American Indian and Alaska Native resilience along the life course and across generations: A literature review

Oré, Christina E; Teufel-Shone, Nicolette I.; Chico-Jarillo, Tara M.

doi:10.5820/aian.2303.2016.134

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“…However, it is critical for breastfeeding promotions to base in local knowledge and ways of understanding in order to be embraced and successful (Simonds and Christopher, 2013), as is recognized in other AI focused health research (Oré et al, 2016; Goodkind et al, 2015; Fleischacker, 2016; Wilhelm et al, 2012). For example, AI grandmothers are deemed central to instilling life skills and providing a link to cultural background for younger generations within many tribal groups (Kincheloe and Kincheloe, 1983; Byers, 2010; Robbins et al, 2005).…”

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Grandmother and health care professional breastfeeding perspectives provide opportunities for health promotion in an American Indian community

Houghtaling

Shanks

Ahmed

et al. 2018

Social Science & Medicine

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Interventions designed to raise breastfeeding rates in the study site community would ideally be grounded in tribal resources and involve a collaborative approach that engages the greater community, grandmothers, health care professionals, and scientific partners with varying skills. More research is needed to determine stressors and any potential impact on infant feeding practices among other AI groups. Application of the research approach presented here to other AI communities may be beneficial for understanding opportunities and challenges to breastfeeding practices.

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Grandmother and health care professional breastfeeding perspectives provide opportunities for health promotion in an American Indian community

Houghtaling

Shanks

Ahmed

et al. 2018

Social Science & Medicine

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“…However, various context dependent factors influence the ways in which people make meaning of, and take strength from culture (75). This makes measuring cultural resilience a challenge because it manifests differently across diverse Indigenous populations (19, 20), generations (76), and contexts (40). Therefore, further clarification of what cultural resilience means, and how it is expressed and experienced for different Indigenous peoples in different contexts is needed.…”

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Instruments for Measuring the Resilience of Indigenous Adolescents: An Exploratory Review

Jongen

Langham

Bainbridge

et al. 2019

Front. Public Health

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Introduction: Resilience is enabled by internal, individual assets as well as the resources available in a person's environment to support healthy development. For Indigenous people, these resources and assets can include those which enhance cultural resilience. Measurement instruments which capture these core resilience constructs are needed, yet there is a lack of evidence about which instruments are most appropriate and valid for use with Indigenous adolescents. The current study reviews instruments which have been used to measure the resilience of Indigenous adolescents in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (the CANZUS nations). The aim is to provide guidance for the future use of instruments to measure resilience among Indigenous adolescents and provide recommendations for research to strengthen evidence in this area. Method: Instruments were identified through a systematic search of resilience intervention and indicator studies targeting Indigenous youth from CANZUS nations. The studies were analyzed for information on the constructs of resilience measured in the instruments, their use with the targeted groups, and their psychometric properties. A second search was conducted to fill in any gaps in information. Instruments were included if they measured at least one construct of resilience reflecting individual assets, environmental resources, and/or cultural resilience. Results: A total of 20 instruments were identified that measured constructs of resilience and had been administered to Indigenous adolescents in the CANZUS nations. Instruments which measured both individual assets and environmental resources ( n = 7), or only environmental resources ( n = 6) were most common. Several instruments ( n = 5) also measured constructs of cultural resilience, and two instruments included items addressing all three constructs of individual assets, environmental resources, and cultural resilience. The majority of the reviewed studies tested the reliability (75%) and content or face validity (80%) of instruments with the target population. Conclusion: There are several validated instruments available to appropriately measure constructs of resilience with Indigenous adolescents from CANZUS nations. Further work is needed on developing a consistent framework of resilience constructs to guide research efforts. Future instrument development and testing ought to focus on measures which include elements of all three core constructs critical to Indigenous adolescent resilience.

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“…Tribally-based team members persisted in their work even as communities closed key operations and schools, caregiving roles were amplified, and financial, health, and race-related stressors peaked. Yet, the strains of social isolation and accumulating pressures were palpable among our team, particularly as the pandemic contributed to disconnection from seasonal cultural activities, ceremonies, and social gatherings—all known protective factors for health in Indigenous communities ( Oré et al, 2016 ).…”

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Cultural Sources of Strength and Resilience: A Case Study of Holistic Wellness Boxes for COVID-19 Response in Indigenous Communities

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had disproportionately severe impacts on Indigenous peoples in the United States compared to non-Indigenous populations. In addition to the threat of viral infection, COVID-19 poses increased risk for psychosocial stress that may widen already existing physical, mental, and behavioral health inequities experienced by Indigenous communities. In recognition of the impact of COVID-19 related psychosocial stressors on our tribal community partners, the Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health Great Lakes Hub began sending holistic wellness boxes to our community partners in 11 tribal communities in the Midwestern United States and Canada in summer of 2020. Designed specifically to draw on culturally relevant sources of strength and resilience, these boxes contained a variety of items to support mental, emotional, cultural, and physical wellbeing. Feedback from recipients suggest that these wellness boxes provided a unique form of COVID-19 relief. Additional Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health offices have begun to adapt wellness boxes for the cultural context of their regions. This case study describes the conceptualization, creation, and contents of these wellness boxes and orients this intervention within a reflection on foundations of community-based participatory research, holistic relief, and drawing on cultural strengths in responding to COVID-19.

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American Indian and Alaska Native resilience along the life course and across generations: A literature review

Cited by 38 publications

References 48 publications

Grandmother and health care professional breastfeeding perspectives provide opportunities for health promotion in an American Indian community

Grandmother and health care professional breastfeeding perspectives provide opportunities for health promotion in an American Indian community

Instruments for Measuring the Resilience of Indigenous Adolescents: An Exploratory Review

Cultural Sources of Strength and Resilience: A Case Study of Holistic Wellness Boxes for COVID-19 Response in Indigenous Communities

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