Individual Quality of Life Among at Risk Indigenous Youth in Australia |
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| Authors: | Richard D. Chenhall Kate Senior David Cole Teresa Cunningham Ciaran O’Boyle |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Centre for Health and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia;(2) Menzies School of Health Research, The Institute of Advanced Studies Charles Darwin University, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, Northern Territory,, 0811, Australia;(3) Balunu Foundation, 6/18 Caryota Court, Coconut Grove, PO Box 40798, Casuarina, Northern Territory,, 0811, Australia;(4) Institute of Leadership and Healthcare Management, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 123 St. Stephens Green, Dublin, 2, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | This paper reports the findings from a pilot study in which the Schedule for Individual Quality of Life (SEIQoL-DW) was used to determine how 15 at-risk Indigenous Australian male youths aged between 14 and 19 conceptualised their quality of life. The youths, who were referred with problems associated with drug and alcohol misuse and criminal activity, were attending a diversionary program run by an Indigenous organisation in the Northern Territory, Australia. Quality of life was measured before and at the end of the nine-day programme in order to evaluate outcomes. Program staff found the SEIQoL-DW to be particularly useful in identifying culturally specific quality of life domains, allowing interventions to focus on improving the life areas that were of particular value to individuals as well as recognizing any deficits in their understanding the options available to them. While a control group was not used, mean SEIQoL-DW scores increased significantly over the course of the program. |
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