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KISKÂYITAMAWIN MIYO-MAMITONECIKAN: KNOWING MIND FULLNESS

KISKÂYITAMAWIN MIYO-MAMITONECIKAN: KNOWING MIND FULLNESS. URBAN ABORIGINAL WOMEN & MENTAL HEALTH. Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence - PWHCE. Promoting social change through policy-based research in women’s health. Presentation Overview. Project Overview Findings

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KISKÂYITAMAWIN MIYO-MAMITONECIKAN: KNOWING MIND FULLNESS

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  1. KISKÂYITAMAWIN MIYO-MAMITONECIKAN: KNOWING MIND FULLNESS URBAN ABORIGINAL WOMEN &MENTAL HEALTH

  2. Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence - PWHCE Promoting social change through policy-based research in women’s health

  3. Presentation Overview • Project Overview • Findings • Recommendations/Policy Implications

  4. Project Overview Introduction Methodology • Participants • Recruitment Research questions

  5. Research questions • Key factors influencing mental health • Defining mental health • Awareness and/or use of resources • Mental health needs • Policy/program recommendations

  6. Findings Key factors influencing Aboriginal women’s mental health • Childhood sexual abuse/violence • Child protection services • Racism/discrimination • Colonization/residential schools

  7. Defining Mental Health What does mental health mean to Aboriginal women? “…continuum of mental illness, mental distress and mental wellness – where people flow back and forth…”

  8. …the fostering of the body, of mind and emotions. Neglect one, it affects all. So, it’s holistic…

  9. Resiliency, coping and self-care • Ad hoc support networks • Staying busy • Cultural practices and celebrations • Literature, studies and philosophy • Puzzles and games

  10. Social networks as support

  11. Women supporting community networks I volunteered at the school and then ended up enjoying it. To feel good about myself, doing something.

  12. Traditional Healing Supports and Relationships I used traditional healing, sweats, Elders. I stayed away from negative people. Smudging, prayer, a strong relationship with my mom.

  13. Escapism for self-care …I won’t use drugs because it will kill me but it won’t kill me to read a book… …If I can struggle through that puzzle and complete it, it gives mea feeling of accomplishment…

  14. FindingsBarriers to “knowing mind fullness”

  15. Anonymity …I was too ashamed, I didn’t want nobody to know about me and what happened to me. They might not like me after and I won’t have no friends. I hate to be rejected…

  16. Confidentiality and Trust ….I’d like to go to more groups but I have a fear of who is going to be there and who is going to talk about me after…

  17. Family and Friends as Mental Health Support

  18. Fear of Losing Children

  19. Lack of Childcare

  20. No more cookie cutter interventions

  21. Process • waiting lists • diagnosis • referrals

  22. Mental health resources • Need for coordination amongst mental health service providers • Need for more distribution of resources within the neighbourhood

  23. Medication • Need for more than pills – therapy • Need for appropriate pills • Messages and beliefs around pills

  24. Stigma • Internalized • Externalized

  25. FindingsAboriginal women’s mental health needs and supports

  26. The need to be heard and receive answers…

  27. The need to talk with someone…

  28. The need for care, support and acceptance…

  29. Aboriginal women envisage future program and policy development

  30. Recommendations/policy implications • Examine how cultural (relationships) and structural (policy) level changes can be made to serve and support the mental health and well-being of Aboriginal women in the changing policy climate.

  31. Recommendations/policy implications • Conduct research on the meaning and application of an Aboriginal lens when addressing the mental health and well-being of Aboriginal women.

  32. Recommendations/policy implications • Reframe mental health services and supports so they mirror Aboriginal women’s realities, living conditions and aspirations for hope and recovery.

  33. Recommendations/policy implications • Develop mental health services and supports from evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence

  34. Contact information Roberta Stout Researcher, Aboriginal Women’s Health Prairie Women’s Health Centre of Excellence 56 The Promenade Winnipeg, MB R3B 3H9 P: (204) 982-6632 F: (204) 982-6637 E: r.stout@uwinnipeg.ca W: www.pwhce.ca

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