First Nations peoples’ participation in the development of population-wide food and nutrition policy in Australia: a political economy and cultural safety analysis Browne, Jennifer, Gilmore, Michelle, Lock, Mark and Backholer, Kathryn 2020, First Nations peoples’ participation in the development of population-wide food and nutrition policy in Australia: a political economy and cultural safety analysis, International journal of health policy and management, pp. 1-15, doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.175. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads browne-firstnationspeoples-inpress-2020.pdf In Press version application/pdf 848.90KB 8 Title First Nations peoples’ participation in the development of population-wide food and nutrition policy in Australia: a political economy and cultural safety analysis Author(s) Browne, Jennifer orcid.org/0000-0002-6497-2541 Gilmore, Michelle Lock, Mark orcid.org/0000-0002-9810-6086 Backholer, Kathryn orcid.org/0000-0002-3323-575X Journal name International journal of health policy and management Start page 1 End page 15 Total pages 15 Publisher Kerman University of Medical Sciences Place of publication Kerman, Iran Publication date 2020-09-26 ISSN 2322-5939 2322-5939 Keyword(s) Indigenous health Aboriginal Health Food Policy Nutrition Policy Cultural Safety Australia Summary Background: Healthy and sustainable food systems underpin the well-being of Indigenous peoples. Increasingly governments are taking action to improve diets via population-wide policies. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People states that Indigenous peoples have the right to participate in all decisions that affect them. We analysed Australian national food and nutrition policy processes to determine: (i) the participation of Aboriginal organisations, (ii) the issues raised in Aboriginal organisations’ policy submissions, and (iii) the extent to which Aboriginal organisations’ recommendations were addressed in final policy documents. Methods: Political economy and cultural safety lenses informed the study design. We analysed publicly-available documents for Australian population-wide food and nutrition policy consultations occurring 2008-2018. Data sources were policy documents, committee reports, terms of reference and consultation submissions. The submissions made by Aboriginal organisations were thematically analysed and key policy recommendations extracted. We examined the extent to which key recommendations made by Aboriginal organisations were included in the subsequent policy documents. Results: Five food and nutrition policy processes received submissions from Aboriginal organisations. Key themes centred on self-determination, culturally-appropriate approaches to health, and the need to address food insecurity and social determinants of health. These messages were underrepresented in final policy documents, and Aboriginal people were not included in any committees overseeing policy development processes. Conclusion: This analysis suggests that very few Aboriginal organisations have participated in Australian population-wide food and nutrition policy processes and that these policy development processes are culturally unsafe. In order to operationalise First Nations peoples’ right to self-determination, alternative mechanisms are required to redress the power imbalances preventing the full participation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in population-wide food and nutrition policy decisions. This means reflecting on deeply embedded institutional structures and the normative assumptions upon which they rest. Language eng DOI 10.34172/ijhpm.2020.175 Indigenous content off HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2020, The Author(s) Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30143718 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 09 Oct 2020, 10:10:37 EST Sat, 10 Oct 2020, 04:03:03 EST Sat, 16 Jan 2021, 05:09:57 EST Tue, 02 Mar 2021, 09:32:37 EST Tue, 02 Mar 2021, 09:34:32 EST Tue, 02 Mar 2021, 14:58:12 EST Mon, 15 Mar 2021, 15:22:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 57 Abstract Views, 8 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 09 Oct 2020, 10:10:37 EST

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