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Exploring Quality Improvement For Diabetes Care: A Multiple Case Study Of Primary Care Teams In First Nations Communities In Canada, Meghan Fournie
Exploring Quality Improvement For Diabetes Care: A Multiple Case Study Of Primary Care Teams In First Nations Communities In Canada, Meghan Fournie
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Clinical quality improvement (QI) teams from First Nations communities across Canada participated in an 18-month QI collaborative program called the TransFORmation of IndiGEnous Primary HEAlthcare Delivery (FORGE AHEAD) clinical QI initiative. Community-based participatory research and multiple case study methodologies were utilized to explore the experience of two clinical QI teams from diverse primary care settings in First Nations communities as they engaged in developing and implementing changes in practice to improve the quality of diabetes care. This study provides insight into how clinical QI teams drew upon multiple sources of knowledge and information to inform their QI activities, the importance …
Cultural Authenticity And Recovery Maintenance In A Rural First Nation Community, Aimee Nygaard
Cultural Authenticity And Recovery Maintenance In A Rural First Nation Community, Aimee Nygaard
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
This study explored a rural, First Nation understanding of factors, particularly the role of culture, supporting recovery maintenance from problem substance use. A cross- sectional, qualitative research design and community-based methodology were used. Participants included 20 members of a rural Canadian community self-identifying as recovering, or recovered, problem substance users, and those with professional experience with First Nations recovery. Semi-structured, open-ended interviews gathered in-depth accounts of the recovery experience examined through a thematic analysis. Culture emerged as a contested concept, and was viewed along a spectrum from detrimental, to somewhat helpful to very beneficial in the recovery process. Community change …
Community-Based Suicide Prevention Research In Remote On-Reserve First Nations Communities, Corinne A. Isaak, Mike Campeau, Laurence Y. Katz, Murray W. Enns, Brenda Elias, Jitender Sareen
Community-Based Suicide Prevention Research In Remote On-Reserve First Nations Communities, Corinne A. Isaak, Mike Campeau, Laurence Y. Katz, Murray W. Enns, Brenda Elias, Jitender Sareen
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
Suicide is a complex problem linked to genetic, environmental, psychological and community factors. For the Aboriginal population more specifically, loss of culture, history of traumatic events, individual, family and community factors may also play a role in suicidal behaviour. Of particular concern is the high rate of suicide among Canadian Aboriginal youth. While the need to develop interventions to reduce suicidal behaviour for First Nations on-reserve populations is evident, there may be an element of distrust of researchers by Aboriginal communities. Furthermore, research in mental health and specifically suicide is much more sensitive than studying medical illnesses like diabetes. Clearly, …
Learning From The Grandmothers: Incorporating Indigenous Principles Into Qualitative Research, Charlotte Loppie
Learning From The Grandmothers: Incorporating Indigenous Principles Into Qualitative Research, Charlotte Loppie
Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)
In this article, the author describes the process she undertook to incorporate Indigenous principles into her doctoral research about the midlife health experiences of elder Aboriginal women in Nova Scotia, Canada. By employing qual- itative methods within the context of an Indigenous worldview, she gained knowledge of and developed competence in Aboriginal health research. The emergent partnership among Aboriginal community research facilitators, participating Mi’kmaq women, and the researcher provided many opportunities for the researcher to incorporate the paradigmatic and methodological traditions of Western science and Indigenous cultures. The application of these principles to this study might provide a useful example …