At the Kamulamun (heart) of Wellbeing
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been declining in Canada but Indigenous women are significantly disproportionately impacted, experiencing a 76% higher mortality rate from heart disease than non-Indigenous women. Dominant western society situates the biomedical model of health at its cor...
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ftsimonfrazerudp:oai:ojs.journals.lib.sfu.ca:article/2955 2023-05-15T17:12:55+02:00 At the Kamulamun (heart) of Wellbeing Hurley, Erica 2021-09-09 application/pdf https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/igss/article/view/2955 eng eng Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium Journal https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/igss/article/view/2955/2230 https://journals.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/igss/article/view/2955 Copyright (c) 2021 Erica Hurley https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium Journal; Vol. 1 (2021): Collective Response-Abilities: Intervention for Indigenous Wellbeing info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Abstract 2021 ftsimonfrazerudp 2021-10-05T11:28:14Z BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been declining in Canada but Indigenous women are significantly disproportionately impacted, experiencing a 76% higher mortality rate from heart disease than non-Indigenous women. Dominant western society situates the biomedical model of health at its core of interventions and there is no research focused on the experience of Mi’kmaq women and their understanding of heart health and wellbeing. Interventions often do not reflect the specific social, political, historical and cultural dimensions necessary to have an impact, therefore understanding the cultural and gendered experiences of Mi’kmaq women is crucial. Article in Journal/Newspaper Mi’kmaq SFU Library Digital Publishing (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver) Canada |
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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has been declining in Canada but Indigenous women are significantly disproportionately impacted, experiencing a 76% higher mortality rate from heart disease than non-Indigenous women. Dominant western society situates the biomedical model of health at its core of interventions and there is no research focused on the experience of Mi’kmaq women and their understanding of heart health and wellbeing. Interventions often do not reflect the specific social, political, historical and cultural dimensions necessary to have an impact, therefore understanding the cultural and gendered experiences of Mi’kmaq women is crucial. |
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