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Engaging Mi'kmaq Communities in Asthma Research: A Community-Driven Assessment of the Needs, Challenges, and Opportunities Surrounding Asthma Support in Unama'ki (Cape Breton), Nova ScotiaWatson, Robert Joseph 05 June 2013 (has links)
Asthma is the second most common chronic condition among Aboriginal youth. This three-phase study aims to understand the psycho-social barriers facing asthmatic Mi’kmaq youth and their parents/caregivers living in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and facilitate health promoting behaviours at the community-level. A community-based participatory research approach was undertaken to: 1) identify the support needs/intervention preferences of asthmatic Mi’kmaq youth and their parents/caregivers; 2) design and pilot test a culturally appropriate support-education intervention that meets these preferences; and 3) identify the implications of the findings for asthma programs, policies, and practices and determine dissemination strategies. The findings suggest that there is a lack of community-level asthma support available to Mi’kmaq families managing the condition despite a strong desire for these services. This study offers three community-driven recommendations to increase available support: improve school-based asthma policy, develop asthma expertise within each community health center, and implement an annual, culturally appropriate asthma camp.
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'We Had Something Good and Sacred Here': ReStorying A'se'k with Pictou Landing First NationBennett, Ella 18 June 2013 (has links)
For generations of Mi’kmaq from Pictou Landing First Nation, A’se’k (often referred to
as Boat Harbour) provided cultural, recreation, and livelihood functions. For almost 50
years, this once-healthy tidal estuary has been receiving effluent from a nearby bleached
kraft pulp mill. This study was carried out in partnership with the Pictou Landing Native
Women’s Association, and sought to collect stories of A’se’k from Knowledge Holders
who remember it as a healthy, thriving, culturally significant community place. Using a
narrative approach of restorying, the historical importance of and changes to A’se’k are
illuminated through the voices of Mi’kmaq who have lived the experiences. Their stories
further highlight the ongoing environmental, health, and social injustices faced by
Indigenous peoples, shaped by the many complex dimensions of colonialism and racism
in Canada. Through a reflexive examination of my experiences as a non-Indigenous
graduate student navigating the research landscape, this study also highlights a process of learning to be an ally alongside Indigenous partners. Together, these findings suggest the need to restory Canada’s (ongoing) colonial legacy, through community-based processes, in order to move towards ending colonial structures.
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Using Videos to Communicate the Risks and Benefits of Consuming Fish to Chinese-Canadian WomenLi, Kwan Yu 16 September 2011 (has links)
The objective of this study was to use a Community Based Participatory Approach and the results of a needs assessment conducted in previous research to develop videos on the topic of consuming fish during pregnancy. Phase one entailed conducting two small discussion groups with Chinese-Canadian women (n=28) to verify that the data collected in the needs assessment was still valid and to obtain more specific information about the preferred style of the videos. In phase two, researchers developed two scripts and filmed the videos. In phase three, researchers showed the videos to a sample of Chinese-Canadian women (n=20) in Peer Nutrition Program groups to gather preliminary feedback and to obtain a general sense of what the Chinese-Canadian women found most valuable in the videos. In general, the videos were well-received and the practical video made a greater impression on the women than the scientific information.
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Spider weaving: STI/HIV prevention using popular theatre and action research in an indigenous communityAuger, Josephine Unknown Date
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BUILDING RESILIENCE AND COMMUNITY CAPACITY: THE SACHIGO LAKE WILDERNESS EMERGENCY RESPONSE EDUCATION INITIATIVECurran, Jeffrey 21 May 2014 (has links)
The Sachigo Lake Wilderness Emergency Response Education Initiative represented a
partnership between Sachigo Lake First Nation in northern Ontario Canada, and medical
professionals and university researchers from outside the community. This study was one
component of a larger community-based participatory research program to develop locally
relevant first response training to address the isolation from emergency healthcare in Sachigo
Lake. The aim of this qualitative study was to complete a formative evaluation to understand
how a five-day comprehensive training course implemented in May 2012: (a) met the local needs
of Sachigo Lake; and (b) fostered resilience and community capacity. The results of this study
describe the unique features of delivering first aid training in a remote context and illustrate the
intrapersonal and interpersonal impacts of the program. Health promotion through community based
first aid education is a model with potential to improve emergency care in the absence of
formal emergency medical services.
