Education and the Health of the First Nations People of Canada
The social determinants of health are those social and economic conditions in which people live that affect their health. As a social determinant, education has been shown to be a very robust predictor of health outcomes. In the global and public health literature, “education” is often used as a glo...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/117718011501100204 2023-05-15T16:14:25+02:00 Education and the Health of the First Nations People of Canada Korpal, Daniel Wong, Anne 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/117718011501100204 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/117718011501100204 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples volume 11, issue 2, page 132-146 ISSN 1177-1801 1174-1740 History Anthropology Cultural Studies journal-article 2015 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/117718011501100204 2022-04-14T04:46:20Z The social determinants of health are those social and economic conditions in which people live that affect their health. As a social determinant, education has been shown to be a very robust predictor of health outcomes. In the global and public health literature, “education” is often used as a global construct with the implicit assumption that all forms of education are beneficial. However, this acontextual approach has serious limitations with respect to the First Nations people of Canada, where there has been a destructive legacy of colonialism and forced assimilation in the form of residential schooling. In this review paper, we examine the complexities of the relationship of education and health of the First Nations people. We advocate a more critical and nuanced approach that includes considerations of history, hegemony, and socio-cultural context as being crucial for appropriate First Nations education and health policies. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Canada AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples 11 2 132 146 |
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The social determinants of health are those social and economic conditions in which people live that affect their health. As a social determinant, education has been shown to be a very robust predictor of health outcomes. In the global and public health literature, “education” is often used as a global construct with the implicit assumption that all forms of education are beneficial. However, this acontextual approach has serious limitations with respect to the First Nations people of Canada, where there has been a destructive legacy of colonialism and forced assimilation in the form of residential schooling. In this review paper, we examine the complexities of the relationship of education and health of the First Nations people. We advocate a more critical and nuanced approach that includes considerations of history, hegemony, and socio-cultural context as being crucial for appropriate First Nations education and health policies. |
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