Center for Health Equity Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.
Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community, Youth Services Department, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.
Am J Community Psychol. 2022 Sep;70(1-2):242-251. doi: 10.1002/ajcp.12590. Epub 2022 Feb 22.
Culturally grounded after-school programs (ASPs), based on local cultural values and practices, are often developed and implemented by and for the local community. Culturally grounded programs promote health and well-being for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adolescents by allowing them to reconnect to cultural teachings that have faced attempted historical and contemporary erasure. This article is a first-person account that describes the development and implementation of a culturally grounded ASP, Native Spirit (NS), for AI adolescents (grades 7-12) living on a Southwest urban-based reservation. NS, a 13-session culturally grounded ASP, was developed by an academic-community partnership that focuses on increasing cultural engagement as a form of positive youth development. Each session was guided by one to two local cultural practitioners and community leaders. The development of the NS program contributed to an Indigenous prevention science that emphasizes the positive impacts of Indigenous culture and community on health and well-being. The use of the ASP format, in partnership with the Boys & Girls Club, increased the feasibility of dissemination and refinement of the NS program by tribal communities and organizations.
基于当地文化价值观和实践的本土化课外活动项目通常由当地社区开发和实施。本土化项目通过让美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民（AI/AN）青少年重新接触到那些面临历史和当代抹杀的文化教义，从而促进他们的健康和幸福。本文是一篇第一人称叙述，描述了一个针对居住在西南部城市保留地的 AI 青少年（7-12 年级）的本土化课外活动项目 Native Spirit（NS）的开发和实施。NS 是一个 13 节的本土化课外活动项目，由一个关注通过文化参与作为一种积极的青年发展形式来增加文化参与的学术-社区合作伙伴关系开发。每节课都由一到两位当地文化从业者和社区领袖指导。NS 项目的开发有助于强调本土文化和社区对健康和幸福的积极影响的本土预防科学。与 Boys & Girls Club 合作采用 ASP 模式，增加了部落社区和组织传播和改进 NS 项目的可行性。
