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Cornhusk Doll Workshop: Promoting Health with Female Youth Living on Six Nations Reserve No. 40.
Full text linkInvolving Indigenous youth in health promotion research within the broader field of public health allows us to investigate health literacy, while promoting, protecting, and combating complex health issues. This project uses a community-engaged research approach, as well as a research workshop methodology and draws on qualitative methods to answer the following study objectives: (1) To what extent do female youth living on Six Nations Reserve No. 40 understand and engage in health promotion; (2) In what ways did a cornhusk doll workshop engage and strengthen female youth understanding on the topic of health promotion; and (3) What resources are necessary for female youth to successfully engage in health promotion. Findings were grouped into three main themes: Healthy Development, Healthy Relationships, and Healthy Policies.ThesisMaster of Public Health (MPH
Stories from Parents: Raising Proud Inuk Children - "It Starts at Home"
No full textBackground: The Colonization, the residential school system, the Indian Act, TB sanatoriums, and the dog sled slaughter have all impacted the health of Inuit and resulted in intergenerational trauma. The impact of these events resulted in loss of culture, identity, language, and ways of living a subsistence lifestyle. Within Nunavut, Inuit are healing and are revitalizing inunnguiniq, which is the journey to obtain knowledge and skills that will help us enter society and live a good life.
Methods: Using a community-based participatory research approach 20 in-person semi-structured interviews were conducted in Iqaluit, Nunavut during November and December 2018, with parents/caregivers who were raising their Inuit children. The questions allowed the parents to broadly answer questions surrounding parenting, the supports and challenges, and stories about raising an Inuk child in today’s society. Data analysis was guided by grounded theory.
Findings: Using NVivo 12 Windows, three prominent themes were identified: 1) language, 2) education, and 3) identity development. Each theme is a reflection of how the parents who participated in this project and their own upbringing have impacted and influenced their parenting decisions. 1) Language connects to our culture and our identity. 2) The parents expressed obtaining a formal and informal education. Certain aspects of the Inuit culture cannot be taught in indoor classrooms, therefore the parents expressed the need for a more balanced education curriculum that incorporates Inuit culture as well as life skills development. 3) Identity development focused on raising their children to learn certain Inuit values, which were miksirkarnirq (having a strong foundation), pijitsirniq (serving, respecting and helping others), pilimmaksarniq (becoming skilled), and avatitinik kamattiarniq (being aware of our environment).
Conclusion: Raising an Inuk child to retain their language, gain a robust balanced education, and develop a strong Inuk identity starts at home. Parents and caregivers need to receive the support from all organizations that support childhood development in order to further support raising their child.ThesisMaster of Science (MSc)Understanding how parents are raising their Inuk children in today’s society is the focus of this project. The project involved speaking with parents/caregivers and learning about their experiences being parents/caregivers. The main ideas that many parents/caregivers spoke about were the importance of language, education (both formal and informal), and identity development. Parents recommended that parents themselves should take the initiative to raise their children – it starts at home. In addition, parents recommended that the community and organizations should support parents/caregivers that may not have the skills or knowledge to raise their children. Overall, the importance of everyone working together and contributing to raising the child was highlighted
Exploring the Mental Health and Cultural Identity of South Asian Immigrants in Ontario
No full textMany South Asians in Canada experience mental health challenges and report a lack of culturally sensitive support. Immigration is seen to be a key determinant in the mental health of individuals, and the acculturation process can significantly influence one’s cultural identity. This study seeks to examine the mental health and cultural identity of South Asian immigrants in Ontario through their immigration experience. Eight South Asian individuals who immigrated to Ontario within the past 15 years participated in a one-hour virtual semi-structured interview. They were asked about their immigration experiences and how these experiences affected their mental health, interpersonal relationships, and sense of cultural identity. The data was analyzed using thematic analysis and the aid of NVivo 15 to extract prevalent themes. The results suggested that many South Asian immigrants experience mental health challenges including anxiety and depressive symptoms, yet are met with a lack of accessible and culturally sensitive resources. Many participants described changes in their cultural identity. While some experienced initial discrimination or challenges adjusting to a new culture, most reported that they now see their identity as a balance between South Asian and Canadian. Among the three men and five women interviewed, no significant gender differences were observed, however the age at which one immigrated may appear to play a role in how willing they are to accept Western culture, as well as their desire to stay in Canada or move back home. This study highlights the importance of implementing culturally sensitive mental health care that is more readily available to South Asian immigrants, as well as additional resources that can help facilitate the immigration and acculturation experience.ThesisMaster of Arts (MA
Positive Aging: Indigenous Peoples Aging with HIV/AIDS
Full text linkAs a result of advances in treatment over the past 30 years, the number of older people living with HIV is growing. This is of particular concern for Indigenous populations in Canada given continuing over representation in HIV diagnoses. While there has been an increase in research on aging with HIV within the general population, little is known about the experiences of older positive Indigenous peoples.