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Spider weaving: STI/HIV prevention using popular theatre and action research in an indigenous communityAuger, Josephine 11 1900 (has links)
A pocket of HIV infection has grown to epidemic proportions in a mostly Aboriginal1 community in Northern Alberta. At the start of the research my assumptions were that Aboriginal2 sexuality is affected by political, historical, cultural, psychological, and social factors that underpin the social determinants of health. STI/HIV is a symptom of the marginalized status of Aboriginal peoples who experienced historical trauma due to colonization. As an insider researcher, using an exploratory design I addressed the following questions: 1) is popular theatre a culturally appropriate medium for introducing information to increase knowledge of STI/HIV in an Aboriginal audience? 2) Is popular theatre an effective way to encourage audience members to express their attitudes, knowledge, and behaviours related to sexual health? 3) How are popular theatre and action research methodologically and conceptually appropriate for preventing STI/HIV? 4) How do the influence of elders and a popular theatre practitioner affect the intervention? 5) Can the use of action research and popular theatre influence the attitudes, knowledge, and behaviours to promote healthy sexual choices? 6) Is narrative analysis a good way for Aboriginal people to tell their stories or have their stories told? Completing this exploratory research was financially possible through the Aboriginal Health Strategy. The funds enabled me to recruit a popular theatre practitioner, a group of young Indigenous community members and supportive elders to answer my research questions. The data was obtained through one-to-one interviews, journals, talking circles, and field notes of the community-based theatre and action research process. Due to a lack of time in the field, narrative analysis was not used. Instead I introduced Grandmother Spider and developed a dream catcher that I refer to as the Indigenous Iterative Webbed Circle to analyze the real and fictional stories that led to the community performance of My Peoples Blood. The methods are appropriate and effective if the principles of Community Based Participatory Research and action research are followed by all group members involved in this popular theatre project.
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The Shared Cultural Knowledge and Beliefs about Cancer in the Yavapai-Apache CommunityJanuary 2011 (has links)
abstract: Native American communities face an ongoing challenge of effectively addressing cancer health disparities, as well as environmental racism issues that may compound these inequities. This dissertation identified the shared cultural knowledge and beliefs about cancer in a southwest American Indian community utilizing a cultural consensus method, an approach that combines qualitative and quantitative data. A community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach was applied at all stages of the study. The three phases of research that were undertaken included: 1) ethnographic interviews - to identifying the themes or the content of the participants' cultural model, 2A) ranking of themes - to provide an understanding of the relative importance of the content of the cultural model, 2B) pile sorts - identify the organization of items within specific domains, and 3) a community survey - access whether the model is shared in the greater community. The cultural consensus method has not been utilized to date in identifying the collective cultural beliefs about cancer prevention, treatment or survivorship in a Native American community. Its use represents a methodological step forward in two areas: 1) the traditional ethnographic inferences used in identifying and defining cultural meaning as it relates to health can be tested more rigorously than in the past, and 2) it addresses the challenge of providing reliable results based on a small number of community informants. This is especially significant when working with smaller tribal/cultural groups where the small sample size has led to questions concerning the reliability and validity of health-related research. Results showed that the key consultants shared strong agreement or consensus on a cultural model regarding the importance of environmental and lifestyle causes of cancer. However, there was no consensus found among the key consultants on the prevention and treatment of cancer. The results of the community survey indicated agreement or consensus in the sub-domains of descriptions of cancer, risk/cause, prevention, treatment, remission/cure and living with cancer. Identifying cultural beliefs and models regarding cancer could contribute to the effective development of culturally responsive cancer prevention education and treatment programs. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ph.D. Anthropology 2011
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Perspectives on a US–Mexico Border Community’s Diabetes and “Health-Care” Access Mobilization Efforts and Comparative Analysis of Community Health Needs over 12 YearsRosales, Cecilia Ballesteros, de Zapien, Jill Eileen Guernsey, Chang, Jean, Ingram, Maia, Fernandez, Maria L., Carvajal, Scott C., Staten, Lisa K 10 July 2017 (has links)
This paper describes a community coalition-university partnership to address health needs in an underserved US-Mexico border, community. For approximately 15 years, this coalition engaged in community-based participatory research with community organizations, state/local health departments, and the state's only accredited college of public health. Notable efforts include the systematic collection of health-relevant data 12 years apart and data that spawned numerous health promotion activities. The latter includes specific evidence-based chronic disease-preventive interventions, including one that is now disseminated and replicated in Latino communities in the US and Mexico, and policy-level changes. Survey data to evaluate changes in a range of health problems and needs, with a specific focus on those related to diabetes and access to healthcare issues-identified early on in the coalition as critical health problems affecting the community-are presented. Next steps for this community and lessons learned that may be applicable to other communities are discussed.
