Cultural Identity and Conceptualization of Depression among Native Hawaiian Women

Ta, Van M.; Chao, P.; Kaholokula, Joseph Keawe‘aimoku

doi:10.17953/appc.8.2.55336126797326l1

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“…Cultural trauma is often intergenerational resulting from familial histories of abuse, neglect, educational disadvantages stemming from poverty, and multiple losses and separations due to death and incarceration. This type of trauma is typically unresolved and leads to many negative social determinants of health and well-being (Keahiolalo-Karasuda, 2010; Ta et al, 2010). Given the high degree of trauma experienced by the women, they can and often hold judgements and resentments and criticize themselves and others which leads to acting "rebelliously" in the words of the women and they struggle to break free of the challenges in this phase.…”

Section: Naʻaupō ("Night" Mind)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Moving from Darkness to Light: Cultural Pathways to Healing and Posttraumatic Growth of Formerly Incarcerated Native Hawaiian Women

2021

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Incarcerated Native Hawaiian women have often experienced significant trauma and have extensive unmet mental health needs, yet limited research has been conducted to understand how these women overcome trauma and adversity. This theorygenerating paper examines the cultural and familial factors that contributed to the healing and posttraumatic growth of 10 formerly incarcerated Native Hawaiian women in Hawaiʻi. Posttraumatic Growth (PTG), which is the positive psychological change and personal transformation that often occurs as a result of processing through trauma, offers hope that individuals can and often do overcome adversity. For Native Hawaiians, understanding and wisdom are not attained through the cognitive mind alone, as is the premise for all PTG models, but rather through the visceral mind located in the naʻau (seat of Hawaiian intellect, "gut feeling"; "guts"). Findings indicated that pathways to healing and PTG are not linear. It is a process of gradual ascension in conscious awakening as actions are taken, repeated reflections and internal intellectualization occurs, insight is gained, hurt from the past is released, and reconnections are made to self, families of origin, and culture. A threephase dynamic conceptual model describes the interactive processes that occurred as the women moved between Naʻaupō ("Night" mind), Huliau (Time of Transformation), and Naʻauao ("Daylight" mind). Four core themes highlight the continuous actions taken during the Huliau and into the Naʻauao, which include: (1) Being Spirit-Led vs Ego-Driven; (2) Cleanse, Make Amends, and Let Go; (3) Cultural Reclamation and Family Connections; and (4) Safety, Structure, and Support. This research marks a critical first step toward suggesting an indigenous theory that is culturally-based of how formerly incarcerated Native Hawaiian female trauma survivors heal and grow from trauma across the life span. Implications for resilience and trauma-informed practice with these women will be highlighted.

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Section: Naʻaupō ("Night" Mind)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Moving from Darkness to Light: Cultural Pathways to Healing and Posttraumatic Growth of Formerly Incarcerated Native Hawaiian Women

2021

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“…102-103). This article does not attempt to generalize the cause of individual experiences with depression and suicide, but simply call attention to the large amounts of research that affirm a highly correlated relationship between cultural dissonance and suicide amongst NHPI adolescents (Ta, Chao & Kaholokula, 2010;Wong, Sugimoto-Matsuda, Chang & Hishinuma, 2012;Yuen, Hishinuma & Miyamoto, 2000). NHPI adolescents are at the highest risk of suicide in the United States, and Wong et al (2012) suggests this is highly correlated to "acculturative stress and cultural conflict" (p. 169).…”

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confidence: 99%

Pūpūkahi i Holomua: A Story of Hawaiian Education and a Theory of Change

Kukahiko

2020

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The Hawaiian kingdom, prior to the illegal overthrow of its monarchy (1893) and the subsequent English-only Law (1896), had boasted a 91-95% literacy rate. Within that learning environment learners had a clear sense of purpose because Hawaiians had a firm grasp of who they were, where they were, and what they had to contribute. Since the English-only Law and US annexation of Hawai‘i (1898), however, the settler colonialschool system has maintained levels of cultural dissonance that have manifested as inequitable student outcomes for Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) across multiple academic and disciplinary student indicators (i.e., proficiency, suspension rates, etc). While western law and US compulsory education severed traditional sources of knowledge production that had provided a sustainable model of a‘o (teaching and learning), the ancestors of the Native Hawaiian community were diligent about preserving the keys to their genealogical legacies within more than 120,000 pages of Hawaiian-language newspapers. This collective repository is a resource that helps the Office of Hawaian Education (OHE) rethread Hawaiian education into the tapestry of traditional sources of knowledge production to improve sustainability (cultural, intellectual, environmental, political, etc.) for all learners. OHE uses a theory of change that engages primary and secondary sources, quantitative and qualitative data, in action research that informs Why contemporary circumstances exist, What those contemporary circumstances are, Where we want Hawaiian education to go, and How we are going to get there.

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“…Community-based organizations.-The involvement of community leaders through community-based organizations was discussed in 80% of the articles. [62][63][64][65][66][67]69,70,[98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112]116,117,[120][121][122][123][124][125][126][127][128][129][130][131][132][133][134][135][136] The involvement of community-based organizations was cited as a way to leverage, build, and sustain leadership within the Pacific Islander community. 81 Community-based organizations (e.g., federally qualified community health centers and grassroots non-profit community-based organizations) were described as playing a direct role in the research design, study conduct, and dissemination of the results back to the community.…”

Section: Engaging Community Leadersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Community advisory board.-More than half (54%) of the reviewed articles mentioned partnering with a community advisory board. 62,[64][65][66][67]69,70,[72][73][74][75][76][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91][92][93][94][95][98][99][100][101][102][103][104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112]116,117,[120][121][122][123]…”

Section: Engaging Community Leadersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Best Practices for Community-Engaged Research with Pacific Islander Communities in the US and USAPI: A Scoping Review

McElfish¹,

Yeary²,

Sinclair³

et al. 2019

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

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This scoping review identifies the best practices of community-based participatory research with Pacific Islanders in the United States and United States Affiliated Pacific Islands. Eighty-four articles from January 2000 to December 2017 were included in the review. Best practices included the importance of engaging Pacific Islander community leaders as research staff, community coinvestigators, and community advisory board members. Best practices also focused on removing barriers to research by using participants' native languages, conducting research within the geographic community, and spending significant time to build trust. Novel best practices included honoring Pacific Islanders' cultural practices such as protocols for engagement, reciprocity, and social and spiritual inclusiveness and honoring Pacific Islanders' collectivist cultural structure. The goal of this scoping review is to aid community-academic partnerships working to improve the health of Pacific Islanders.

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Cultural Identity and Conceptualization of Depression among Native Hawaiian Women

Cited by 4 publications

References 21 publications

Moving from Darkness to Light: Cultural Pathways to Healing and Posttraumatic Growth of Formerly Incarcerated Native Hawaiian Women

Moving from Darkness to Light: Cultural Pathways to Healing and Posttraumatic Growth of Formerly Incarcerated Native Hawaiian Women

Pūpūkahi i Holomua: A Story of Hawaiian Education and a Theory of Change

Best Practices for Community-Engaged Research with Pacific Islander Communities in the US and USAPI: A Scoping Review

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