Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2020 Dec;66(3-4):279-289. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12436. Epub 2020 Jun 29.
Beginning in 2009, Detroit's urban American Indian health center entered into a collaborative and participatory partnership with a university research team. The purpose of the partnership was to incorporate Indigenous traditional healing practices into the health and wellness services at this center. Following extensive consultation with stakeholders at the center, we were commissioned by local decision-makers to develop a program tailored for members of the urban American Indian community that would introduce and orient these individuals to meaningful participation in Indigenous traditional spirituality. The Urban American Indian Traditional Spirituality Program is a structured curriculum for American Indian community members that introduces and orients participants to meaningful engagement with sacred practices associated with the sweat lodge ceremony. The signature innovation of this program was the recasting of traditional socialization practices into a structured, didactic curriculum that could initiate an enduring spiritual devotional life for American Indian participants toward improved health and well-being. Created primarily "by Indians, for Indians," the collaboratively designed curriculum draws on cultural strengths and spiritual empowerment to advance health equity for these marginalized populations.
自 2009 年以来，底特律的城市美国印第安人健康中心与一个大学研究团队建立了合作和参与式伙伴关系。该伙伴关系的目的是将本土传统的治疗方法融入该中心的健康和保健服务中。在与中心的利益相关者进行广泛协商后，我们受当地决策者的委托，为城市美国印第安社区的成员制定了一个专门的方案，旨在向这些人介绍并引导他们参与到本土传统精神中。城市美国印第安传统精神计划是一个为美国印第安社区成员设计的结构化课程，向参与者介绍并引导他们参与与汗屋仪式相关的有意义的神圣实践。该计划的标志性创新是将传统的社会化实践重新塑造为一种结构化的、说教式的课程，为美国印第安参与者提供持久的精神奉献生活，以改善健康和福祉。这个课程主要是由“印第安人，为印第安人”创建的，它借鉴了文化优势和精神赋权，为这些边缘化群体推进健康公平。
