Encouraging usage of an endangered ancestral language: A supportive role for caregivers’ deictic gestures

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 561-582
Author(s):  
Peri Yuksel ◽  
Patricia J. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Language Endangerment ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Risk Of Extinction ◽  
Toy Play ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Imminent Risk ◽  
Child Age

Many ancestral languages (AL) are at imminent risk of extinction due to societal changes that pressure minority communities to assimilate with dominant cultures and forego usage of their AL. This study aimed to encourage caregiver–child dyads to converse in Lazuri, an endangered AL in Rize, Turkey. Dyads ( N = 59; child age M = 30.7 months, range 15–48) were asked to speak Lazuri while playing with culturally appropriate toys for 20minutes. Utterances were coded for language and accompanying gestures. With children speaking mostly in Turkish, caregivers experienced difficulties maintaining AL usage, yet were generally compliant with instructions. Caregivers more often produced deictic gestures when speaking Lazuri than when speaking Turkish, suggesting that children’s lack of AL proficiency influenced their gesturing. Moreover, caregivers who produced more gesture–speech combinations in the AL had children who produced more AL utterances, after controlling for the amount of AL input. Results indicate the feasibility of enhancing AL input through directed toy-play in contexts of language endangerment. In such contexts, deictic gestures may be especially valuable in grounding AL usage in the immediate context.

Language, Culture and Power: Intercultural Bilingual Education among the Urarina of Peruvian Amazonia

1999 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bartholomew Dean
Keyword(s):  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Cultural Survival ◽  
Language Endangerment ◽  
Sustainable Natural Resource Management ◽  
Intercultural Bilingual Education ◽  
The Face ◽  
Educational Future ◽  
Local Ngo ◽  
Social Anthropologist ◽  
Appropriate Education

An Urarina elder made this statement at a community assembly meeting in July 1996, which adults from the primary long house community on the Pangayacu River had called to discuss the educational future of their children. The unrelenting economic, cultural, and political pressures accompanying Peruvian national expansion into Amazonia have led indigenous peoples like the Urarina to question their prospects for future linguistic and cultural survival. Over the past decade I have worked with the Urarina, both as a social anthropologist and as an advocate working on behalf of the Amazonian Peoples' Resources Initiative (APRI). In 1995 APRI launched an integrated community defense program among the Urarina. In collaboration with a local NGO (Programa de Formación de Maestros Bilingües de la Amazonía Peruana), APRI has begun developing an educational program that promotes the political and economic empowerment of the Urarina peoples. It works to secure Urarina access to primary health care, culturally appropriate education in the face of perceived language endangerment, and sustainable natural resource management.

Self-Determination, End-of-Life Decisions, and the Role of Nurse Practitioners

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Nurse Practitioners ◽  
Nurse Practitioner ◽  
Terminally Ill ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
End Of Life Decisions ◽  
Supportive Role ◽  
Societal Changes

Nurse practitioners should be aware that societal changes could lead to their being asked to actively assist terminally ill patients who wish to end their lives, as opposed to their current supportive role in palliative care. With physician staff shortages and the need for nurse practitioners to fill the gaps, end-of-life responsibilities could be placed in the hands of nurse practitioners, rather than being reserved for physicians alone (Sagon, 2013). End-of-life matters raise uncertainties about the nurse practitioner role because it differs state by state, relates to ethics, reflects the religious beliefs of those involved, and concerns the conflict of nurses simultaneously caring for their patients while advocating for their right to self-determination in choosing to end their lives.

scholarly journals Strategies to Address COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Mitigate Health Disparities in Minority Populations

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate W. Strully ◽  
Teresa M. Harrison ◽  
Theresa A. Pardo ◽  
Jordan Carleo-Evangelist
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
New York State ◽  
Vaccine Safety ◽  
Vaccine Hesitancy ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Communities Of Color ◽  
State And Local

