Results of interviews with 16 study participants grouped into five themes: identity, family and community, violence, systemic racism/colonialism, social networks/supports, and resiliency and integrity.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S58-S62
Description
Comments that due to the ongoing tragedy of Indigenous adolescent suicide in Australia all possible interventions should be considered including life-promoting programs.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 12, December 2016, pp. 2183-2189
Description
Describes unique system created by the tribe to track and triage deaths, attempts, and ideation, and the community programming developed to identify at-risk youth and increase coping skills and resiliency. Analysis of the data collected showed that the age-adjusted suicide rates had decreased from 40 to 24.7 per 100,000.
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 1, 2007, pp. 24-43
Description
Focuses on disseminating research findings to communities in a manner that is culturally appropriate and useful, and also looks at maintaining a good relationship between the Alaska communities and the Center for Alaska Native Heath Research.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S1-S4
Description
Introduction to the papers in this supplement, some of which were presented at Creating Futures: Influencing the Social Determinants of Mental Health and Wellbeing in Rural, Indigenous and Island Peoples held in Cairns, September 2006.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 37-42
Description
Examines the self-harming behaviours among children and youth, both minority and non-minority, in the care of the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto.
Emerging Long Term Services and Support Issues in Indian Country: Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Department of Health & Human Services
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Description
Brief document discusses barriers to preventing diagnosis, makes recommendations to address them and looks at Wisconsin State’s Tribal Dementia Care Specialist Program.
Evidence-based Practice Knowledge, Use, and Factors that Influence Decisions: Results from an Evidence-based Practice Survey of Providers in American Indian / Alaska Native Communities
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Angela Sheehan
Christine Walrath-Greene
Sylvia Fisher
Shannon Crossbear
Joseph Walker
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 14, no. 2, 2007, pp. 29-48
Description
Found that providers affiliated with American Aboriginal communities were similar to their non-Aboriginal counterparts in terms of familiarity, knowledge and use of evidence-based practices.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 4, 2007, pp. 83-95
Description
Interviews revealed that each person, in their own discipline, had both desire and intention to help people, and that this reality can then be built upon by training and an awareness of their shared commonalities.
Australasian Psychiatry, vol. 15, no. 1, Supplement, February 2007, pp. S39-S43
Description
Contends services targeting the social and emotional wellbeing of Indigenous children are inadequate and there is a need to build a skilled workforce with quality degree training for Indigenous primary healthcare field workers.
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 66, Supplement 1, 2007, pp. 54-60
Description
Found that 6% of adolescents evaluated by the Alaska Native Medical Center had been seen for self-harm related conditions due to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Qualitative Inquiry, vol. 22, no. 8, 2016, pp. 636-650
Description
Describes methodology and results of project involving 14 youth from Treaty 4 and 6 territories and Métis communities from across Saskatchewan which was hosted by the Fred Sasakmoose Aboriginal Youth Leadership and Wellness Program.
Data sources: First Nations and Inuit Health program reports, Non-Insured Health Benefits Pharmacy Claims, First Nations Regional Health Survey, First Nations Regional Early Childhood, Education and Employment Survey, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), and Statistics Canada. Covers period from 2010 to 2014.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 27, no. 4, Good Medicine, Summer, May 1, 2016, pp. [34-37,7]
Description
Briefly discusses the historical connection between plains cultures and the horse, and looks at mental health programs that are incorporating horse therapy.
Aboriginal veteran Eugene Benedict's account of his time in Vietnam, his rejection when he returned, and his journey back to his Odanak home. This film deals with scenes of violence. Viewer discretion is advised.
Duration: 24:31.
Études Inuit Studies, vol. 40, no. 1, Inuit Health, 2016, pp. 63-84
Description
Concerns over suicide in youth and the lack of access to outings on the land to learn traditional skills led to the pilot outreach program for youths 14 to 21.
First Peoples Child & Family Review, vol. 3, no. 2, Special Issue: Adolescent Development, Mental Health, and Promising Research Directions , 2007, pp. 5-7
Description
Introduces a special issue of First Peoples Child & Family Review, that focuses on the developmental stage of adolescence, and comments on some basic facts regarding research.
Discusses the qualities necessary for facilitating the healing process and things that may be accomplished by using a variety of western or traditional tools.
Publication of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation aimed at residential school survivors contains letters, pictures, and articles including: Aboriginal Survivors for Healing by Jackie Miller, and Telling Stories from Our Lives by David Sidwell.
Focus Group Report: A One-Year Project between the Center for Native American Youth and the Aetna Foundation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth
Description
Results from feedback about changing health outcomes and priorities and ideas about using innovation and technology to promote fixes for health disparities.
Quality of Life Research, vol. 25, no. 9, September 10, 2016, pp. 2161-2178
Description
Review of studies using health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments which look at physical and mental health, social functioning, and emotional well-being.
Journal of Historical Biography, vol. 1, Spring, 2007, pp. [27]-78
Description
Biography one of the most decorated soldiers in Canadian history focuses on his time in the military, his activities between the Second World War and the Korean war, and contends that his inability to adjust once he had left the military was due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Looks at factors relating to well-being and health in First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in relation to historical trauma and contemporary stresses.
Duration: 1:10:02.
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 19, no. 1, Tribal College Students Today, Fall, 2007, p. 9
Description
Presents a letter to the editor responding to the article, "Historical Trauma: Holocaust Victims, American Indians Recovering from Abuses of the Past" in Vol. 17, Spring 2006, Issue no. 3.
Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, vol. 16, no. 2, 2016, pp. 181-218
Description
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.
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