Inupiat youth suicide and culture loss: Changing community conversations for prevention

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2938-2948

  Wexler, Lisa Marin ^a  

^a Maniilaq Association Heath   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation stress; Alaska; Cultural renewal; Ethnography; Inuit suicide; Universal suicide prevention; USA; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY CARE; CULTURAL CHANGE; ETHNIC GROUP; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONVERSATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEGLECT; PROPHYLAXIS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ALASKA; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INUITS; SUICIDE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750088474     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.07.022     Document Type: Article

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