Citation

Rountree J, Smith A. Am. Indian Alsk. Native Ment. Health Res. 2016; 23(3): 206-220.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

27383093

Abstract

Mainstream child and family well-being indicators frequently are based on measuring health, economic, and social deficits, and do not reflect Indigenous holistic and strength-based definitions of health and well-being. The present article is a review of literature that features Indigenous communities' self-identified strength-based indicators of child and family well-being. The literature search included Indigenous communities from across the world, incorporating findings from American Indians and Alaska Natives, First Nations, Native Hawaiians, Māori, Aboriginal Australians, and Sámi communities. Sorting the identified indicators into the quadrants of the Relational Worldview, an Indigenous framework for well-being based on medicine wheel teachings that views health and well-being as a balance among physical, mental, contextual, and spiritual factors, the authors discuss the findings.

Language: en