Evaluation of the Cultural, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Program with Aboriginal women in the Boronia Pre-Release Centre for Women: a mixed methods study.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of the Cultural, Social and Emotional Wellbeing Program for reducing psychological distress and enhancing the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal women preparing for release from prison.

Study Design: Mixed methods; qualitative study (adapted reflexive thematic analysis of stories of most significant change) and assessment of psychological distress.

Setting, Participants: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women at the Boronia Pre-release Centre for Women, Perth, Western Australia, May and July 2021.

Understanding Aboriginal Models of Selfhood: The National Empowerment Project's Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program in Western Australia.

Culturally safe and responsive interventions that acknowledge Aboriginal models of selfhood are needed. Such interventions empower Aboriginal peoples and communities by increasing self-determination over individual and community social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB). In response to this need, the National Empowerment Project developed the Cultural, Social, and Emotional Wellbeing Program (CSEWB).

Increased collaboration between primary care and psychiatric services. A survey of general practitioners' views and referrals.

Aim: To evaluate a primary care partnership between the Rockingham-Kwinana Mental Health Service and Division of General Practice including a memorandum of understanding to streamline referrals, a consultation-liaison service, and a Balint group.

Method: A questionnaire was sent to all 74 general practitioners in the Division. Standardised interviews compared GPs using the service with those who did not.