scholarly journals Families in Transition: The Impact of Family Relationships and Work on Mobility Patterns of Aboriginal People Living in Urban Centres across Canada

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Marie Quinless ◽  
Ricardo Manmohan
Keyword(s):  
Sex Education ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Data File ◽  
Personal Income ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Family Composition ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Impact

The present analysis makes use of data taken from the public use micro data file (PUMF) from the 2012 Aboriginal Peoples Survey (APS) to examine the effects of various socioeconomic factors such as age, sex, education level, family composition (expressed by the number of children in the household), and total personal income on the mobility patterns of Aboriginal people living off-reserve across Canada. Two separate path analyses were conducted to evaluate critically the decomposition effects that these variables have on mobility. The results of the path analysis show that age is inversely related to mobility, meaning younger people move more frequently. However, contrary to other studies, this research analysis shows that age becomes less significant when we consider that people with higher levels of education are indeed more mobile than others, although the strength of this effect is actually mediated through personal income and family composition.   

Living with congenital or acquired cardiac disease in childhood: maternal perceptions of the impact on the child and family

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Wray ◽  
Linda Maynard
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Cardiac Disease ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Cardiac Malformation ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Maternal Perceptions ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
The Impact

Aims: Firstly to assess maternal perceptions of the impact of congenital or acquired cardiac disease on the child, parents, and siblings, and secondly to determine whether there were differences between different diagnostic groups, or between those with and without other health problems, with a view to informing the development of a cardiac liaison nursing service for children. Methods: A postal survey of 447 families of children with congenital or acquired cardiac disease. Results: Completed questionnaires were received from 209 (46.8 percent) families. The cardiac lesion was perceived to have a negative impact on many areas of family life for about one fifth of the sample, particularly in those families where the child was perceived to be more ill. Family relationships, however, were affected in a very different way, with 43 percent reporting that family members had become closer, and only 8 percent that they had been “pulled apart” by the condition of their child. There were a number of differences in the perceived impact of the cardiac malformation on school and family life between children with different diagnoses, with this being particularly evident for families of the patients who had undergone transplantation. When the sample was divided according to the presence or absence of other problems with health, however, many of these differences between the diagnostic groups disappeared. Conclusions: Irrespective of the severity of the disease, the presence of a cardiac malformation has an impact on everyday life for a significant number of children and families, particularly if associated with other problems with health. Implications for targeting resources to reduce morbidity in these children and families are discussed.

Aboriginal Trade in Fish and Seafoods to Settlers in Nineteenth-Century South-East Queensland: A Vibrant Industry?

2013 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 144-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Kerkhove
Keyword(s):  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Native People ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Exchange Networks ◽  
European Contact ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Aboriginal Society ◽  
European Trade ◽  
Colonial Economy ◽  
The Impact

Aboriginal peoples have been ‘doing business’ with foreigners for centuries (McCarthy 1939; Langton, Mazel and Palmer 2006), yet research to date has focused either on traditional exchange networks (Donovan and Wall 2004) or the impact of Western goods. Thus Harrison (2002) and Jones (2007) plotted Aboriginal exchange values and redistribution systems for iron and cloth. The general impression from such works is that, following European contact, Aboriginal society was radically transformed, while Europeans received curios. For example, Western goods stimulated a ‘glass artefact industry’ (Harrison 2003) and Aboriginal ‘doggers’ controlled dingos (Young 2010), but only officials or anthropologists had use for the resultant spearheads and scalps. At best, Aboriginal–European trade is considered inconsequential — ‘trinkets for trash’ — while Noel Butlin's (1994) analysis of the colonial economy entirely ignores it. Discussion of profitable exchange seems limited to the post-1950s arts trade (Kleinert 2010: 175). The notion that Aboriginal people might ‘flourish’ in trade or labour with Europeans (e.g. Anderson 1983) is discarded as absurd (White 2011: 81). This is perplexing, because colonial expansion saw commercial exchanges with Indigenous peoples all over the globe. Trade between Europeans and native people forms the opening chapter of national histories — for example, those of Canada and New Zealand (Innis 1999; Salmond 1997; McLusker 2006).

scholarly journals Understanding and working with different worldviews to co-design cultural security in clinical mental health settings to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clients

