to date and shows promise.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The accomplishments and lessons learned so far from the program can inform future practice and scale-up of the program. As it moves towards a digital platform, it has the potential to be adapted and tailored to suit other Aboriginal Nations, LHDs and ECECS across the state and beyond.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> So What?</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Rolling the program out digitally would be a low-cost and equitable way to embed Aboriginal cultural learning into mainstream education and potentially positively affect the physical, mental and emotional well-being of children more broadly.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47379,"journal":{"name":"Health Promotion Journal of Australia","volume":"36 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/hpja.70042","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143818453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}