High suicide rates in indigenious communities by Angélique Lebeau https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h Indigenous project (rant) en-us 2021-04-16 12:32:44 UTC 2021-05-10 20:17:33 UTC hello@padlet.com Reasons angeliquelebeau https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425101227 Anyone whose identity is undermined by radical personal and cultural change is put at special risk of suicide for the reason that they lose those future commitments that are necessary to guarantee appropriate care and concern for their own well-being.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/136346159803500202

]]> 2021-04-16 12:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425101227 Teen angeliquelebeau https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425105925 It is for just such reasons that adolescents and young adults - who are living through moments of especially dramatic change - constitute such a high-risk group.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/136346159803500202

Indigenous youth suicide represents one of several health disparities burdening Indigenous populations, and like many other of these disparities, can be understood as an expression of societal, historical, cultural and familial trauma.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.17269/CJPH.108.5754]]> 2021-04-16 12:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425105925 Prevention angeliquelebeau https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425131429 National health data systems lack Indigenous identifiers, do not capture data from some regions, and do not routinely engage Indigenous communities in data governance.

These challenges hamper efforts to detect changes in population-level outcomes and assess the impact of suicide prevention activities. Consequently, this limits the ability to achieve public health prevention goals and reduce suicide rates and rate inequities.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-6224-9

The following commentary explores the emerging evidence base for “culture as treatment” - a novel approach to suicide that emphasizes the significance of interconnectedness in healing, alongside the revitalization of traditional values to reclaim community wellness.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.17269/CJPH.108.5754

]]> 2021-04-16 12:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425131429 Facts angeliquelebeau https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425197562 The rate among First Nations people (24.3 deaths per 100,000 person-years at risk) was three times higher than the rate among non-Indigenous people (8.0 deaths per 100,000 person-years at risk).

Suicide rates and disparities were highest in youth and young adults (15 to 24 years) among First Nations males and Inuit male and females.

in risk of death by suicide among First Nations people (78%), Métis (37%) and Inuit (40%) adults, 25 years or older.

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/99-011-x/99-011-x2019001-eng.htm]]> 2021-04-16 13:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1425197562 angeliquelebeau https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1463883405 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x5KelA2CIpQWWfjRY0B6H7GtZT0ZzGRR3bjIcq4nT8Y/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2021-04-27 12:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1463883405 angeliquelebeau https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1510991327 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou199Sug3fc&authuser=0]]> 2021-05-10 20:17:33 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquelebeau/5m4p9fria0ffzr1h/wish/1510991327