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Centering Indigenous Knowledges and Worldviews: Applying the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to Youth Mental Health and Wellness Research and Programs

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  • 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)

  • Jillian Fish

    (Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA)

  • Tara L. Maudrie

    (Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA)

  • Amanda M. Hunter

    (Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA)

  • Hariata G. Tai Rakena

    (Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA)

  • Jessica Saniġaq Ullrich

    (School of Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA)

  • Carrie Clifford

    (Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand)

  • Allison Crawford

    (Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada)

  • Teresa Brockie

    (School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA)

  • Melissa Walls

    (Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA)

  • Emily E. Haroz

    (Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA)

  • Mary Cwik

    (Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA)

  • Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell

    (Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA)

  • Allison Barlow

    (Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA)

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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  • Victoria M. O’Keefe & Jillian Fish & Tara L. Maudrie & Amanda M. Hunter & Hariata G. Tai Rakena & Jessica Saniġaq Ullrich & Carrie Clifford & Allison Crawford & Teresa Brockie & Melissa Walls & Emily , 2022. "Centering Indigenous Knowledges and Worldviews: Applying the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to Youth Mental Health and Wellness Research and Programs," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(10), pages 1-15, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:10:p:6271-:d:820964
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    1. Alana Gall & Kate Anderson & Kirsten Howard & Abbey Diaz & Alexandra King & Esther Willing & Michele Connolly & Daniel Lindsay & Gail Garvey, 2021. "Wellbeing of Indigenous Peoples in Canada, Aotearoa (New Zealand) and the United States: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-31, May.
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