Using the Medicine Wheel as theory, conceptual framework, analysis, and evaluation tool in health research

• Published in: SSM - Qualitative Research in Health
• Main Authors: Angela Mashford-Pringle, Amy Shawanda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2023
• Subjects: Medicine wheel; Indigenous theory; Indigenous evaluation framework; First nations theory; Conceptual framework; Indigenous knowledge; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Turtle Island; anishina*; First Nations
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100251; https://doaj.org/article/54d4da1ac0d84a208015f97bc185ef32

The Medicine Wheel is used in many Indigenous communities across Turtle Island (North America) with many different teachings and symbolisms. The Medicine Wheel is a circle with four equal quadrants representing vast teachings, which are specific to local First Nations, which can used as the conceptu...