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Examining and Addressing Men's Boating Safety Behaviours in Inuvik, Northwest TerritoriesGlass, Catherine January 2016 (has links)
Injuries are one of the leading causes of death for individuals in Canada. Most injuries are predictable and preventable events that may be reduced by health promotion and injury prevention strategies. In particular, boating fatalities are a leading cause of injury death for men, particularly Aboriginal men, in northern Canada. Despite decades of water safety campaigns, Aboriginal men remain overrepresented in boating fatality statistics. Elevated rates of boating fatalities for Aboriginal men in northern Canada indicate that current water safety messages and initiatives may not be reaching those most vulnerable to boating incidents. My thesis, which is written in the publishable paper format and is comprised of two papers, investigates Aboriginal men’s boating incidents in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada. In paper one, I use a community-based participatory research methodology informed by postcolonial feminist theory to investigate the risk factors that Aboriginal male residents identified as contributing to boating incidents in Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Together, we found that sex and gender, age, place, and lack of boating safety education are the most prominent risk factors for boating incidents. In paper two, I argue that community members are key holders of local knowledge and their expertise should thus be drawn upon by academic researchers and health programmers for the co-creation of injury prevention programs. In it, I provide an overview of the process that led to the co-creation of a boating education poster campaign in Inuvik. Together, the two papers in this thesis demonstrate that community-based strategies should be employed to address health inequities in boating incidents faced by Aboriginal men in the Northwest Territories.
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Caminhos do profissional pesquisador : contribuições/limitações da participação na pesquisa de serviços de saúde / Ways of the professional researcher : contributions/limitations of participation in health services researchRodrigues, Maria Auxiliadora Campos, 1986- 02 December 2014 (has links)
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Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: O estudo tem como objetivo reconhecer quais são os avanços e as limitações experimentados por profissionais que atuam em um CAPS AD, no município de Campinas/SP, no processo de pesquisar a utilização de medicamentos em seu próprio espaço de trabalho por meio do Apoio Matricial. A questão do apoio surge de uma demanda dos próprios profissionais, quando iniciam na própria instituição que trabalham um estudo a respeito da utilização de medicamentos em 2011. Nesse contexto, a autora desse trabalho partir da posição de pesquisadora-apoiadora. Essa é uma pesquisa qualitativa participativa, com o olhar da Análise Institucional e da Abordagem Hermenêucias para análise do material. A pesquisa dos profissionais-pesquisadores revelou-se como a exploração da estratégia participativa contribui como potencial formador dos profissionais no processo de pesquisar sua prática. O estudo também contribuiu com a construção coletiva do conceito de Apoio Matricial em Pesquisa Científica. Metodologia que fomentou a formação profissional e o "empoderamento" dos profissionais-pesquisadores dentro da pesquisa intervenção / Abstract: The study aims to recognize what are the advances and limitations experienced by professionals working in a CAPSad, in Campinas/SP, in the research process of medications use in its own workspace through the Matrix Support. The support issue arises from the own professionals demand, when they started, at the same institution they work in, a study on the use of medications in 2011. In this context, the author of this work initiates from the researcher-supportive position. This is a participatory qualitative research, with the look of the Institutional Analysis and the Hermeneutics Approach to analyze the material. The professionals-researchers survey turned out to be as the participatory strategy exploration of contribution to professionals forming potential in the process of researching its practice. The study also contributed to the collective construction of the Matrix Support concept in Scientific Research. Methodology which promoted the professional formation and the "empowerment" of professionals- researchers within the intervention research / Mestrado / Política, Planejamento e Gestão em Saúde / Mestra em Saúde Coletiva
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