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Despite the major influence of critical, postmodern, and postcolonial theories in advancing qualitative health research, most of the literature that describes issues of race, gender, and social class in ethnographic research originates from the social sciences.[7-12] The persistence of health disparities arising from social inequities remains a major challenge that confronts qualitative health researchers. Sampselle[13] emphasizes that accounting for race, gender, and class in health research can lead to promoting the participants' defined and desired health care services. The complex intersection of race, gender, and social class on the dialogical and dialectical relations between researchers 2

Barriers Faced by American Indian Women in Urban Wisconsin in Seeking Help Following an Experience of Intimate Partner Violence

“…Indigenous feminism is a theoretical lens and intervention that promotes social justice and human dignity by bringing to light the centuries of injustice and oppression experienced by Indigenous peoples and by promoting their inherent right to self-determination and self-governance (Huhndorf & Suzack, 2010; Luebke et al, 2021). A postcolonial feminist approach seeks to disrupt the legacies of dominant discourses within Western feminist activism while emphasizing the human consequences of globalization and oppression on colonized populations (Luebke et al, 2021; Racine, 2011; Wallaschek, 2016).…”

The Utility of Postcolonial and Indigenous Feminist Frameworks in Guiding Nursing Research and Practice About Intimate Partner Violence in the Lives of American Indian Women

“…Postcolonial feminist thought helps us move from the idea of women as a homogenous group defined solely by their gender to consider other identities under which women fall, which also affects their health and well-being. This underlines why issues of race and class, and gender, are essential to explore in health and nursing research (Racine, 2011).…”

“…The term postcolonial is often mistaken as a reference to the time after colonization. Nevertheless, it does not mean that colonization efforts have ended (Racine, 2011). The extended colonization period has had a lasting impact on the political, economic, and cultural spheres of postcolonial states and societies reaching the present time.…”

“…Postcolonial feminism is both a response and an intervention to the imposition of colonialism, imperialism, and the dominant discourse of Euro-American feminisms about communities of color, including Indigenous populations. Like Indigenous feminism, postcolonial feminism aims to understand and undo the legacies of colonialism within feminist activism (Racine, 2011;Wallaschek, 2016).…”

“…A postcolonial feminist epistemological approach not only focuses on patriarchy as a source of oppression but also examines how social inequalities are etched within historical, political, social, cultural, and economic contexts that influence health and health care delivery (Mkandawire-Valhmu, 2018;Racine, 2011). Postcolonial feminist thought helps us move from the idea of women as a homogenous group defined solely by their gender to consider other identities under which women fall, which also affects their health and well-being.…”