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Papers by Daphne Nash
University of Queensland, Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation, Feb 1, 2020
Global Discourse, 2022
Sufficient, well-maintained housing infrastructure can support healthy living practices for hygie... more Sufficient, well-maintained housing infrastructure can support healthy living practices for hygiene, safety and nutrition. This article focuses on the relationship between housing and health through a case study in the remote Barkly region in the Northern Territory, Australia. A research partnership between Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation and academic researchers employed a mixed methodological approach, involving interviews with residents, clinical and outreach staff, and clinical database analysis. The results revealed much higher levels of crowding in remote communities and in Tennant Creek than officially recorded, with up to 22 residents in surveyed households. Interviews with clinicians and public health staff highlighted the impact of crowding on infection transmission, poor sleep and reduced personal safety, and damage to health hardware. The database analysis detailed the types of preventable, hygiene-related infectious diseases that dominated, with over half of th...
Indigenous homelessness is over-represented in regional and remote Australia and under-resourced ... more Indigenous homelessness is over-represented in regional and remote Australia and under-resourced support services are challenged by the number of people with complex problems leading to homelessness and also the lack of housing. In this context, the Jimaylya Topsy Harry Centre in Mt Isa in North-western Queensland and the Tennant Creek Women’s Refuge in the Barkly region of the Northern Territory stand out as examples of services which despite pressure of demand, offer critical support for Indigenous people in crisis and at risk of homelessness. Drawing on preliminary ethnographic investigations, we profile good practice with respect to Indigenous homelessness services in the two support centres. Each centre acts as a lens to view the homelessness forces operating in the whole town where good practice is interpreted locally in terms of core principles: harm minimisation, accommodation and building social capital and Indigenous staff and management. By identifying aspects of social n...
Indigenous homelessness in Australia is a multi-dimensional social issue recognizable from the sh... more Indigenous homelessness in Australia is a multi-dimensional social issue recognizable from the shared histories between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous settlers, and from statistical overrepresentation in the national homeless population. There are also unrecognized cultural aspects of the issue. The dispossession of Indigenous people of their land and culture and their survival history have been significant contributors to Indigenous homelessness and mark it as qualitatively different from the experience of homelessness in non-Indigenous lifeworlds. The following chapters explore different dimensions of Indigenous homelessness in Australia.
In the last 20 years the politics of tradition in the Aboriginal Australian debate has been takin... more In the last 20 years the politics of tradition in the Aboriginal Australian debate has been taking an ontological turn as many Indigenous organizations have increasingly adopted practice models based on protocols for cultural ‘safety’ that recognize the importance of traditional cultural values. Strong and everlasting connections between people and land are the core of Aboriginal values despite the dominance of mid 20th century policies that resulted in the removal of people from their land. The path to stronger cultural values necessitates a landscape-based epistemology built on a profound understanding of cultural landscapes in order to reflect traditional practices and customary beliefs. Cultural revival of this kind is not easily possible for many groups after their history of imposed cultural change but nevertheless particular groups strive for it. Since 2000, successive Australian Governments have pursued neo-liberal policies and imposed mainstreaming and citizen conditionalit...
Solanum chippendalei in New Bore hom e-garden 'Nursery' of Ricinus sp. seedlings in New Bore hom ... more Solanum chippendalei in New Bore hom e-garden 'Nursery' of Ricinus sp. seedlings in New Bore hom e-garden 'Lilies' (Canna sp.
AHURI Research and Policy Bulletin, 2016
Tenants, government and Indigenous/intermediary organisations assume a diversity of responsibilit... more Tenants, government and Indigenous/intermediary organisations assume a diversity of responsibilities and are often seeking different tenancy outcomes. Despite differences however, there is evidence of a recognition space occurring. Culturally-based values and practices significantly affect the ability of Indigenous tenants to comply with social housing tenancy conditions (the rules) and to achieve and maintain tenancies. Some housing officers are more flexible in frontline practice to support tenants more fully. State Housing Authorities (SHAs) are administering new policies that require greater responsibility from the tenants. Comprehensive and rigid policy application across a diverse range of contexts can be counter-productive, preventing the development of a productive recognition space. This research supports the need for more devolution to intermediary organisations and frontline workers, in order to develop local implementation plans and mutually agreed measures.
