Immigrants and Native Youth and Women

2021 ◽  
pp. 81-96
Author(s):  
Thomas R. Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Native Youth

scholarly journals Why Do Immigrant and Swedish Adolescents Engage in Ethnic Victimization? Common and Distinct Underlying Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (11) ◽  
pp. 2236-2248
Author(s):  
S. Bayram Özdemir ◽  
C. Giles ◽  
M. Özdemir
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Composition ◽  
Attitudes Toward Immigrants ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Immigrant Background ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
The Common ◽  
Native Youth ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Ethnic Victimization

AbstractYouth of immigrant background are at risk of experiencing victimization due to their ethnic or cultural background. However, limited knowledge is available regarding why youth victimize their immigrant peers, and whether the factors associated with engagement in ethnic victimization vary across adolescents of different background. To address this gap in knowledge, the present study aimed to elucidate the common or differential factors associated with engagement in ethnic victimization among immigrant and native youth. The analytical sample included seventh grade students residing in Sweden from 55 classrooms (N = 963, Mage = 13.11, SD = 0.41; 46% girls; 38% youth of immigrant background). The results showed that being morally disengaged and engaging in general victimization are the common denominators of engagement in ethnic victimization for immigrant and Swedish youth. Low levels of positive attitudes toward immigrants provide a foundation for ethnic victimization among Swedish youth, but not youth of immigrant background. Classroom ethnic composition was not significantly related to engagement in ethnic victimization in either group. Predictors of engagement in ethnic victimization seem to have similarities and differences among immigrant and Swedish youth. The factors involved require further attention in developing strategies to combat bias-based hostile behaviors in diverse school settings.

scholarly journals Healthy Native Youth: Improving Access to Effective, Culturally-Relevant Sexual Health Curricula

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie Craig Rushing ◽  
David Stephens ◽  
Ross Shegog ◽  
Jennifer Torres ◽  
Gwenda Gorman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Health ◽  
Culturally Relevant ◽  
Native Youth

Integrating Mentorship and Digital Storytelling to Promote Wellness for Alaska Native Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 59 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 169
Author(s):  
Rivkin ◽  
Black ◽  
Lopez ◽  
Filardi ◽  
Salganek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alaska Native ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Native Youth

Resilience and Rebellious Memory Loops: Further Musings of an American Indian Ethnoecologist

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
Enrique Salmón
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Resilience Theory ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Indian Thought ◽  
Native Youth

In this essay, an indigenous scholar traces his thinking on how best to reveal the layers of knowledge encoded in American Indian thought in terms that can be understood by non-Native peoples. Recently, resilience theory, which seeks to understand the source and role of change, particularly the kinds of change that are transforming, lead to adaptive systems, and are sustainable, seems best suited for this task. Enrique Salmón reflects on the various ecological and sustainable innovations that contemporary American Indian communities are initiating that are helping them to remain resilient as well as the important lessons that others can draw from that can have significant impacts on the practices that can help to mitigate the impacts of anthropogenic climate disruptions, landscapes, and ecosystems. Among human communities, resilience results from periodic episodes when cultural capital has been built up. This cultural capital, the author explains, consists of indigenous people who still speak the language, the storytellers, the ritual singers, the farmers, and the wise elders, but also Native youth working to reorganize and develop new methods and practices based on centuries-old traditions that can be used to revitalize traditional ecological knowledge.

scholarly journals Strengths-Based Assessment for Suicide Prevention: Reasons for Life as a Protective Factor From Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth Suicide

Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 107319111987578 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Allen ◽  
Stacy M. Rasmus ◽  
Carlotta Ching Ting Fok ◽  
Billy Charles ◽  
Joseph Trimble ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factors ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Native Youth

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native youth, and within the Alaska Native youth subpopulation, the leading cause of death. In response to this public health crisis, American Indian and Alaska Native communities have created strategies to protect their young people by building resilience using localized Indigenous well-being frameworks and cultural strengths. These approaches to suicide prevention emphasize promotion of protective factors over risk reduction. A measure of culturally based protective factors from suicide risk has potential to assess outcomes from these strengths-based, culturally grounded suicide prevention efforts, and can potentially address several substantive concerns regarding direct assessment of suicide risk. We report on the Reasons for Life (RFL) scale, a measure of protective factors from suicide, testing psychometric properties including internal structure with 302 rural Alaska Native Yup’ik youth. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed the RFL is best described through three distinct first-order factors organized under one higher second-order factor. Item response theory analyses identified 11 satisfactorily functioning items. The RFL correlates with other measures of more general protective factors. Implications of these findings are described, including generalizability to other American Indian and Alaska Native, other Indigenous, and other culturally distinct suicide disparities groups.

scholarly journals A Pilot Evaluation of Culture Camps to Increase Alaska Native Youth Wellness

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 363-371
Author(s):  
Jodi D. Barnett ◽  
Tara C. Schmidt ◽  
Bridie Trainor ◽  
Lisa Wexler
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Historical Trauma ◽  
Emotional States ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Native Youth ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Subsistence Activities ◽  
Significant Health

Suicide is a significant health disparity among Alaska Native youth, which is linked to cultural disruptions brought about by colonialism and historical trauma. Many Indigenous suicide prevention efforts center on revitalizing and connecting youth to their culture to promote mental health and resilience. A common cultural approach to improve psychosocial outcomes is youth culture camps, but there has been little evaluation research to test this association. Here, we conduct a pilot evaluation of a 5-day culture camp developed in two remote regions of Alaska. The camps bring together Alaska Native youth from villages in these regions to take part in subsistence activities, develop new relationships, develop life skills, and learn traditional knowledge and values. This pilot evaluation of the culture camps uses a quantitative pre/post design to examine the outcomes of self-esteem, emotional states, belongingness, mattering to others, and coping skills among participants. Results indicate that culture camps can significantly increase positive mood, feelings of belongingness, and perceived coping of participants. Culture camps are a common suicide prevention effort in Indigenous circumpolar communities, and although limited in scope and design, this pilot evaluation offers some evidence to support culture camps as a health promotion intervention that can reduce suicide risk.

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