Why Are So Many Indigenous Peoples Dying and No One Is Paying Attention? Depressive Symptoms and "Loss of Loved Ones" as a Result and Driver of Health Disparities

Catherine E. McKinley; Jennifer Miller Scarnato; Sara Sanders

doi:10.1177/0030222820939391

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Why Are So Many Indigenous Peoples Dying and No One Is Paying Attention? Depressive Symptoms and "Loss of Loved Ones" as a Result and Driver of Health Disparities

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Why Are So Many Indigenous Peoples Dying and No One Is Paying Attention? Depressive Symptoms and "Loss of Loved Ones" as a Result and Driver of Health Disparities

Catherine E. McKinley, Jennifer Miller Scarnato and Sara Sanders

Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, Vol.85(1), pp.88-113

05/01/2022

DOI: 10.1177/0030222820939391

PMCID: PMC7853079

PMID: 32635802

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Abstract

Indigenous peoples have not only experienced a devastating rate of historical loss of lives, they are more likely to experience mortality disparities. The purpose of this article is to examine Indigenous women's lived experiences of grief and loss in two Southeastern tribes and the relationship between depressive symptoms and recent loss of a loved one. Our exploratory sequential mixed-methods research was informed by the Indigenous based Framework of Historical Oppression, Resilience, and Transcendence (FHORT). We summarized key qualitative themes from ethnographic data from 287 female participants across the two tribes, collected through focus groups, family interviews, and individual interviews. We then quantitatively examined how these themes predicted depressive outcomes among 127 respondents. Specifically, we examined associations between depressive symptoms and components of historical oppression-historical loss, loss of lives, and the presence of PTSD symptoms-along with resilience and transcendence.

Biomedical Social Sciences

Psychology

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Social Sciences

Social Sciences, Biomedical

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Title: Subtitle: Why Are So Many Indigenous Peoples Dying and No One Is Paying Attention? Depressive Symptoms and "Loss of Loved Ones" as a Result and Driver of Health Disparities
Creators: Catherine E. McKinley - Tulane Univ, Sch Social Work, 127 Elk Pl, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
Jennifer Miller Scarnato - Tulane Univ, City Culture & Community Doctoral Program, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA
Sara Sanders - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Omega: Journal of Death and Dying, Vol.85(1), pp.88-113
DOI: 10.1177/0030222820939391
PMID: 32635802
PMCID: PMC7853079
NLM abbreviation: Omega (Westport)
ISSN: 0030-2228
eISSN: 1541-3764
Publisher: Sage
Number of pages: 26
Grant note: K12HD043451 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health 552745 / Fahs-Beck Fund for Research and Experimentation Faculty Grant Program 552781 / Silberman Fund Faculty Grant Program Global South Research Grant through the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane University University Senate Committee on Research Grant Program at Tulane University Center for Public Service at Tulane University Carol Lavin Bernick Research Grant at Tulane University Newcomb College Institute Faculty Grant at Tulane University U54 GM104940 / National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Language: English
Date published: 05/01/2022
Academic Unit: Liberal Arts and Science Admin; School of Social Work
Record Identifier: 9984307253402771

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