Indigenous law bulletin, 2017
For more than a decade, Australia has followed other Western democratic states towards heightened... more For more than a decade, Australia has followed other Western democratic states towards heightened conditionality in the provision of welfare payments and other benefits to its most disadvantaged and vulnerable citizens. This agenda is based on the view that individual recipients need to take greater responsibility for their circumstances and that they are not entitled to state resources without adherence to certain rules that usually require significant changes in their behaviour. Increased conditionality for social housing and other welfare payments has raised questions about whether, in fact, this policy framework amounts to an erosion of people's rights. It can be argued that Indigenous people's rights were already compromised by the forces of colonialism, structural inequality and associated difficulties faced by them as one of the neediest sections of the community.
Indigenous housing occupies a complex policy environment in which policies and programs are in in... more Indigenous housing occupies a complex policy environment in which policies and programs are in intermittent states of flux. As a result, the existing frameworks struggle to deliver sustainable outcomes. This study considers how conditionality in housing policy and management contributes to housing outcomes, and what modes of conditionality are most effective and in what contexts for Indigenous clients. It considers the most effective co-related household and governance arrangements to enable forms of reciprocity to occur. A key hypothesis tested is the critical necessity for a 'recognition space' involving mutual recognition of the moral relationships of duty and care between SHAs, intermediary organisations and tenants (see Figure 1 for a diagrammatic representation of the recognition space). Completed over three years (2012-15), this project began with a literature review of housing policy in different jurisdictions spanning several decades to the present (Habibis et al. 2...
craft + design enquiry, 2012
in 2009. Her thesis is entitled 'Transforming knowledge: Indigenous Knowledge and culture workers... more in 2009. Her thesis is entitled 'Transforming knowledge: Indigenous Knowledge and culture workers on the south coast of NSW'. Daphne has also worked as a teacher and more recently as a research consultant on educational resources relating to Indigenous cultural heritage.
AHURI Limited is an independent, non-political body which has supported this project as part of i... more AHURI Limited is an independent, non-political body which has supported this project as part of its program of research into housing and urban development, which it hopes will be of value to policy-makers, researchers, industry and communities. The opinions in this publication reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of AHURI Limited, its Board or its funding organisations. No responsibility is accepted by AHURI Limited or its Board or its funders for the accuracy or omission of any statement, opinion, advice or information in this publication. AHURI FINAL REPORT SERIES AHURI Final Reports is a refereed series presenting the results of original research to a diverse readership of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. PEER REVIEW STATEMENT An objective assessment of all reports published in the AHURI Final Report Series by carefully selected experts in the field ensures that material of the highest quality is published. The AHURI Final Report Series employs a double-blind peer review of the full Final Report where anonymity is strictly observed between authors and referees. iii CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .
In many parts of Australia, Indigenous people who are dwelling in public places and suffering fro... more In many parts of Australia, Indigenous people who are dwelling in public places and suffering from alcohol and/or other substance abuse are often in crisis. Responding to this need, the Jimaylya Topsy Harry Centre (JTHC) has been providing appropriate, caring and non-judgemental case management services in the regional city of Mt Isa in north-western Queensland since 2003. With a distinctive cultural approach to case management, including a managed drinking program as well as the integration of services, this Centre is a safe place which stands out in the field of responses to homelessness.
Environment and Behavior
The theory of supportive design influences healthcare facility design but is under-researched for... more The theory of supportive design influences healthcare facility design but is under-researched for different cultural groups. This mixed-methods study compared two Indigenous sample populations in Australia to examine the effect of the physical environment in public hospitals and clinics on Indigenous people’s perceptions and experiences of waiting for care. Quantitative survey data ( n = 602) measured perceptions of relevant design attributes using paired images in a screen-based survey. Semi-structured interviews ( n = 55) identified concerns about the physical healthcare environment including waiting rooms. Ceiling heights, seating arrangements and views to the outside were significant showing commonalities between perceptions of the two populations. The interviews revealed that cultural and social constructs, including privacy, fear, shame, and racism, were significant and that people’s perceptions were influenced by colonization and independent of location. Our study highlights ...
