Publications by authors named "Barb Fornssler"
There is a need for Indigenous-centered research to appraise culture's role in wellness. Researchers described the development and validity of the Native Wellness Assessment (NWA). The NWA has culture-as-intervention at its apex.
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- This article talks about how a team is using "two-eyed seeing," which combines Indigenous and Western knowledge, to research cultural methods for helping First Nations people with alcohol and drug problems in Canada.
- The researchers are focusing on Indigenous ways of knowing and working to make a tool that respects both Indigenous culture and Western science.
- They share examples like using storytelling to collect data and practicing Indigenous knowledge gardening to show how their approach is helping Indigenous communities and research.