Storied Truths: Contemporary Canadian and Indigenous Childhood Trauma Narratives
Theses
Author/Creator
Michelle Coupal
Description
English Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Ontario, 2013.
Looks at two First Nations in Alberta taking the federal government to court over omnibus legislations.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
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.