Mykota, David

Institution

University of Saskatchewan

Department

Educational Psychology and Special Education, College of Education

USask Author

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A Scoping Study of Cultural Interventions to Treat Addictions in Indigenous Populations: Methods, Strategies and Insights from a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Margo Rowan

Nancy Poole

Beverley Shea

David Mykota

Marwa Farag ... Laura Hall ... Barbara Fornssler

Colleen Anne Dell

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention and Policy, vol. 10, 2015, p. article no. 26

Research looked at interventions and their effectiveness. Includes literature review, and consultations with 12 National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program and Youth Solvent Addiction Program treatment centres through a series of focus groups Part of the three-year study Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment.

Branching Out : Insights about Researcher Development from Participatory Action and Indigenous Approaches to Research

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Cynthia Stirbys

Pauline Young

Colleen Anne Dell

Janay Wilson

Larry Laliberte ...[et al.]

Journal of Indigenous Wellbeing - Te Mauri: Pimatisiwin, vol. 2, no. 1, June 2017, pp. 29-46

"... shares reflections from participatory action research (PAR) and Indigenous approaches to research (IAR) team members on how they developed personally and professionally through involvement on two Indigenous-focused studies".

Honouring Indigenous Culture-as-Intervention: Development and Validity of the Native Wellness Assessment ^TM

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed

Author/Creator

Carina Fiedeldey-Van Dijk

Margo Rowan

Colleen Dell

Chris Mushquash

Carol Hopkins

Barb Fornssler

Laura Hall

David Mykota

Marwa Farag

Bev Shea

Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 16, no. 2, 2016, pp. 181-218

Discusses project undertaken to develop and measure effectiveness of culture-as intervention, specifically in the area of First Nation's alcohol and drug treatment programs and overall wellness. The study Honoring Our Strengths: Culture as Intervention in Addiction Treatment ran from 2012 to 2015 and data was collected in year three from 177 volunteer clients at 12 treatment centres. Scroll down to read article.