The potential of a narrative and creative arts approach to enhance transition outcomes for Indigenous Australians following traumatic brain injury Bohanna, India, Fitts, Michelle, Bird, Katrina, Fleming, Jennifer, Gilroy, John, Clough, Alan, Esterman, Adrian, Maruff, Paul and Potter, Martin 2019, The potential of a narrative and creative arts approach to enhance transition outcomes for Indigenous Australians following traumatic brain injury, Brain impairment, vol. 20, no. 2, Special Issue, pp. 160-170, doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2019.25. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title The potential of a narrative and creative arts approach to enhance transition outcomes for Indigenous Australians following traumatic brain injury Author(s) Bohanna, India Fitts, Michelle Bird, Katrina Fleming, Jennifer Gilroy, John Clough, Alan Esterman, Adrian Maruff, Paul Potter, Martin orcid.org/0000-0002-1681-6341 Journal name Brain impairment Volume number 20 Issue number 2 Season Special Issue Start page 160 End page 170 Total pages 11 Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of publication Cambridge, Eng. Publication date 2019-09 ISSN 1443-9646 1839-5252 Keyword(s) Traumatic brain injury Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health narrative rehabilitation cultural safety Summary Background: Increasingly, narrative and creative arts approaches are being used to enhance recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Narrative and arts-based approaches congruent with Indigenous storytelling may therefore provide benefit during the transition from hospital to home for some Indigenous TBI patients. This qualitative study explored the use and impact of this approach as part of a larger, longitudinal study of TBI transition with Indigenous Australians.Method: A combined narrative and arts-based approach was used with one Indigenous Australian artist to describe his transition experiences following TBI. Together with the researchers and filmmaking team, the artist was involved in aspects of the process. The artist contributed two paintings, detailing the story of his life and TBI. Based on the artworks, a film was co-created. Following the viewing of the film, impacts of the narrative and arts-based process were examined through semi-structured interviews with the artist, a service provider and a family member. Multiple sources of data were used in the final thematic analysis including transcripts of the interviews and filming, paintings (including storylines) and researcher notes.Results: Positive impacts from the process for the artist included positive challenge; healing and identity; understanding TBI and raising awareness.Discussion: This approach may enable the individual to take ownership over their transition story and to make sense of their life following TBI at a critical point in their recovery. A combined narrative and arts-based approach has potential as a culturally responsive rehabilitation tool for use with Indigenous Australians during the transition period following TBI. Language eng DOI 10.1017/BrImp.2019.25 Indigenous content off Field of Research 111701 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health 190204 Film and Television 170110 Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis 11 Medical and Health Sciences 17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences Socio Economic Objective 920303 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health - Health System Performance (incl. Effectiveness of Interventions) HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2019, Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30128972 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Sun, 18 Aug 2019, 10:22:50 EST Mon, 19 Aug 2019, 05:00:23 EST Mon, 19 Aug 2019, 08:11:52 EST Wed, 11 Sep 2019, 06:02:32 EST Mon, 16 Sep 2019, 16:26:34 EST Mon, 16 Sep 2019, 16:30:06 EST Mon, 16 Sep 2019, 16:31:52 EST Sat, 21 Sep 2019, 02:31:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 2 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 179 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Sun, 18 Aug 2019, 10:22:50 EST

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