Being alive well? Power-knowledge as a countervailing force to the realization of mental well-being for Canada's aboriginal young people
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Article Title | Being alive well? Power-knowledge as a countervailing force to the realization of mental well-being for Canada's aboriginal young people |
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ERA Journal ID | 40828 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Williams, Lewis (Author) and Mumtaz, Zubia (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Mental Health Promotion |
Journal Citation | 10 (4), pp. 21-31 |
Number of Pages | 11 |
Year | 2008 |
Place of Publication | Abingdon, OX. United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1462-3730 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/14623730.2008.9721773 |
Abstract | The First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada, commissioned a review of the current evidence on efforts to promote mental health in Aboriginal young people in Canada. A systematic review of the literature reveals that peer-reviewed 'evidence-based' evaluations of mental health promotion interventions with Canadian Aboriginal young people are virtually non-existent. The few published studies on mainstream young people, with their focus on those at risk, addressing individual-level factors within Western positivist conceptualizations of reality, have limited applicability to a colonized people with constructions of health that place emphasis on wholeness, connection, balance and harmony. |
Keywords | Aboriginal young people; mental health promotion; evidence-based practice; power knowledge; Canada |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440107. Social and cultural anthropology |
520599. Social and personality psychology not elsewhere classified | |
420313. Mental health services | |
Public Notes | 2008 © The Clifford Beers Foundation. Permanent restricted access to published version in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Saskatchewan, Canada |
University of Alberta, Canada | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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