Responses focused on body image, experience of loss, and addictive substances. Sample was 20 individuals.
Part of the larger project Iskwewak Miwayawak: Women Feeling Healthy which involved University of Saskatchewan researchers.
Identifies importance of goals related to infrastructure, recreation, information and education, and social supports.
Part of a larger project "The Cultural and Visual Context of Healthy Body Weight and Body Image Among Aboriginal Women in the Battlefords Tribal Council Region".
Journal of Physical Activity and Health, vol. 10, no. 8, 2013, pp. 1119-1127
Description
Examines the need to assess the importance of understanding cultural attitudes and beliefs to improve physical activity levels among Indigenous populations.