A review of protective factors and causal mechanisms that enhance the mental health of Indigenous Circumpolar youth

JP MacDonald, JD Ford, AC Willox… - International journal of …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives To review the protective factors and causal mechanisms which promote and
enhance Indigenous youth mental health in the Circumpolar North. Study design A …

[HTML][HTML] Working together to improve the mental health of indigenous children: A systematic review

V Lopez-Carmen, J McCalman, T Benveniste… - Children and Youth …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective This review analyses the available literature that underpins intersectoral service
integration processes and tools designed to improve mental healthcare for Indigenous …

Protective factors for mental health and well-being in a changing climate: Perspectives from Inuit youth in Nunatsiavut, Labrador

JP MacDonald, AC Willox, JD Ford, I Shiwak… - Social Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Canadian Arctic is experiencing rapid changes in climatic conditions, with
implications for Inuit communities widely documented. Youth have been identified as an at …

Perceived racial/ethnic discrimination, problem behaviors, and mental health among minority urban youth

AL Tobler, MM Maldonado-Molina, SAS Staras… - Ethnicity & …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives. We examined perceived frequency and intensity of racial/ethnic discrimination
and associations with high-risk behaviors/conditions among adolescents. Design. With …

A school intervention for mental health literacy in adolescents: effects of a non-randomized cluster controlled trial

I Skre, O Friborg, C Breivik, LI Johnsen, Y Arnesen… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background “Mental health for everyone” is a school program for mental health literacy and
prevention aimed at secondary schools (13–15 yrs). The main aim was to investigate …

The impact of indigenous cultural identity and cultural engagement on violent offending

SM Shepherd, RH Delgado, J Sherwood, Y Paradies - BMC public health, 2018 - Springer
Background Possessing a strong cultural identity has been shown to protect against mental
health symptoms and buffer distress prompted by discrimination. However, no research to …

[HTML][HTML] Childhood racial discrimination and adult allostatic load: The role of Indigenous cultural continuity in allostatic resiliency

CL Currie, JL Copeland, GA Metz - Social Science & Medicine, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To examine the association between racial discrimination experienced in
childhood on allostatic load (AL) in adulthood, and whether this association differed by …

Ethnic discrimination and psychological distress: a study of Sami and non-Sami populations in Norway

KL Hansen, T Sørlie - Transcultural psychiatry, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
The prevalence of psychological distress and its association with ethnic discrimination was
examined among 13,703 participants (36 to 79 years of age) in a population-based study of …

Stress and cardiometabolic disease risk for indigenous populations throughout the lifespan

ME Lewis, HI Volpert-Esmond, JF Deen… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Indigenous people experience the greatest cardiometabolic disease disparity
in the Unites States, yet high cardiometabolic disease risk factors do not fully explain the …

The protective influence of family connectedness, ethnic identity, and ethnic engagement for New Zealand Ma̅ori adolescents.

J Stuart, PE Jose - Developmental psychology, 2014 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study examined the associations among family connectedness, ethnic identity,
and ethnic engagement on changes in well-being over time for the understudied population …