Linguistic vitality improves health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities: a scoping review
Louise Harding,
Ryan DeCaire,
Karleen Delaurier-Lyle
et al.
Abstract:IntroductionWhile Indigenous communities have long recognized the importance of their languages for their wellbeing, this topic has only recently received attention in scholarship, research and public policy. This scoping review synthesizes and assesses existing literature on the links between Indigenous linguistic vitality and health or wellness in English-speaking settler colonial countries (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States).MethodsThe JBI methodology for scoping reviews was followed by … Show more
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