Improving youth mental wellness services in an Indigenous context in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories: ACCESS Open Minds Project
Abstract Aim To describe a community‐specific and culturally coherent approach to youth mental health services in a small and remote northern Indigenous community in Canada's Northwest Territories, under the framework of ACCESS Open Minds (ACCESS OM), a pan‐Canadian youth mental health research...
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crwiley:10.1111/eip.12816 2024-10-13T14:05:41+00:00 Improving youth mental wellness services in an Indigenous context in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories: ACCESS Open Minds Project Etter, Meghan Goose, Annie Nossal, Margot Chishom‐Nelson, Jessica Heck, Carly Joober, Ridha Boksa, Patricia Lal, Shalini Shah, Jai L. Andersson, Neil Iyer, Srividya N. Malla, Ashok Canadian Institutes of Health Research 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12816 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Feip.12816 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/eip.12816 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/eip.12816 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Early Intervention in Psychiatry volume 13, issue S1, page 35-41 ISSN 1751-7885 1751-7893 journal-article 2019 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12816 2024-09-17T04:43:41Z Abstract Aim To describe a community‐specific and culturally coherent approach to youth mental health services in a small and remote northern Indigenous community in Canada's Northwest Territories, under the framework of ACCESS Open Minds (ACCESS OM), a pan‐Canadian youth mental health research and evaluation network. Methods As 1 of the 14 Canadian communities participating in a 5‐year, federally funded service transformation and evaluation project, the arctic Inuit community of Ulukhaktok has undertaken culturally relevant adjustments in their delivery of youth mental wellness services and related community wellness initiatives. These enhancement activities highlight connections to culture and traditional skills, honour youth‐ and community‐expressed desires to incorporate Inuvialuit‐specific approaches to wellness, and strengthen the support systems to improve access to mainstream mental healthcare, when needed. The adaptation of a Lay Health Worker model from Global Mental Health to the local circumstances resulting in creation of lay community health workers is central to this approach in meeting contextual needs. Results Community leaders identified key activities for sustainable change, including human capital development, authentic collaboration and diversified engagement strategies. Building around five ACCESS OM objectives, the local site team in Ulukhaktok has identified its youth programming and mental wellness service gaps through an ongoing process of community mapping. Conclusions Information from service providers, youth and other community members demonstrates attuning of the ACCESS OM framework to Inuit paradigms in Ulukhaktok. It could prove to be a sustainable prototype for delivering youth mental health services in other communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and possibly across the entire Inuit Nunangat. It needs, however, to be further supported by easier access to specialized mental health services when needed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic inuit Inuvialuit Northwest Territories Ulukhaktok Wiley Online Library Arctic Northwest Territories Ulukhaktok ENVELOPE(-117.772,-117.772,70.736,70.736) Early Intervention in Psychiatry 13 S1 35 41 |
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Abstract Aim To describe a community‐specific and culturally coherent approach to youth mental health services in a small and remote northern Indigenous community in Canada's Northwest Territories, under the framework of ACCESS Open Minds (ACCESS OM), a pan‐Canadian youth mental health research and evaluation network. Methods As 1 of the 14 Canadian communities participating in a 5‐year, federally funded service transformation and evaluation project, the arctic Inuit community of Ulukhaktok has undertaken culturally relevant adjustments in their delivery of youth mental wellness services and related community wellness initiatives. These enhancement activities highlight connections to culture and traditional skills, honour youth‐ and community‐expressed desires to incorporate Inuvialuit‐specific approaches to wellness, and strengthen the support systems to improve access to mainstream mental healthcare, when needed. The adaptation of a Lay Health Worker model from Global Mental Health to the local circumstances resulting in creation of lay community health workers is central to this approach in meeting contextual needs. Results Community leaders identified key activities for sustainable change, including human capital development, authentic collaboration and diversified engagement strategies. Building around five ACCESS OM objectives, the local site team in Ulukhaktok has identified its youth programming and mental wellness service gaps through an ongoing process of community mapping. Conclusions Information from service providers, youth and other community members demonstrates attuning of the ACCESS OM framework to Inuit paradigms in Ulukhaktok. It could prove to be a sustainable prototype for delivering youth mental health services in other communities in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region and possibly across the entire Inuit Nunangat. It needs, however, to be further supported by easier access to specialized mental health services when needed. |
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Etter, Meghan Goose, Annie Nossal, Margot Chishom‐Nelson, Jessica Heck, Carly Joober, Ridha Boksa, Patricia Lal, Shalini Shah, Jai L. Andersson, Neil Iyer, Srividya N. Malla, Ashok |
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Etter, Meghan Goose, Annie Nossal, Margot Chishom‐Nelson, Jessica Heck, Carly Joober, Ridha Boksa, Patricia Lal, Shalini Shah, Jai L. Andersson, Neil Iyer, Srividya N. Malla, Ashok Improving youth mental wellness services in an Indigenous context in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories: ACCESS Open Minds Project |
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Improving youth mental wellness services in an Indigenous context in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories: ACCESS Open Minds Project |
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Improving youth mental wellness services in an Indigenous context in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories: ACCESS Open Minds Project |
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Improving youth mental wellness services in an Indigenous context in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories: ACCESS Open Minds Project |
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