Empowering Health Promotion
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, among others, are significant health concerns for Canadian aboriginal (i.e., First Nations, Inuit) adolescents. This is further compounded by ineffective prevention and promotion strategies that were designed to lessen the incid...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0898010104266714 2023-05-15T16:15:25+02:00 Empowering Health Promotion A Holistic Approach in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections Among First Nations and Inuit Adolescents in Canada Steenbeek, Audrey 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898010104266714 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0898010104266714 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Journal of Holistic Nursing volume 22, issue 3, page 254-266 ISSN 0898-0101 1552-5724 Nursing (miscellaneous) journal-article 2004 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0898010104266714 2022-08-12T11:31:35Z Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, among others, are significant health concerns for Canadian aboriginal (i.e., First Nations, Inuit) adolescents. This is further compounded by ineffective prevention and promotion strategies that were designed to lessen the incidence of STIs in this population. Structure and content of health service programs are crucial considerations in STI prevention because even well-constructed and carefully implemented programs may have very little impact on aboriginal youth if these programs are not culturally sensitive and specific to individual adolescent’s needs. Furthermore, because components of sexual and reproductive health are inextricably linked to empowerment and equality between the sexes, holistic health nurses need to develop strategies that increase self-esteem, self-advocacy, and healthy choices among aboriginal adolescents. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations inuit SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Canada Journal of Holistic Nursing 22 3 254 266 |
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Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as gonorrhea and chlamydia, among others, are significant health concerns for Canadian aboriginal (i.e., First Nations, Inuit) adolescents. This is further compounded by ineffective prevention and promotion strategies that were designed to lessen the incidence of STIs in this population. Structure and content of health service programs are crucial considerations in STI prevention because even well-constructed and carefully implemented programs may have very little impact on aboriginal youth if these programs are not culturally sensitive and specific to individual adolescent’s needs. Furthermore, because components of sexual and reproductive health are inextricably linked to empowerment and equality between the sexes, holistic health nurses need to develop strategies that increase self-esteem, self-advocacy, and healthy choices among aboriginal adolescents. |
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