Beyond the complex logistical task of prioritizing, distributing and safely storing millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines, state and local governments must simultaneously devise and carry out transparent plans that center equity and overcome the barriers to vaccination facing minority communities. Using insights gleaned from four focus groups conducted with health care and social service professionals serving minority communities in New York State as well as from existing research on vaccination, our results emphasize that vaccine hesitancy and access barriers—particularly within minority communities—pose significant hurdles to achieving widespread uptake of COVID-19 vaccines. Overcoming barriers requires community-engaged campaigns that acknowledge and address the historical injustices and on-going inequities that drive distrust within communities of color, emphasize understandable and culturally appropriate messages that directly address people's concerns about vaccine safety and access, and tap existing community infrastructure to make full use of trusted voices to deliver timely and accurate information about vaccines. Given emerging data and changing conditions, campaigns must also be self-reflective and adaptive, assessing progress and outcomes and reevaluating strategies as needed. However, above all, primary goals should remain focused on transparency, equity and building trust.

scholarly journals A feminist phenomenology on the emotional labor and morality of live-in migrant care workers caring for older people in the community

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken H. M. HO ◽  
Vico C. L. CHIANG ◽  
Doris LEUNG ◽  
Daphne S. K. CHEUNG
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Emotional Labor ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Culturally Appropriate ◽  
Emotional Displays ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Societal Changes ◽  
Feminist Phenomenology ◽  
Analyze Data

Abstract Background Global societal changes, such as increasing longevity and a shortage of family caregivers, have given rise to a popular worldwide trend of employing live-in migrant care workers (MCWs) to provide homecare for older people. However, the emotional labor and morality inherent in their interactions with older people are largely unknown. The aim of the present study is to understand the corporeal experiences of live-in migrant care workers in the delivery of emotional labor as seen in their interactions with older people by: (1) describing the ways by which they manage emotional displays with older people; and (2) exploring their morality as enacted through emotional labor. Methods We performed a secondary analysis drawing on feminist phenomenology to thematically analyze data from interviews with 11 female MCWs. Follow-up interviews were conducted with 10 participants. The participants had two to 15 years of experience in caring for older people in their homes in Hong Kong. Results Performing emotional labor by suppressing and inducing emotions is morally demanding for live-in MCWs, who experience socio-culturally oppressive relationships. However, developing genuine emotions in their relationships with older people prompted the MCWs to protect the interests of older people. Through demonstrating both fake and genuine emotions, emotional labor was a tactic that live-in MCWs demonstrated to interact morally with older people. Conclusions Emotional labor allowed live-in MCWs to avoid conflict with older people, and to further protect their own welfare and that of others. This study highlights the significance of empowering live-in MCWs by training them in ways that will help them to adapt to working conditions where they will encounter diverse customs and older people who will develop an increasing dependence on them. Thus, there is a need to develop culturally appropriate interventions to empower live-in MCWs to deliver emotional labor in a moral manner.

Big trouble for little fish: identifying Australian freshwater fishes in imminent risk of extinction

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lintermans ◽  
Hayley M. Geyle ◽  
Stephen Beatty ◽  
Culum Brown ◽  
Brendan C. Ebner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fishes ◽  
Expert Elicitation ◽  
Attitudinal Change ◽  
Isolated Populations ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Management Intervention ◽  
Risk Of Extinction ◽  
Probability Of Extinction ◽  
Australian Freshwater ◽  
Imminent Risk

Globally, freshwater fishes are declining at an alarming rate. Despite much evidence of catastrophic declines, few Australian species are listed as threatened under national legislation. We aim to help redress this by identifying the Australian freshwater fishes that are in the most immediate risk of extinction. For 22 freshwater fishes (identified as highly threatened by experts), we used structured expert elicitation to estimate the probability of extinction in the next ~20 years, and to identify key threats and priority management needs. All but one of the 22 species are small (<150mm total length), 12 have been formally described only in the last decade, with seven awaiting description. Over 90% of these species were assessed to have a >50% probability of extinction in the next ~20 years. Collectively, the biggest factor contributing to the likelihood of extinction of the freshwater fishes considered is that they occur in small (distributions ≤44km2), geographically isolated populations, and are threatened by a mix of processes (particularly alien fishes and climate change). Nineteen of these species are unlisted on national legislation, so legislative drivers for recovery actions are largely absent. Research has provided strong direction on how to manage ~35% of known threats to the species considered, and, of these, ~36% of threats have some management underway (although virtually none are at the stage where intervention is no longer required). Increased resourcing, management intervention and social attitudinal change is urgently needed to avert the impending extinction of Australia’s most imperilled freshwater fishes.

