Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
Center for Care Delivery and Outcomes Research, Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 21;19(10):6271. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19106271.
Globally, Indigenous communities, leaders, mental health providers, and scholars have called for strengths-based approaches to mental health that align with Indigenous and holistic concepts of health and wellness. We applied the Indigenist Ecological Systems Model to strengths-based case examples of Indigenous youth mental health and wellness work occurring in CANZUS (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and United States). The case examples include research, community-led programs, and national advocacy. Indigenous youth development and well-being occur through strengths-based relationships across interconnected environmental levels. This approach promotes Indigenous youth and communities considering complete ecologies of Indigenous youth to foster their whole health, including mental health. Future research and programming will benefit from understanding and identifying common, strengths-based solutions beyond narrow intervention targets. This approach not only promotes Indigenous youth health and mental health, but ripples out across the entire ecosystem to promote community well-being.
从全球范围来看，土著社区、领导人、心理健康服务提供者和学者呼吁采取基于优势的方法来处理心理健康问题，这种方法应符合土著和整体健康与保健概念。我们将基于优势的生态系统模式应用于在加澳新美（CANZUS）地区开展的土著青年心理健康和保健工作的案例，这些案例包括研究、社区主导的项目和国家宣传。土著青年的发展和幸福是通过跨相互关联的环境层面建立基于优势的关系实现的。这种方法通过考虑土著青年的完整生态系统来促进他们的整体健康，包括心理健康，从而促进土著青年的发展和幸福。未来的研究和规划将受益于理解和确定常见的、基于优势的解决方案，而不仅仅是狭隘的干预目标。这种方法不仅促进了土著青年的健康和心理健康，而且还在整个生态系统中产生涟漪效应，促进社区的幸福。
