Walking-With Wellness: Understanding Intersections of Indigenous Literacy and Health Through Podcasting

• Main Author: Toorenburgh, Lydia
• Other Authors: Boudreault-Fournier, Alexandrine, Loignon, Christine
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Indigenous; literacy; print literacy; health; health literacy; First Nations; Metis; Inuit; Aboriginal; walking; podcast; Victoria; British Columbia; Canada; participatory; audio-visual; health care; health care system; racism; kiyokewin; walking-with; visiting; community-based; Two-Eyed Seeing; Indian; Indian Residential School; Indian Hospital; anthropology; Indigenous studies; decolonization; indigenization; medicine; medical; sound recording; editing; keeoukaywin; medical anthropology; ethnography; qualitative; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1828/14716

Have you ever seen a doctor and been sent home with forms and pamphlets to read and fill out? Reading and writing in English is a key skill for patients to access quality health care in Canada. Recent research demonstrates that patients with low print literacy face greater barriers when accessing an...