TY - JOUR
T1 - Identifying Perspectives About Health to Orient Obesity Intervention Among Urban, Transitionally Housed Indigenous Children
AU - Jennings, Derek R.
AU - Paul, Koushik
AU - Little, Meg M.
AU - Olson, Daryl
AU - Johnson-Jennings, Michelle D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - Drawing from a socioecological framework of health, this community-based participatory research study examined key cultural health perspectives of transitionally housed, food insecure Indigenous children (aged 8–12 years) by utilizing talking circles and a 4-day photovoice (PV) curriculum. In total, 18 Indigenous children portrayed their health perceptions by taking photographs of their living environment and categorizing photos as healthy, unhealthy, or mixed. And, 10 of the 18 children completed pre- and post-evaluations, where data elucidated that urban Indigenous children experiencing food and housing insecurity demonstrate unique holistic and socioecological perceptions about health. Healthy themes included nutrition, gardening, interpersonal relationships, food sovereignty, water quality, and natural and built environments. Unhealthy themes included cumulative stress, food insecurity, access and cost, screen time, smoking, and violence. We found that implementing these robust insights into urban Indigenous obesity prevention interventions could significantly drive success. This approach may benefit children with similar socioecological strengths and vulnerabilities.
AB - Drawing from a socioecological framework of health, this community-based participatory research study examined key cultural health perspectives of transitionally housed, food insecure Indigenous children (aged 8–12 years) by utilizing talking circles and a 4-day photovoice (PV) curriculum. In total, 18 Indigenous children portrayed their health perceptions by taking photographs of their living environment and categorizing photos as healthy, unhealthy, or mixed. And, 10 of the 18 children completed pre- and post-evaluations, where data elucidated that urban Indigenous children experiencing food and housing insecurity demonstrate unique holistic and socioecological perceptions about health. Healthy themes included nutrition, gardening, interpersonal relationships, food sovereignty, water quality, and natural and built environments. Unhealthy themes included cumulative stress, food insecurity, access and cost, screen time, smoking, and violence. We found that implementing these robust insights into urban Indigenous obesity prevention interventions could significantly drive success. This approach may benefit children with similar socioecological strengths and vulnerabilities.
KW - Indigenous health
KW - food insecurity
KW - food sovereignty
KW - health beliefs
KW - photovoice
KW - place based healing
KW - qualitative
KW - upper midwest US
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U2 - 10.1177/1049732319900164
DO - 10.1177/1049732319900164
M3 - Article
C2 - 32003290
AN - SCOPUS:85078904744
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 30
SP - 894
EP - 905
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 6
ER -