Conceptions of wellness among the Yup'ik of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta: The vitality of social and natural connection

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-363

  Wolsko, Christopher ^a   Lardon, Cecile ^b   Hopkins, Scarlett ^b   Ruppert, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acculturation; Alaska Natives; Collectivism; Enculturation; Native North Americans; Psychological Well being; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURAL CHANGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; FITNESS; LIFESTYLE; RESEARCH WORK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CULTURAL FACTOR; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LANDSCAPE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ACCULTURATION; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALASKA; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INUITS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA;

EID: 33749512991     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850600824005     Document Type: Article

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