Aboriginal Health Experiences

Due to the effects of colonization, discrimination, and racism, Aboriginal peoples, as well as their communities, have been experiencing adverse health outcomes that have been resonating across generations. The negative health outcomes are a result of years of damage to their traditions, languages, beliefs and self-identity. The high rates of HIV, depression and chronic diseases among Aboriginals are linked to experiences of poverty, unemployment, racism, and poor living conditions as well as the loss of community ties. Likewise, the participants in those studies found that reconnecting to their communities and cultures was an essential method of coping with their illness (Cain 2011). However, the extent and methods by which Aboriginals reconnected …show more content…
As a result, of this critical research perspective, the researcher’s may have been biased towards health intervention practices that benefited Aboriginal health at the expense of others. Also, a majority of the studies within the literature were conducted using various qualitative methods, in which focus was placed on the descriptions and interpretations of Aboriginal health experiences. Although, the majority of the data was gathered qualitatively using interviews, case studies, and surveys. The data were usually later thematically coded and analyzed using various coding schemes. Although, the oral and narrative methods used within the literature were more culturally appropriate and provided better insight into health disparities facing Aboriginals. Implementing qualitative methods can be less limiting because they allow for a higher degree of insight into the mechanisms through which interventions function. Therefore, increasing the chances for the researcher’s intervention to get funding because funding agencies often require insight into those mechanisms to measure and analyze the effectiveness of the …show more content…
The majority of the studies within the literature agrees that some form of Aboriginal participation or governance results in successful health interventions. However, neither of the studies have analyzed the different extents to which Aboriginals should be involved and when too much involvement can be detrimental? The article which analyzed the Healthy Weights Connection initiative recognized that Aboriginal communities tend to be mixed with various cultural and political histories which can present barriers to successful health interventions provided by any organization Aboriginal or