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Aim: This mixed-method study aimed to establish preliminary evidence for spatial and design featu... more Aim: This mixed-method study aimed to establish preliminary evidence for spatial and design features that can improve the experience and participation of Indigenous inpatients in healthcare. Background: Disadvantaged across a range of health measures, a disproportionately high number of Indigenous people leave hospital without receiving appropriate medical care. Australian government policies to improve cultural safety of Indigenous patients have largely ignored physical settings and their potential to improve health outcomes. Despite increasing evidence on the potential of design to reduce patient stress, there is minimal research on cross-cultural design in health facilities, including for Indigenous Australians. Methods: A cross-sectional, area-based survey elicited design preferences of four healthcare settings from Indigenous participants ( n = 602). On the screen-based survey, participants selected from paired images that indicated their preferences for room layout and feature...
Australian Health Review
Objective The aim of this study was to develop an effective digital survey instrument incorporati... more Objective The aim of this study was to develop an effective digital survey instrument incorporating images to investigate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander preferences for health clinics and hospitals, design of healthcare settings and the differences between inner regional and remote locations. Methods Design-related constructs developed from qualitative interviews informed the construction of healthcare setting images. These images were embedded in an online survey instrument to elicit data on design preferences and an area-based recruitment strategy ensured participation by Indigenous Australians from three Queensland locations. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the odds of preference for a healthcare setting design by location. Results Statistical analysis of data from 602 participants showed a preference for health care at an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clinic. The odds of preference for an in-patient room with a two- versus single-bed design was ...
Landscape and Urban Planning
Energy Research & Social Science
University of Queensland, Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation, Feb 1, 2020
Global Discourse, 2022
Sufficient, well-maintained housing infrastructure can support healthy living practices for hygie... more Sufficient, well-maintained housing infrastructure can support healthy living practices for hygiene, safety and nutrition. This article focuses on the relationship between housing and health through a case study in the remote Barkly region in the Northern Territory, Australia. A research partnership between Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation and academic researchers employed a mixed methodological approach, involving interviews with residents, clinical and outreach staff, and clinical database analysis. The results revealed much higher levels of crowding in remote communities and in Tennant Creek than officially recorded, with up to 22 residents in surveyed households. Interviews with clinicians and public health staff highlighted the impact of crowding on infection transmission, poor sleep and reduced personal safety, and damage to health hardware. The database analysis detailed the types of preventable, hygiene-related infectious diseases that dominated, with over half of th...
Indigenous homelessness is over-represented in regional and remote Australia and under-resourced ... more Indigenous homelessness is over-represented in regional and remote Australia and under-resourced support services are challenged by the number of people with complex problems leading to homelessness and also the lack of housing. In this context, the Jimaylya Topsy Harry Centre in Mt Isa in North-western Queensland and the Tennant Creek Women’s Refuge in the Barkly region of the Northern Territory stand out as examples of services which despite pressure of demand, offer critical support for Indigenous people in crisis and at risk of homelessness. Drawing on preliminary ethnographic investigations, we profile good practice with respect to Indigenous homelessness services in the two support centres. Each centre acts as a lens to view the homelessness forces operating in the whole town where good practice is interpreted locally in terms of core principles: harm minimisation, accommodation and building social capital and Indigenous staff and management. By identifying aspects of social n...
Indigenous homelessness in Australia is a multi-dimensional social issue recognizable from the sh... more Indigenous homelessness in Australia is a multi-dimensional social issue recognizable from the shared histories between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous settlers, and from statistical overrepresentation in the national homeless population. There are also unrecognized cultural aspects of the issue. The dispossession of Indigenous people of their land and culture and their survival history have been significant contributors to Indigenous homelessness and mark it as qualitatively different from the experience of homelessness in non-Indigenous lifeworlds. The following chapters explore different dimensions of Indigenous homelessness in Australia.
