Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Nutritional Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Can J Diabetes. 2008;32(2):114-22. doi: 10.1016/S1499-2671(08)22008-3. Epub 2012 Dec 10.
To explore perspectives on the meaning of health to Aboriginal adults and youth living in a northern Manitoba First Nations community.
Six focus groups with 29 youth and individual interviews with 10 adults were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim and thematically analyzed.
Adults and older youth used aspects of health depicted in the Medicine Wheel to describe being healthy, but younger youth were not as specific. Both generations spoke about the importance of positive adult role models (emotional health), incorporation of traditional First Nations practices into everyday life (spiritual health), changes in diet and activity (physical health) and the significance of making good choices (mental health).
Participants incorporated aspects of current and traditional lifestyles into their discussion of health. Use of the Medicine Wheel to conceptualize health holistically on the part of both adults and older youth suggest that it may be an effective way to frame health promotion strategies for younger youth. Because it is in harmony with cultural values, such an approach may influence other members of this community to adopt healthful lifestyle practices.
探索生活在马尼托巴省北部原住民社区的原住民成年人和青年对健康的意义的看法。
对 29 名青年进行了 6 次焦点小组讨论，对 10 名成年人进行了个人访谈，对访谈内容进行了音频记录、逐字转录和主题分析。
成年人和年龄较大的青年使用“药轮”中描述健康的各个方面来描述健康，但年龄较小的青年则不那么具体。两代人都谈到了积极的成人榜样的重要性（心理健康）、将传统的第一民族做法融入日常生活（精神健康）、饮食和活动的改变（身体健康）以及做出正确选择的重要性（心理健康）。
参与者将当前和传统生活方式的各个方面纳入了他们对健康的讨论。成年人和年龄较大的青年都使用“药轮”来全面地理解健康，这表明它可能是为年龄较小的青年制定健康促进策略的有效方法。由于它与文化价值观相协调，这种方法可能会影响该社区的其他成员采用健康的生活方式实践。
