title: A community-based sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To pilot a community-based and owned sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers (AHWs).
  
  
  METHODS
  Descriptive, pilot educational intervention study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Rural, Indigenous Australian community.
  
  
  METHODS
  AHWs working in a rural community.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cultural and logistical acceptability of the program to AHWs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The course was delivered within a culturally acceptable framework with applicability for the evaluation of sports massage skills and knowledge changes in a larger sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The sports massage course demonstrated its applicability in this rural Aboriginal community and it has the potential to be adapted and adopted in other similar settings.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. dein@optusnet.com.au
authors.forename: Dein
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vindigni
authors.forename: Lynne
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parkinson
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Walker
authors.forename: Darren A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Rivett
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blunden
authors.forename: Janice
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perkins
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage / Q000193:education*; D017145:Models, Educational; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D009517:New South Wales; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013178:Sports Medicine / Q000193:education*