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Wright ◽  
Ashleigh Lin ◽  
Margaret O’Connell ◽  
Jonathan Bullen ◽  
Helen Flavell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Models Of Care ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Service Staff ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Background: Creating the conditions for meaningful relationships is essential to understanding Aboriginal worldviews and co-designing ways of working to achieve better health outcomes. Non-Aboriginal health professionals struggle to recognise the importance of social relationships to Aboriginal peoples and tensions emerge due to these different worldviews informed by different ontologies and epistemologies. This is more so in clinical settings where training and models of care are often inadequate for working with Aboriginal people. The impact of different understandings of relationships on the provision of health services to Aboriginal peoples remains under-researched. There is a critical need to reassess the way clinicians are supported by their organisations to engage with Aboriginal clients in competent and meaningfully ways. Methods: The paper provides key insights into an Aboriginal-led participatory action research project and the work of Aboriginal Elder co-researchers with non-Aboriginal mainstream service staff to better understand the importance of social relationships from an Aboriginal worldview. The paper critically engages literature on clinical service provision for Aboriginal peoples, along with an examination of the Australian Psychological Society Code of Conduct, to explore the tensions between professional training and the need to build relationships with Aboriginal clients. Findings: Through the Elders, non-Aboriginal service staff have expanded their understanding of Aboriginal culture, kinship and the importance of country to Aboriginal wellbeing. The Elders mentored staff to unpack the tensions between worldviews in clinical settings. The research resulted in a co-designed culturally safe framework for non-Aboriginal practitioners, which is building confidence, capacity and competence to work in partnership with Aboriginal peoples. The framework emphasis the need for culturally safe models of care. The Elders have supported non-Aboriginal staff to sit between the two worldviews to develop ways to work with Aboriginal clients and shift mainstream models of mental health care to improve the wellbeing of Aboriginal people.

scholarly journals The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 and Associated Policy: Implications for Aboriginal Peoples

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Denis Kirchhoff ◽  
Holly L. Gardner ◽  
Leonard J. S. Tsuji
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Environmental Assessment ◽  
Review Process ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Aboriginal Peoples ◽  
Resource Exploitation ◽  
The People ◽  
The Impact

Despite Canada’s positive reputation in international circles regarding environmental protection, there are recent signs that this is no longer warranted. Recent changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) clearly present governmental intentions to focus efforts on stimulating economic growth through more rapid resource exploitation at the expense of the environment. Moreover, when assessing the impact of CEAA 2012 on Aboriginal people, one must look beyond the Act itself and take into account other pieces of policy to see the true effects because there are a number of other governmental initiatives that further weaken Aboriginal peoples’ capacity to participate in the resource development review process for undertakings that affect their traditional lands. The result is the silencing of the people who are most affected by resource development.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF CHILDHOOD FAMILY EXPERIENCE ON PARTNERSHIP PROBLEMS AND BIRTH-RATE IN ADULTHOOD

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 531
Author(s):  
Indra Tretjakova ◽  
Anita Pipere
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Abuse ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Birth Rate ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Childhood Experience ◽  
Family Experience ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Partnership Quality ◽  
The Impact

The causes for the partnership problems and low birth-rate can be looked upon not only through an economical discourse, but also via the thorough exploration of psychological determinants of sustainable family relationships. The skills and abilities for the development of such relationships significantly depend on the characteristics of childhood family experience. Exploring the factors that influence partnership quality and birth-rate in Latvia 221 respondents were surveyed (185 women and 36 men) aged from 20 to 40. Majority of the sample indicated to their negative childhood experience (mostly parents’ conflicts, divorce, neglect, alcohol abuse) and admitted an impact of this experience on their partnership in adulthood. The respondents with negative childhood family experience reported conflicts in their current relationships more often than their counterparts with supportive childhood experience. The most frequent partnership problems appeared to be emotional violence and computer addiction, at much less rate – alcohol abuse. Though, the statistically significant correlations between the childhood family experience and the partnership problems as well as between the childhood family experience and nymber of childen in family were not found in the given sample. The problem of drug addiction had a statistically significant negative correlation with the number of children in family. Future research could focus on the ways in which positive and adverse childhood experiences interact to influence partnership quality and birth-rate.  

scholarly journals Using family relationships to improve consistency of identification of Aboriginal people in linked administrative data

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Gibberd ◽  
Judy Simpson ◽  
Sandra Eades
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Low Birthweight ◽  
Aboriginal People ◽  
Decision Rules ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Hospital Inpatient ◽  
Aboriginal Australians ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
The Impact

