TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - "Let our Apache heritage and culture live on forever and teach the young ones": development of the elders' resilience curriculum, an upstream suicide prevention approach for American Indian youth
JO  - American journal of community psychology
A1  - Cwik, Mary
A1  - Goklish, Novalene
A1  - Masten, Kristin
A1  - Lee, Angelita
A1  - Suttle, Rosemarie
A1  - Alchesay, Melanie
A1  - O'Keefe, Victoria
A1  - Barlow, Allison
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - The White Mountain Apache Tribe have developed an innovative curriculum that connects youth through Elders to their heritage, traditions, and culture, which has been proven to be a protective factor for native Americans. The development process took 4½ years and included community stakeholder buy-in, Elders' Council group formation, extensive formative work to identify content, iterative feedback between curriculum writers and Elders, and Elder training prior to implementation. Members of the Elders' Council have been visiting the local schools to teach youth about the Apache culture, language, and way of life since February 2014 reaching over 1000 youth. This approach demonstrates a promising upstream suicide prevention strategy. We discuss the process of development, implementation, and lessons learned, as this curriculum has potential for adaptation by other Indigenous communities.<br><br>© 2019 Society for Community Research and Action.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-0562
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12351
ID  - ref1
ER  -