From Ambivalence to Revitalization: Negotiating Cardiovascular Health Behaviours Related to Environmental and Historical Trauma in a Northwest American Indian Community
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Ramona Beltrán
Katie Schultz
Angela R. Fernandez
Karina L. Walters
Bonnie Duran … [et al.]
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 25, no. 2, 2018, pp. 103-128
Description
Uses narrative analysis to explore attitudes toward protective cardiovascular health behaviours. Findings highlight contributing factors such as historical trauma, discrimination and forced urbanization. The authors suggest that health promotion and interventions should contextualize historic traumas and integrate Indigenous knowledge and cultural practices.
Studies in American Indian Literature, vol. 29, no. 4, Wisom of the Elders, Summer, April 24, 2018, p. [?]
Description
Article discusses the value of having Knowledge Keepers and Elders teaching at a post-secondary level, and the important role that cultural and language revitalization play in self-determination.
Brief paper reports on results of survey of 148 women and analysis of health outcomes and associations such as suicide attempts or substance misuse among victims of rape and/or coercion.