scholarly journals Strong in the City: towards a strength-based approach in Indigenous health promotion

2004 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 215-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Brough ◽  
Chelsea Bond ◽  
Julian Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
The City

scholarly journals From controlling to connecting: M’Wikwedong as a place of urban Indigenous health promotion in Canada

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos E Sanchez-Pimienta ◽  
Jeff Masuda
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Indigenous Leadership ◽  
Digital Stories ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Primary Basis ◽  
The City

Abstract In recent years, health promotion has come under critique for being framed according to the contexts and priorities of Western communities, with the notion of ‘control’ underpinning much of its theoretical and practical development. Ceding space to Indigenous voices and knowledge is one way forward to overcoming this limitation and decolonizing the field. This paper reports on insights gained from a participatory digital storytelling project focused on Indigenous health promotion that took place at M’Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre in the city of Owen Sound, Canada. The research team was formed by M’Wikwedong’s Executive Director, five Indigenous youth and two university researchers. We co-created data through an 8-month digital storytelling process that involved 13 weekly research meetings, the creation of 4 digital stories and video screenings. We analysed data from seven group interview transcriptions, field notes and video transcripts through qualitative coding and theme building. The four themes we identified speak to the ways M’Wikwedong reinforced connections to youth, their sense of self, place in the city and Indigenous cultures. From our findings, we theorize that egalitarianism of knowledge, restoring balance in relationships and Indigenous leadership are core components of an ‘ethos of connection’ that underlies Indigenous health promotion. The ‘ethos of connection’ challenges Western notions of ‘control’ and brings attention to the unique expertise and practices of urban Indigenous communities and organizations as a primary basis for health promotion.

scholarly journals Maternal breastfeeding in the penitentiary system

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (8) ◽  
pp. 1970
Author(s):  
Estela Maria Leite Meirelles Monteiro ◽  
Andréa Rosane Sousa Silva ◽  
Carlos Alberto Domingues do Nascimento ◽  
Andrea Ferreira Lopes Diniz Maia ◽  
Paula Danielle de Azevedo Araujo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Ethics Committee ◽  
Professional Qualification ◽  
Mother Child Relationships ◽  
El Sistema ◽  
Analysis Of Results ◽  
Las Mujeres ◽  
The City ◽  
Breastfeeding Practice

ABSTRACTObjective: to investigate the maternal breastfeeding practice of pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in a deprivation of liberty situation. Method: this is a descriptive qualitative study using convenience samples. A questionnaire was applied to 13 pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers on January and February 2008 in a women's penalcolony in the city of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. The testimonies were recorded and transcribed, and the analysis of results was based on the Collective Subject Discourse technique. This study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Hospital Universitario Osvaldo Cruz (HUOC) of Universidade Estadual de Pernambuco (UPE), under the Opinion 138/2007. Results: it was observed that women’s reaction with regard to a confirmed pregnancy is related to the support they receive from their partners and family members. In their perception, one realizes conflicting feelings of wishing to be close to their children and protecting them from the reality experienced in the penitentiary system. Conclusion: the need for a professional qualification in health care considering both the issue of citizenship and the health promotion of the binomial mother-child became apparent. Descriptors: maternal breastfeeding; prison; mother-child relationships; health education; nursing.RESUMOObjetivo: investigar a prática do aleitamento materno de gestantes e nutrizes em situação de privação de liberdade. Método: trata-se de um estudo qualitativo descritivo que utiliza amostragens por conveniência. Aplicou-se questionário com 13 gestantes e nutrizes nos meses de janeiro e fevereiro de 2008 em uma colônia penal feminina da cidade de Recife-PE. Os depoimentos foram gravados e transcritos, e a análise dos resultados baseou-se na técnica do Discurso do Sujeito Coletivo. O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética e Pesquisa do Hospital Universitário Osvaldo Cruz (HUOC) da Universidade Estadual de Pernambuco (UPE), sob o Parecer n. 138/2007. Resultados: foi observado que a reação das mulheres diante da confirmação da gravidez está relacionada ao apoio que elas recebem dos seus companheiros e familiares. Na percepção delas, nota-se a presença de sentimentos conflitantes entre o desejo de estar próximas a seus filhos e o de protegê-los da realidade imposta pelo sistema penitenciário. Conclusão: evidencia-se a necessidade de uma formação profissional em saúde comprometida com a questão da cidadania e com a promoção à saúde do binômio mãe-filho. Descritores: aleitamento materno; prisão; relações mãe-filho; educação em saúde; enfermagem.RESUMENObjetivo: Investigar acerca del Amamantamiento Materno en gestante y amas de leche en situación de privación de libertad. Método: se trata de un estudio descriptivo, cualitativo que utiliza muestras por conveniencia. Se realizó un cuestionario a 13 mujeres gestantes y amas de leche durante los meses de enero a febrero de 2008 en una colonia penal femenina de la ciudad de Recife (Pernambuco, Brasil). Los testimonios se grabaron y transcribieron, y el análisis de los resultados se basó en el Discurso del Sujeto Colectivo. El estudio se aprobó por el Comité de Ética y Pesquisa del Hospital Universitario Osvaldo Cruz (HUOC) de la Universidad Estadual de Pernambuco (UPE), bajo parecer nº 138/2007. Resultados: se observó que la reacción de las mujeres ante la confirmación de embarazo se relaciona con el apoyo que tengan de sus compañeros y familiares. En la percepción de las mismas, se percibe la presencia de sentimientos conflictivos entre el deseo de estar cerca de sus hijos y el de protegerlos de la realidad impuesta por el sistema penitenciario. Conclusión: queda evidente la necesidad de una formación profesional en sanidad implicada en cuestiones de ciudadanía y con la promoción de la salud del binomio madre-hijo. Descriptores: amamantamiento materno; prisiones; relaciones madre-hijo; educación en salud; enfermería.