Research was conducted in partnership with the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN) at CAAN's Wise Practices V conference. Participants were conference delegates, representing a sample of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people living with HIV and/or service providers from across Canada. Participants ranged in age from 32 to 63 and had been positive for 5 to 29 years. Data was collected through four sharing circles (two with women, one with men and one with service providers) and four interviews (n=34).
An open analytic approach was used to explore the content of the transcripts and codes were collaboratively developed by the research team through an inductive and iterative process. From our analysis we were able to develop an Indigenous model of successful aging (SA). This proposed Indigenous model of SA represents a holistic and subjective model that is far more achievable than traditional models of SA. Within this model five dimensions of health and wellness emerged as facilitators of SA: physical, emotional, spiritual, mental and social health. Additionally, resilience, age and culture were found to be protective factors to SA.
The goal of this project was to identify facilitators and individual strategies which enable SA within this population, in order to develop culturally mediated responses. Ideally, this knowledge can be used to help structure community and primary health services to promote SA with HIV in ways which are congruent with Indigenous culturally-defined notions of health.ThesisMaster of Arts (MA
Understanding Perceptions of Non-Indigenous Medical Educators’ Professional Competency for the Integration and Delivery of Indigenous Health Curriculum in Medicine
No full textThe Canadian medical education system is to increase curricula on Indigenous
health as outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Call to Action
#24; medical schools need instructors with cultural competency. As most
instructors are non-Indigenous Medical Educators (NIMEs), medical educators
urgently need to understand what it means to be culturally competent within
Indigenous health and engage with the TRC Calls to Action #24, which states: “We
call upon medical and nursing schools in Canada to require all students to take a
course dealing with Aboriginal health issues... This will require skills-based training
in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism (TRC,
2015, 3).” This research examines what constitutes competency in teaching
Indigenous health curricula in medical education.
Using critical race theory for analysis, three areas are explored: 1. understanding
competency; 2. the role of Indigenous health in medicine; and 3. educator and
learner perspectives. One-to-one interviews were conducted with Indigenous
learners and medical educators, frontline non-Indigenous medical educators and
senior leadership from across Canada’s medical schools. The data allowed for a
robust understanding of what competency to teach Indigenous health means when
the participants in systems of Indigenous health curricula share their views on
NIMEs and account for how Indigenous and Western knowledge often difer in
conceptualization and expression.
The analysis provided recommendations for NIME training and a snapshot of NIME
professional competencies from their perspectives and those of people receiving
their teaching. From this research, an initial framework of ethical standards for the
teaching of Indigenous health was developed. This framework can be instrumental
in developing territorial-based standards between medical schools and local
Indigenous communities in which medical schools are situated. It can also support
medicine’s regulatory, policy, and academic bodies of medicine in addressing the
TRC Call to Action #24.DissertationDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)The Canadian medical education system is to increase curricula on Indigenous
health as outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to
Action; medical schools need instructors with cultural competency. Non-Indigenous
medical educators (NIMEs) urgently need to understand what it means to be
culturally competent in Indigenous health. This research examined what constitutes
competency in teaching Indigenous health curricula in medical education
Health Care System Transformation in Rural and Indigenous Communities
Full text linkThis dissertation is about Indigenous and settler health, wellbeing and health policy in rural Manitoba. Across Canada, both sweeping and incremental provincial health system changes have profound effects on marginalized communities facing existing health inequities, including rural settler and Indigenous peoples. Increasingly, the centralization of provincial health care systems has led to the elimination of health services within rural settings. The research I present in this dissertation arose from advocacy efforts in a rural community in southwest Manitoba. The community sought representation and recognition in health decision-making in the midst of the largest health care system transformation in provincial history and called for local research production. The community-led study grew to the larger inquiry and analysis presented here, including a First Nation and Métis community, which were both affected by the transformation. The objectives of this dissertation were to analyze the ideas and structures used to inform provincial decisions, and to understand community experiences of rural health care before and during system transformation. As a settler researcher, I undertake an anti-colonial, strengths-based, community-engaged approach to research, developed through ongoing relationship with the community. In addition to a critical thematic analysis of key policy documents, semi-structured interviews were conducted with settler, First Nations, and Métis community members and service providers regarding their experiences within the health care system, their perceptions of change and the impacts of transformation on health and wellbeing. Arising themes include the importance of relational health care relationships in determining wellbeing, and the sense that the government undertook dehumanized decision-making in developing and implementing health system change. This dissertation concludes with policy recommendations for provincial governments, including the prioritization of community voices, and the visibility and involvement of rural and Indigenous peoples in health system decision-making.ThesisDoctor of Philosophy (PhD
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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