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O'Keefe VM, Maudrie TL, Cole AB, Ullrich JS, Fish J, Hill KX, White LA, Redvers N, Jernigan VBB, Lewis JP, West AE, Apok CA, White EJ, Ivanich JD, Schultz K, Lewis ME, Sarche MC, Gonzalez MB, Parker M, Neuner Weinstein SE, McCray CJ, Warne D, Black JC, Richards JR, Walls ML. Conceptualizing Indigenous strengths-based health and wellness research using group concept mapping. Arch Public Health 2023; 81:71. [PMID: 37101194 PMCID: PMC10134608 DOI: 10.1186/s13690-023-01066-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND In recent years public health research has shifted to more strengths or asset-based approaches to health research but there is little understanding of what this concept means to Indigenous researchers. Therefore our purpose was to define an Indigenous strengths-based approach to health and well-being research. METHODS Using Group Concept Mapping, Indigenous health researchers (N = 27) participated in three-phases. Phase 1: Participants provided 218 unique responses to the focus prompt "Indigenous Strengths-Based Health and Wellness Research…" Redundancies and irrelevant statements were removed using content analysis, resulting in a final set of 94 statements. Phase 2: Participants sorted statements into groupings and named these groupings. Participants rated each statement based on importance using a 4-point scale. Hierarchical cluster analysis was used to create clusters based on how statements were grouped by participants. Phase 3: Two virtual meetings were held to share and invite researchers to collaboratively interpret results. RESULTS A six-cluster map representing the meaning of Indigenous strengths-based health and wellness research was created. Results of mean rating analysis showed all six clusters were rated on average as moderately important. CONCLUSIONS The definition of Indigenous strengths-based health research, created through collaboration with leading AI/AN health researchers, centers Indigenous knowledges and cultures while shifting the research narrative from one of illness to one of flourishing and relationality. This framework offers actionable steps to researchers, public health practitioners, funders, and institutions to promote relational, strengths-based research that has the potential to promote Indigenous health and wellness at individual, family, community, and population levels.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victoria M O'Keefe
- Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA
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- Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Indigenous Health, University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND, USA
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- Joint Program for Social Work and Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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- Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team, University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth, MN, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Laureate Institute for Brain Research, Tulsa, OK, USA
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- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Aurora, CO, USA
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- University of Michigan School of Social Work, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA
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- School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, OR, USA
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- Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, USA
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- Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Indigenous Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Center for Indigenous Health--Great Lakes Hub, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Duluth, MN, USA
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O’Keefe VM, Fish J, Maudrie TL, Hunter AM, Tai Rakena HG, Ullrich JS, Clifford C, Crawford A, Brockie T, Walls M, Haroz EE, Cwik M, Whitesell NR, Barlow A. Centering Indigenous Knowledges and Worldviews: Applying the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to Youth Mental Health and Wellness Research and Programs. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:6271. [PMID: 35627809 PMCID: PMC9140847 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19106271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 05/16/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Globally, Indigenous communities, leaders, mental health providers, and scholars have called for strengths-based approaches to mental health that align with Indigenous and holistic concepts of health and wellness. We applied the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to strengths-based case examples of Indigenous youth mental health and wellness work occurring in CANZUS (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and United States). The case examples include research, community-led programs, and national advocacy. Indigenous youth development and well-being occur through strengths-based relationships across interconnected environmental levels. This approach promotes Indigenous youth and communities considering complete ecologies of Indigenous youth to foster their whole health, including mental health. Future research and programming will benefit from understanding and identifying common, strengths-based solutions beyond narrow intervention targets. This approach not only promotes Indigenous youth health and mental health, but ripples out across the entire ecosystem to promote community well-being.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victoria M. O’Keefe
- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (T.L.M.); (H.G.T.R.); (M.W.); (E.E.H.); (M.C.); (A.B.)
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- Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA;
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- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (T.L.M.); (H.G.T.R.); (M.W.); (E.E.H.); (M.C.); (A.B.)
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- Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA;
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- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (T.L.M.); (H.G.T.R.); (M.W.); (E.E.H.); (M.C.); (A.B.)
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- Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand;
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada;
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- School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA;
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- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (T.L.M.); (H.G.T.R.); (M.W.); (E.E.H.); (M.C.); (A.B.)
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- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (T.L.M.); (H.G.T.R.); (M.W.); (E.E.H.); (M.C.); (A.B.)
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- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (T.L.M.); (H.G.T.R.); (M.W.); (E.E.H.); (M.C.); (A.B.)
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- Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA;
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- Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA; (T.L.M.); (H.G.T.R.); (M.W.); (E.E.H.); (M.C.); (A.B.)
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