Authors: Napholz L., Journal of the National Center (Univ of Denver)

Publication Year: 2000

Journal: Journal of the National Center

Keywords: American Indian Women, Native American Women, Bicultural, Best Practices, Alaska Native, Women, Multicultural, Urban American Indian Women

Abstract:

This study addresses the impact of assessment method (interviewer-administered questionnaire vs. self-administered questionnaire) and interviewers’ demographic characteristics (gender, ethnicity, and residency) on responses to alcohol and tobacco questions. The study population included 1,522 men and women aged 45 to 74 from the Dakota Center of the Strong Heart Study (SHS), a multicenter study of cardiovascular disease in American Indians. Assessment method effects were greater for alcohol than tobacco but did not differ by interviewer characteristics.

The purpose of this qualitative study of a 6-week effectiveness trial was to describe among a group of urban American Indian women, the process of successful traditionalism in the form of bicultural resynthesis. Bicultural resynthesis represents a major current attempt on the part of the participants to integrate traditional and contemporary demands in a positive, culturally consistent manner. The themes of shame and isolation, adapting to survive, deculturation, ethnic switching/renewal, and bicultural resynthesis are discussed. Further support is achieved for retraditionalization of American Indian women's roles as an effective means of achieving American Indian self-determination and as a potential way of helping women overcome problems.

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Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11279562/