Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in ... - Ninti One

Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in ... - Ninti One Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in ... - Ninti One

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mentoring and a broad base of skills necessary to take on work that produced tangible outcomes for the remotecommunities and for the funding stakeholders.Katie Abbott (centre) andAnna Marie Armstrong(right) used the tabletcomputer with familieswho are camping for theKuprilya Races1.4 Ntaria community researchersEdward RontjiProject Cultural MentorMark InkamalaCommunity Research LeaderIEO, ROCAda LechleitnerCommunity Research LeaderAnna Marie ArmstrongSenior Community ResearcherRachel KantawaraCommunity ResearcherDion DhamarranydjiCommunity ResearcherKatie AbbottCommunity ResearcherRoslyn RaberaberaCommunity ResearcherElsie PatrickCommunity ResearcherMerissa EmitjaCommunity Researcher12 Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in Remote Service Delivery at Ntaria

Carole RaggettCommunity ResearcherJudith HendersonCommunity Researcher2. The Ntaria community research project2.1 Research questions or objectivesThe local research team played a critical role of informing Wurla Nyinta on aspects of LIP progress and provided toolsand processes for Wurla Nyinta to identify issues.Working in an environment where Wurla Nyinta is asked to make important decisions and contribute tocommunity consultation for the range of LIP actions, the local community research team represented a small butsignificant asset. We designed the research cycles to produce outcomes that would impact on several of theactions in the LIP that are listed as being led by the community.As the research process was participatory, it brought a degree of focus and community discussion to the topic andreturned findings and recommendations that reflect practical outcomes sought by Ntaria residents.This project had two research topics that were selected by the research team as being most relevant to currentcommunity concerns. One of the topics incorporated two cycles.Topic 1: Safe driving at Ntaria Research Cycle 1.1: Survey – Safe driving survey at Ntaria (May 2011) Research Cycle 1.2: Focus groups and photo elicitation – Vehicle Safety Focus groups (August andSeptember 2011)Topic 2: Wurla Nyinta Community Perception Survey (September – November 2011)As a skills assessment activity, a further survey was carried out on the topic of childcare. This survey wascompleted after the second topic of research was begun. It is discussed in more detail in section 4.6 of this report.2.2 Participatory Action Research and researchers as learners2.2.1 The cycle of researchNinti One researchers have used PAR methodologies to undertake community research since 2003, and arefamiliar with widespread and localised developments of its theory and practice (Brydon-Miller 2001; Khan &Chovanec 2010; Lewin 1940; Wadsworth 1998).Final Report: Strengthening Community Research in Remote Service Delivery at Ntaria 13

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