Protocol to implement and evaluate a culturally secure, strength-based, equine-assisted learning program, "Yawardani Jan-ga" (horses helping), to support the social and emotional wellbeing of Australian aboriginal children and young people

• Juli Coffin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Juli.Coffin@murdoch.edu.au

  Affiliations Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia (WA), Australia, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, Edith Cowan University, Perth, WA, Australia, University of Notre Dame, Broome, WA, Australia, School of Education, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1288-6097

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• Sharmila Vaz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Ngangk Yira Institute for Change, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia (WA), Australia, The WA Centre for Health and Ageing (WACHA) and the School of Allied Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

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• Cheryl Kickett-Tucker ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Education, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America, School of Medicine, Notre Dame University, Fremantle, Australia, Centre for Child Health Research, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia

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• Helen Milroy ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Perth, WA, Australia, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Division of Psychiatry, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, WA, Australia

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• Craig Olsson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Health, Centre for Social and Early Emotional Development, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Adolescent Health, Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

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• Meg Kirby ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The Equine Psychotherapy Institute/ Animal Assisted Psychotherapy International/ AWARE Therapy TM /Animal Assisted Psychotherapy /Animal Assisted Learning / Nature Assisted Psychotherapy / International Association of Human-Animal Interaction Organizations

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• Lesley Nelson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation South-West Aboriginal Medical Service, Bunbury, WA, Australia

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• Rob McPhee ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Danila Dilba Health Service, Darwin, Australia, Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT (AMSANT), Alice Springs, Australia

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• Donna Cross

  Contributed equally to this work with: Juli Coffin, Sharmila Vaz, Cheryl Kickett-Tucker, Helen Milroy, Craig Olsson, Meg Kirby, Lesley Nelson, Rob McPhee, Donna Cross

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia, Telethon Kids Institute, Nedlands, WA, Australia

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