In the last 20 years the politics of tradition in the Aboriginal Australian debate has been takin... more In the last 20 years the politics of tradition in the Aboriginal Australian debate has been taking an ontological turn as many Indigenous organizations have increasingly adopted practice models based on protocols for cultural ‘safety’ that recognize the importance of traditional cultural values. Strong and everlasting connections between people and land are the core of Aboriginal values despite the dominance of mid 20th century policies that resulted in the removal of people from their land. The path to stronger cultural values necessitates a landscape-based epistemology built on a profound understanding of cultural landscapes in order to reflect traditional practices and customary beliefs. Cultural revival of this kind is not easily possible for many groups after their history of imposed cultural change but nevertheless particular groups strive for it. Since 2000, successive Australian Governments have pursued neo-liberal policies and imposed mainstreaming and citizen conditionalit...
Solanum chippendalei in New Bore hom e-garden 'Nursery' of Ricinus sp. seedlings in New Bore hom ... more Solanum chippendalei in New Bore hom e-garden 'Nursery' of Ricinus sp. seedlings in New Bore hom e-garden 'Lilies' (Canna sp.
AHURI Research and Policy Bulletin, 2016
Tenants, government and Indigenous/intermediary organisations assume a diversity of responsibilit... more Tenants, government and Indigenous/intermediary organisations assume a diversity of responsibilities and are often seeking different tenancy outcomes. Despite differences however, there is evidence of a recognition space occurring. Culturally-based values and practices significantly affect the ability of Indigenous tenants to comply with social housing tenancy conditions (the rules) and to achieve and maintain tenancies. Some housing officers are more flexible in frontline practice to support tenants more fully. State Housing Authorities (SHAs) are administering new policies that require greater responsibility from the tenants. Comprehensive and rigid policy application across a diverse range of contexts can be counter-productive, preventing the development of a productive recognition space. This research supports the need for more devolution to intermediary organisations and frontline workers, in order to develop local implementation plans and mutually agreed measures.
Indigenous law bulletin, 2017
For more than a decade, Australia has followed other Western democratic states towards heightened... more For more than a decade, Australia has followed other Western democratic states towards heightened conditionality in the provision of welfare payments and other benefits to its most disadvantaged and vulnerable citizens. This agenda is based on the view that individual recipients need to take greater responsibility for their circumstances and that they are not entitled to state resources without adherence to certain rules that usually require significant changes in their behaviour. Increased conditionality for social housing and other welfare payments has raised questions about whether, in fact, this policy framework amounts to an erosion of people's rights. It can be argued that Indigenous people's rights were already compromised by the forces of colonialism, structural inequality and associated difficulties faced by them as one of the neediest sections of the community.
Indigenous housing occupies a complex policy environment in which policies and programs are in in... more Indigenous housing occupies a complex policy environment in which policies and programs are in intermittent states of flux. As a result, the existing frameworks struggle to deliver sustainable outcomes. This study considers how conditionality in housing policy and management contributes to housing outcomes, and what modes of conditionality are most effective and in what contexts for Indigenous clients. It considers the most effective co-related household and governance arrangements to enable forms of reciprocity to occur. A key hypothesis tested is the critical necessity for a 'recognition space' involving mutual recognition of the moral relationships of duty and care between SHAs, intermediary organisations and tenants (see Figure 1 for a diagrammatic representation of the recognition space). Completed over three years (2012-15), this project began with a literature review of housing policy in different jurisdictions spanning several decades to the present (Habibis et al. 2...
craft + design enquiry, 2012
in 2009. Her thesis is entitled 'Transforming knowledge: Indigenous Knowledge and culture workers... more in 2009. Her thesis is entitled 'Transforming knowledge: Indigenous Knowledge and culture workers on the south coast of NSW'. Daphne has also worked as a teacher and more recently as a research consultant on educational resources relating to Indigenous cultural heritage.
