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      Understanding the Australian Aboriginal experience of collective, historical and intergenerational trauma

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      International Social Work
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          This article provides a summary of the evolving definition of trauma, including different forms of trauma and its impact on the health, behaviours and well-being of individuals and communities. Specifically, it discusses collective, historical and intergenerational trauma and the value of these concepts in understanding the health and social challenges we see within colonized Indigenous communities, particularly within Australian Aboriginal communities. The article argues that the current approach to addressing challenges within Australian Indigenous communities will have limited impact unless accompanied by a significant focus on understanding and addressing the level of trauma that permeates these communities. Programmes and initiatives that focus on reducing the rates of certain variables, such as rates of infant mortality, rates of incarceration or rates of school completion, are very important but are only treating symptoms unless the underlying trauma is addressed. Due to the ongoing devastation caused by many years of forced child removal, this is especially important for health, legal and welfare practitioners within the child protection system and the social work field if we are to break the cycles of family and cultural disruption.

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                Journal
                International Social Work
                International Social Work
                SAGE Publications
                0020-8728
                1461-7234
                November 2019
                September 26 2019
                November 2019
                : 62
                : 6
                : 1522-1534
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Western Sydney University, Australia; University of Newcastle, Australia
                Article
                10.1177/0020872819870585
                2d2a1eaa-becf-440c-b8a1-19a6b2411f5e
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