ABSTRACTObjectivesWith the life expectancy of Aboriginal Australians 10 years less than non-Aboriginal Australians, administrative health datasets are essential tools to identify disparities and track changes over time. However, the Aboriginal status of individuals is often inconsistently recorded within, and across, datasets and Aboriginal people are frequently undercounted. Therefore, information from multiple linked records is often used resolve inconsistencies and undercount. However, very different algorithms are used and their performance is poorly understood. We aimed to (i) assess the relative accuracy of three common algorithms by comparing how consistently family members were categorised; (ii) develop a new algorithm that incorporates information about the Aboriginal status of family members; and (iii) investigate the impact of these algorithms on estimates of health outcomes. ApproachOur sample was people born from 1980 onwards recorded as Aboriginal at least once in 6 Western Australian datasets, as well as their Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal family members. We applied the most inclusive algorithm, ‘ever-Aboriginal’ (EA, any record of being Aboriginal), and two more specific algorithms, ‘multi-stage median’ (MSM) and ‘last record’ (LR), to linked birth, birth registration, birth defects and hospital inpatient records. We also supplemented these algorithms with information from any children’s birth records (EA+, MSM+ and LR+). Finally, we used records from all family members to derive a final Aboriginal status (MSM+ with family), using a range of decision rules, such as classifying someone as Aboriginal if they had two full siblings categorised as Aboriginal. ResultsEA+ classified 61% of our sample of 156,426 people as Aboriginal, compared with only 51% for LR. MSM+ resulted in the most consistent classification of full siblings; only 8% of pairs had one sibling identified as non-Aboriginal and the other as Aboriginal, compared with 14% using EA+. MSM+ also performed best with parent-child triads; the classifications of the child and parents were inconsistent in only 8% of cases, compared with 27% using EA. The proportions of low birthweight babies were similar for EA+, MSM+ and MSM+ with family, (10.6%, 10.8% and 10.8%, respectively). Stillbirth rates were also similar. However, an estimated 46% of mothers smoked during pregnancy for EA+, compared with 50% for both MSM+ and MSM+ with family. ConclusionOf the 6 algorithms examined, MSM+ assigned Aboriginal status most consistently and EA was the least reliable. Estimates of health outcomes were worse for Aboriginal people when the more consistent algorithms were used. However, the differences were generally small.

ADOLESCENTS' PERCEPTIONS OF STRESSORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-213
Author(s):  
Henriëtte Van den Berg ◽  
Hester Tancred ◽  
Dap Louw
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Family Environment ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
Conservation Of Resources ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
The Impact

South African adolescents show increased levels of suicidal behaviour. This article explores the perceptions of adolescents at risk of suicide regarding the psychosocial stressors they believe contribute to suicidal behaviour among South African adolescents. This study was conducted on 214 adolescents from the Western Cape Province with a high suicide risk. The group was selected on the basis of their high scores on the Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire. A qualitative content analysis was performed with their responses on a question about the reasons for adolescent suicide. The analysis highlighted risk factors relating to substance abuse, negative emotional experiences, lack of self-esteem, problem-solving ability and hope for the future; negative family environment and conflict in family relationships; peer group and romantic relationships; stressful life events; and socioeconomic factors. Guided by the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory suggestions were made for adolescent resource development to counter-act the impact of the various stressors they experience.

Communication satisfaction and trust among Turkish adolescent siblings

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Müge Çelik Örücü ◽  
Sühendan Er
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Communication Satisfaction ◽  
Age Difference ◽  
School Students ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Dyadic Trust ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Trust Scale

The relationships that exist among brothers and sisters have been much less researched and observed than other kinds of family relationships. Thus, the impact of sibling dyads' gender and age difference on Turkish adolescents' communication satisfaction and trust was examined. The sample consisted of 272 (154 female, 118 male) Turkish high school students, all of whom were aged between 14 and 18 years and had 1 younger sibling. They were asked to complete the Sibling Communication Satisfaction Scale and the Dyadic Trust Scale. A significant gender difference was obtained for both trust and communication satisfaction, wherein females were more likely than males were to trust and be satisfied with their level of communication with their siblings, especially in the case of same-gender siblings. However, no significant result was found for age difference in terms of either trust or communication satisfaction.

OP0158-PARE Survey of the Impact of RA on Family Relationships

2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (Suppl 3) ◽  
pp. A105.3-A105
Author(s):  
C. B. Jacklin ◽  
A. Bosworth
Keyword(s):  
Family Relationships ◽  
The Impact

Belgium: Creeping Vulnerability of Children

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Vinck ◽  
Wim Van Lancker
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Child Poverty ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Important Lesson ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Poverty Risk ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
Families With Children ◽  
The Impact

Belgium has been plagued by comparatively high levels of child poverty, and by a creeping, yet significant, increase that started in the good years before the crisis. This is related to the relatively high share of jobless households, the extremely high and increasing poverty risk of children growing up in these households, and benefits that are inadequate to shield jobless families with children from poverty. Although the impact of the Great Recession was limited in Belgium, the crisis seems to have had an impact on child poverty, by increasing the number of children living in work-poor households. Although the Belgian welfare state had an important cushioning impact, its poverty-reducing capacity was less strong than it used to be. The most important lesson from the crisis is that in order to make further headway in reducing child poverty, not only activation but also social protection should be improved.

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