AHURI Limited is an independent, non-political body which has supported this project as part of i... more AHURI Limited is an independent, non-political body which has supported this project as part of its program of research into housing and urban development, which it hopes will be of value to policy-makers, researchers, industry and communities. The opinions in this publication reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of AHURI Limited, its Board or its funding organisations. No responsibility is accepted by AHURI Limited or its Board or its funders for the accuracy or omission of any statement, opinion, advice or information in this publication. AHURI FINAL REPORT SERIES AHURI Final Reports is a refereed series presenting the results of original research to a diverse readership of policy-makers, researchers and practitioners. PEER REVIEW STATEMENT An objective assessment of all reports published in the AHURI Final Report Series by carefully selected experts in the field ensures that material of the highest quality is published. The AHURI Final Report Series employs a double-blind peer review of the full Final Report where anonymity is strictly observed between authors and referees. iii CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .
In many parts of Australia, Indigenous people who are dwelling in public places and suffering fro... more In many parts of Australia, Indigenous people who are dwelling in public places and suffering from alcohol and/or other substance abuse are often in crisis. Responding to this need, the Jimaylya Topsy Harry Centre (JTHC) has been providing appropriate, caring and non-judgemental case management services in the regional city of Mt Isa in north-western Queensland since 2003. With a distinctive cultural approach to case management, including a managed drinking program as well as the integration of services, this Centre is a safe place which stands out in the field of responses to homelessness.
Environment and Behavior
The theory of supportive design influences healthcare facility design but is under-researched for... more The theory of supportive design influences healthcare facility design but is under-researched for different cultural groups. This mixed-methods study compared two Indigenous sample populations in Australia to examine the effect of the physical environment in public hospitals and clinics on Indigenous people’s perceptions and experiences of waiting for care. Quantitative survey data ( n = 602) measured perceptions of relevant design attributes using paired images in a screen-based survey. Semi-structured interviews ( n = 55) identified concerns about the physical healthcare environment including waiting rooms. Ceiling heights, seating arrangements and views to the outside were significant showing commonalities between perceptions of the two populations. The interviews revealed that cultural and social constructs, including privacy, fear, shame, and racism, were significant and that people’s perceptions were influenced by colonization and independent of location. Our study highlights ...
HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal
Aim: This mixed-method study aimed to establish preliminary evidence for spatial and design featu... more Aim: This mixed-method study aimed to establish preliminary evidence for spatial and design features that can improve the experience and participation of Indigenous inpatients in healthcare. Background: Disadvantaged across a range of health measures, a disproportionately high number of Indigenous people leave hospital without receiving appropriate medical care. Australian government policies to improve cultural safety of Indigenous patients have largely ignored physical settings and their potential to improve health outcomes. Despite increasing evidence on the potential of design to reduce patient stress, there is minimal research on cross-cultural design in health facilities, including for Indigenous Australians. Methods: A cross-sectional, area-based survey elicited design preferences of four healthcare settings from Indigenous participants ( n = 602). On the screen-based survey, participants selected from paired images that indicated their preferences for room layout and feature...
Australian Health Review
Objective The aim of this study was to develop an effective digital survey instrument incorporati... more Objective The aim of this study was to develop an effective digital survey instrument incorporating images to investigate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander preferences for health clinics and hospitals, design of healthcare settings and the differences between inner regional and remote locations. Methods Design-related constructs developed from qualitative interviews informed the construction of healthcare setting images. These images were embedded in an online survey instrument to elicit data on design preferences and an area-based recruitment strategy ensured participation by Indigenous Australians from three Queensland locations. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate the odds of preference for a healthcare setting design by location. Results Statistical analysis of data from 602 participants showed a preference for health care at an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clinic. The odds of preference for an in-patient room with a two- versus single-bed design was ...
Landscape and Urban Planning
Energy Research & Social Science