Family Violence and Aboriginal Communities: Building Our Knowledge and Direction through Community Based Research and Community Forums
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
L. Jane McMillan
Description
Study conducted over five years consulted with over 150 Mi'kmaq through interviews, focus groups, and community forums in order to develop strategies to address violence.
Outlines potential recipients, effective treatments, and principles guiding application. Uses evidence-based approach supplemented by expertise of members of the National Indigenous Drug and Alcohol Committee.
American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: Development, Context, Prevention and Treatment
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Suzanne Cross
Angelique Day
Patricia Farrell
Description
Topics include informal and formal child care placements, cultural and traditional child rearing practices, impact of historical trauma, mental health needs, educational issues, challenges and benefits of grandparent caregiving, and policy implications.
Chapter from American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Mental Health: Development, Context, Prevention and Treatment edited by : Michelle C. Sarche, Paul Spicer, Patricia Farrell, Hiram E. Fitzgerald.
Journal of Indigenous Research, vol. 1, no. 2, Special Issue, 2011, pp. 1-4
Description
Synopsis of results of study to determine whether positive emotions such as hope and optimism mitigate thoughts of suicide. Used group of college students from Oklahoma as sample.
Outlines recommendations resulting from the experiences of the interviewees: interventions with aboriginal individuals contemplating suicide, training and needs of suicide prevention workers, and organization of services.
Looks at school related outcomes and self-concept from a sampling of grade 4 - 8 students in northwestern Ontario. Results indicate Aboriginal students have the same or higher self-worth and competence compared to non-Aboriginal students.
[Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment Project?]
Description
Hands-on activities were developed to work with Indigenous Wellness Framework, which resulted from the project Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment. Designed to foster a closer spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical connection to Indigenous culture.
Related Material: Facilitator's Handbook
[Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention in Addictions Treatment Project?]
Description
Designed to provide step-by-step guidance for helping clients think about how Indigenous culture can improve their well-being. Developed to work with Indigenous Wellness Framework, which resulted from the project Honouring Our Strengths: Indigenous Culture as Intervention.
Related Material: Activity Guide
Comments on the experiences of survivors of the Jewish Holocaust, the Japanese American WWII camps and key events affecting Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders.
Part 3 of 3.
Journal of Aboriginal Health, vol. 7, no. 1, Social Networks and Health, March 2011, p. 66
Description
Book review of: The Crisis of Chronic Disease Among Aboriginal Peoples: A Challenge for Public Health, Population Health and Social Policy by J. Reading.
Research Report (Correctional Service of Canada) ; no. R-319
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Janelle N. Beaudette
Amanda Nolan
Jenelle Power
David D. Varis
Mary B. Ritchie
Description
Study group consisted of nine men and four women recruited from two minimum security healing lodges, a psychiatric treatment centre, and a medium security institution, who took part in focus groups or individual interviews. All had decreased or ceased engaging in self-harming behavior.