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations: Serving GLBT Families in Our Schools

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashley M. Frazier
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Culturally And Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Willingness To Disclose ◽  
Bisexual And Transgender ◽  
Societal Changes

Abstract School speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are increasingly likely to serve children of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) parents or GLBT students as cultural and societal changes create growth in the population and increased willingness to disclose sexual orientation. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) has a progressive nondiscrimination statement that includes sexual orientation as a protected status and strongly urges the membership to develop cultural competence as a matter of ethical service delivery. The purpose of this article is to describe cultural competence in relation to GLBT culture, discuss GLBT parent and student cultural issues as they are important in parent-school or student-school relations, and to provide suggestions for increasing sensitivity in these types of interactions. A list of resources is provided.

Barriers to colorectal cancer (CRS) screening in minority communities: inadequate knowledge of guidelines by physicians in training

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A604-A604
Author(s):  
M GENNARELLI ◽  
L JANDORF ◽  
C CROMWELL ◽  
H VALDIMARSDOTTIR ◽  
W REDD ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Colorectal Cancer ◽  
Minority Communities ◽  
Inadequate Knowledge

Not at Imminent Risk

Crisis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 459-463
Author(s):  
Kate Monaghan ◽  
Martin Harris
Keyword(s):  
Early Intervention ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
Intervention Strategies ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Complex Issue ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Client Group ◽  
Types Of Information ◽  
Imminent Risk

Abstract. Background: Suicide is a pervasive and complex issue that can challenge counselors through the course of their careers. Research and practice focus heavily on crisis management and imminent risk rather than early intervention strategies. Early intervention strategies can assist counselors working with clients who have suicidal ideation, but are not at imminent risk, or with clients whose risk factors identify them as having a stronger trajectory for suicidal ideation. Aims: This systematic literature review examines the current literature on working with clients with suicidal ideation who are not at imminent risk, to ascertain the types of information and strategies available to counselors working with this client group. Method: An initial 622 articles were identified for analysis and from these 24 were included in the final review, which was synthesized using a narrative approach. Results: Results indicate that research into early intervention strategies is extremely limited. Conclusion: It was possible to describe emergent themes and practice guidelines to assist counselors working with clients with suicidal ideation but not at imminent risk.

Root Cause Analyses of Suicides of Mental Health Clients

Crisis ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 316-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna Gillies ◽  
David Chicop ◽  
Paul O'Halloran
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Common Factor ◽  
Data Collection Tool ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Root Cause ◽  
Communication Problems ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Health Clients ◽  
Imminent Risk

Abstract. Background: The ability to predict imminent risk of suicide is limited, particularly among mental health clients. Root cause analysis (RCA) can be used by health services to identify service-wide approaches to suicide prevention. Aims: To (a) develop a standardized taxonomy for RCAs; (b) to quantitate service-related factors associated with suicides; and (c) to identify service-related suicide prevention strategies. Method: The RCAs of all people who died by suicide within 1 week of contact with the mental health service over 5 years were thematically analyzed using a data collection tool. Results: Data were derived from RCAs of all 64 people who died by suicide between 2008 and 2012. Major themes were categorized as individual, situational, and care-related factors. The most common factor was that clients had recently denied suicidality. Reliance on carers, recent changes in medication, communication problems, and problems in follow-through were also commonly identified. Conclusion: Given the difficulty in predicting suicide in people whose expressions of suicidal ideation change so rapidly, services may consider the use of strategies aimed at improving the individual, stressor, support, and care factors identified in this study.

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