Sherman Alexie and the New Native American Identity
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Erick Ortiz
Description
Comments on a prolific Native American author.
Attempts to identify and measure social capital and its relationship to health determination. Chapter six from Setting the Agenda for Change, vol. 2, which is also vol. 2 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2002.
Study conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 25 client and 6 staff participants. Ten themes emerged: culture and identity, traditional health beliefs, family, health messaging from others, healthcare experience, access to quality care, patient engagement, self-care, communication with health care practitioners, personal agency and responsibility, and client management of medications.