Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol.
Health solutions for Aboriginal children should be guided by their community and grounded in evidence. This manuscript presents a prospective cohort study protocol, designed by a community-university collaborative research team. The study’s goal is to determine whether community-based screening and...
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ftunitorontoojs:oai:jps.library.utoronto.ca:article/30282 2023-05-15T16:16:48+02:00 Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol. Young, Nancy L. Wabano, Mary Jo Jacko, Diane Barbic, Skye P. Boydell, Katherine Thavorn, Kednapa Roy-Charland, Annie Momoli, Franco Anderson, Marnie Trudeau, Trisha Peltier, Shanna Mushquash, Christopher Szatmari, Peter Williamson, Pam Dénommée, Jessica 2018-08-23 application/pdf https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/30282 https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v13i1.30282 eng eng Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/30282/22992 https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijih/article/view/30282 doi:10.32799/ijih.v13i1.30282 Copyright (c) 2018 Nancy L. Young, Mary Jo Wabano, Diane Jacko, Skye P. Barbic, Katherine Boydell, Kednapa Thavorn, Annie Roy-Charland, Franco Momoli, Marnie Anderson, Trisha Trudeau, Shanna Peltier, Christopher Mushquash, Peter Szatmari, Pam Williamson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 CC-BY-NC-ND International Journal of Indigenous Health; Vol 13 No 1 (2018): A barrier-free health system for Indigenous Communities; 65-86 2291-9376 2291-9368 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2018 ftunitorontoojs https://doi.org/10.32799/ijih.v13i1.30282 2020-12-01T10:53:48Z Health solutions for Aboriginal children should be guided by their community and grounded in evidence. This manuscript presents a prospective cohort study protocol, designed by a community-university collaborative research team. The study’s goal is to determine whether community-based screening and triage lead to earlier identification of children’s emotional health needs, and to improved emotional health 1 year later, compared to the standard referral process. We are recruiting a community-based sample and a clinical sample of children (ages 8 to 18 years) within one Canadian First Nation. All participants will complete the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM)© and a brief triage assessment with a local mental health worker. All participants will be followed for 1 year. Children with newly identified health concerns will be immediately connected to local services, generating a new opportunity to improve health. The development of the research design and its execution were impacted by several events (e.g., disparate worldviews, loss of access to schools). This manuscript describes lessons learned that are important to guide future community-based research with First Nations people. The optimal research design in an Aboriginal context is one that responds directly to local decision makers’ needs and respectfully integrates Aboriginal ways of knowing with Western scientific principles. Such an approach is critical because it will generate meaningful results that will be rapidly adopted, thus reducing the knowledge-to-action gap. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto: Journal Publishing Services International Journal of Indigenous Health 13 1 65 86 |
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Health solutions for Aboriginal children should be guided by their community and grounded in evidence. This manuscript presents a prospective cohort study protocol, designed by a community-university collaborative research team. The study’s goal is to determine whether community-based screening and triage lead to earlier identification of children’s emotional health needs, and to improved emotional health 1 year later, compared to the standard referral process. We are recruiting a community-based sample and a clinical sample of children (ages 8 to 18 years) within one Canadian First Nation. All participants will complete the Aboriginal Children’s Health and Well-being Measure (ACHWM)© and a brief triage assessment with a local mental health worker. All participants will be followed for 1 year. Children with newly identified health concerns will be immediately connected to local services, generating a new opportunity to improve health. The development of the research design and its execution were impacted by several events (e.g., disparate worldviews, loss of access to schools). This manuscript describes lessons learned that are important to guide future community-based research with First Nations people. The optimal research design in an Aboriginal context is one that responds directly to local decision makers’ needs and respectfully integrates Aboriginal ways of knowing with Western scientific principles. Such an approach is critical because it will generate meaningful results that will be rapidly adopted, thus reducing the knowledge-to-action gap. |
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Young, Nancy L. Wabano, Mary Jo Jacko, Diane Barbic, Skye P. Boydell, Katherine Thavorn, Kednapa Roy-Charland, Annie Momoli, Franco Anderson, Marnie Trudeau, Trisha Peltier, Shanna Mushquash, Christopher Szatmari, Peter Williamson, Pam Dénommée, Jessica |
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Young, Nancy L. Wabano, Mary Jo Jacko, Diane Barbic, Skye P. Boydell, Katherine Thavorn, Kednapa Roy-Charland, Annie Momoli, Franco Anderson, Marnie Trudeau, Trisha Peltier, Shanna Mushquash, Christopher Szatmari, Peter Williamson, Pam Dénommée, Jessica Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol. |
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Young, Nancy L. Wabano, Mary Jo Jacko, Diane Barbic, Skye P. Boydell, Katherine Thavorn, Kednapa Roy-Charland, Annie Momoli, Franco Anderson, Marnie Trudeau, Trisha Peltier, Shanna Mushquash, Christopher Szatmari, Peter Williamson, Pam Dénommée, Jessica |
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Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol. |
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Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol. |
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Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol. |
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Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol. |
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Community-Based screening and triage versus standard referral of Aboriginal children: A prospective cohort study protocol. |
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community-based screening and triage versus standard referral of aboriginal children: a prospective cohort study protocol. |
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Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health |
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Copyright (c) 2018 Nancy L. Young, Mary Jo Wabano, Diane Jacko, Skye P. Barbic, Katherine Boydell, Kednapa Thavorn, Annie Roy-Charland, Franco Momoli, Marnie Anderson, Trisha Trudeau, Shanna Peltier, Christopher Mushquash, Peter Szatmari, Pam Williamson https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
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