Traditional and Integrative Medical Practices in Public Health Services in the Downtown-West Region of the City of São Paulo, Brazil, and Their Relation to Health Promotion

2008 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 1071-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Busato ◽  
Emília C. Mansoldo Tanaka ◽  
Álvaro da Silva Santos ◽  
Thais Eiko Higuchi ◽  
José Roberto Leite ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Public Health Services ◽  
Medical Practices ◽  
West Region ◽  
The City

Are insights from Indigenous health shaping a paradigm shift in health promotion praxis in Australia?

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan Crouch ◽  
Patricia Fagan
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Future Health ◽  
New Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Funding Cuts ◽  
Policy Shifts

Health promotion really is at a cross-road. Traditionally guided by the Ottawa Charter, it has been thought of as principle-guided actions, processes and technique, as well as outcomes or results. Health promotion has been characterised by its products and some even call it theory. In Australia, public funding for health promotion has, for many years, shaped its practice into behaviour change interventions. However, governments around the country are reconsidering their investments, evidenced by ideologically motivated policy shifts and associated substantial funding cuts. Recently, themes of empowerment, community control and community agency have emerged as new directions for future health promotion praxis and reports of activism-based approaches that seek to mobilise community energies around sexual health inequity have started to appear in the literature. Noting parallel developments in the social determinants and social change discourses, this paper posits that cutting edge health promotion efforts by Indigenous communities in Australia are shaping a new approach with potentially global application.

Conceptualisations of agoraphobia: implications for mental health promotion

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felicity Callard
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Public Space ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Mental Health Promotion ◽  
Late 19Th Century ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The City

Agoraphobia emerged as a named disorder in the 1870s. Since then a wide variety of models ‐ both clinical and non‐clinical ‐ have been devised to explain it. This paper describes four of these models to demonstrate and explore the significance for mental health promotion of their different conceptualisations of agoraphobia in relation to the city, to public space and to the individual. Of particular interest is the shift in the gendering of agoraphobia: while late 19th century accounts tended to feature men, by the mid 20th century the archetype of someone who experiences agoraphobia had become female. The implications of this variance and subsequent decisions about intervention and cure, it is argued, demonstrate the importance of conceptualisation in debates about mental health promotion.

scholarly journals High Food Insecurity in Recyclers from Waste Sorting Units in Southern Brazil

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cássia Medino Soares ◽  
Camila Saueressig ◽  
Bruna Alves ◽  
Carolina Bortolin Beskow ◽  
Paulo Roberto Taborda de Souza Filho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Food Insecurity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Southern Brazil ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Promotion Programs ◽  
South Of Brazil ◽  
Substance Involvement ◽  
The City ◽  
Overweight Or Obesity

Abstract Background In areas of greater social vulnerability, there are high levels of food insecurity, infectious diseases and diseases secondary to malnutrition. However, in Brazil, there are few studies with recyclers from waste sorting units, resulting in a lack of health promotion programs for this population. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of food insecurity in recyclers from waste sorting units in the south of Brazil. Methods Cross-sectional study conducted from May of 2017 to April of 2018 with adult individuals from two waste sorting units in the city of Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. Clinical and nutritional evaluations were performed in the work environment, and three questionnaires were applied: the Brazilian Scale of Food Insecurity, the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test, and the International Questionnaire of Physical Activity. Results One hundred and twenty-three subjects were evaluated, mean age 35 years, 66% female. A 74% rate of food insecurity was detected. About 57% of the participants presented overweight or obesity and 48% presented increased waist circumference. Conclusion Subjects presented high levels of Food Insecurity and immediate need of intervention for tobacco and alcohol abuse. There is a need for multidisciplinary interventions to prevent the situations found and the implementation of public policies addressing health promotion acts in the population of recyclers.

scholarly journals Reflecting on environment to understand diversifying health perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-122
Author(s):  
Laurie-Ann Lines
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Health Research ◽  
Indigenous Health ◽  
Academic Training ◽  
Opportunities To Learn ◽  
Current Standard ◽  
Subsequent Research ◽  
Strength Based ◽  
Health Conceptions

People hold health conceptions that are shaped by their environments. In Canada, these ideas and subsequent research approaches are often developed further through academic training. Current public health perspectives and approaches are largely focused on Western worldviews of health. I share my reflections on my environments, and continued journey as a student in academia that led me to question the current standard of teaching uniform health perspectives. Fostering a singular-worldview learning environment translate to future scholars missing opportunities to learn promising discourses – such as strength-based approaches – that may be more effective in application, including in Indigenous health research. I suggest ways in which environments that foster the appreciation and comprehension of diverse health perspectives can be built.

scholarly journals ‘The Feel of the Stones, Sounds of Cars, the Different Smells’: How Incorporating the Senses Can Help Support Equitable Health Promotion

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Andrew Barnfield
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Prevention Strategies ◽  
Recreational Runners ◽  
The Senses ◽  
Sense Of Touch ◽  
The City ◽  
Health Promotion Practice

There has been limited consideration to the role of the senses in health promotion regardless of the prominence placed on corporeality in intervention and prevention strategies. Touch as a form of sense-making challenges the representational approaches that characterize health promotion methods to increase participation in physical activity. This paper explores recreational running practices through the sense of touch and is drawn from an in-depth qualitative research project with recreational runners in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The project examined how recreational running was established and maintained within the city. This paper concludes that there is potential for health promotion to adopt a more open stance towards the study of sensual experiences of the built environment. Insights from approaches attentive to the senses hold promise for agendas and interventions in health promotion practice and intervention.

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