Resource Tag: ACCULTURATION

This study examined the structural correlates of Hispanic suicide at the metropolitan level using Mortality Multiple Cause-of-Death Records & 2000 census data. Competing hypotheses regarding the effects of immigration, assimilation, affluence, economic disadvantage, & ethnic inequality were tested. Findings point to multiple forces & complex relationships among social structure, culture, & Hispanic suicide. Findings also […]

This paper examines child welfare issues in relation to the impact of cultural loss &/or lack of cultural identify & its correlation with suicide risk among young Aboriginal persons in Canada. (24 refs.)

The authors examine the main factors related to suicide among aboriginal youth & ways to redress what many consider the most important of these, discontinuity with heritage. A group of Mi’Kmaq elders & an interdisciplinary group of academicians blended traditional Mi’Kmaq knowledge & western scientific knowledge to develop a strategy to address such discontinuity. Puppets […]

The authors posit high rates of suicidal behaviour by teenage Hispanic females reported in large-scale surveys can be understood as a cultural phenomenon, a product of specific elements of the history, tradition, ideology, or social norms of a particular society, & that treatment interventions must take family & cultural factors into consideration. The unique situation […]

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This article synthesizes the epidemiology & risk factors associated with suicide among American Indians, barriers to research, prevention, mental-health services, & recommendations for research & practice. The authors present significant substantive & methodological issues that inform research on suicide in American Indian communities, as well as existing contemporary interventions. Overall, socioeconomic characteristics, substance abuse, barriers […]

Data were collected from focus groups with 40 American Indian parents & from individual interviews with 9 American Indian elders. The major task participants addressed was holding the family together & healing intergenerational pains. Topics parents discussed were holding onto cultural values, holding the family together, getting through school, & getting a job. These findings […]

This report provides a summary of initiatives taken around the issue of death by suicide in Nunavut. Synopses of the findings of 10 documents written in 2003 are provided with particular reference to the at-risk for suicide indicators identified. Insights as to the findings are discussed & finally, the summation theorizes about the significance of […]

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Scholars have based their understanding of college-student suicide in the United States largely on the study of European Americans, and therefore, its relevance to making culturally informed decisions with suicidal Asian American college students is unclear. This article explores aspects of suicide assessment potentially unique to Asian American college students and discusses possible ways to […]

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Having investigated suicide mortality among the 250,000 immigrant Finns in Sweden (“Finnish Swedes”) 1982-1992, the authors found it to be very high for both sexes. The mean overall yearly rate was 48.2 per 100,000 – 2 times the Swedish rate & 1.6 times the Finnish. They also found that suicide mortality has increased among women. […]

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A review of the pertinent literature & interviews of key informants provided the basis for an exploration into the historical antecedents of some of the mental health & family issues of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, & Siuslaw Indians of Oregon. Key historical events that have impacted this community include boarding schools, termination, […]