A community-based sports massage course for Aboriginal health workers.
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.
Vindigni
Dein
D
Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. dein@optusnet.com.au
Parkinson
Lynne
L
Walker
Bruce
B
Rivett
Darren A
DA
Blunden
Steve
S
Perkins
Janice
J
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*