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A community of practice approach for Aboriginal girls' sexual health education
Elizabeth M Banister1, Deborah L Begoray
1School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. ebaniste@uvic.ca
Introduction:
There is a paucity of intervention programs for Aboriginal girls and many of those that exist are delivered in culturally inappropriate ways.
Methods:
In this paper, we provide an overview of recent research that focused on delivering a sexual health mentorship program that enhanced the voices of Aboriginal youth and was culturally relevant and appropriate to indigenous youth.
Results:
Our program served to enhance social connection and reinforced a sense of belonging and relational mutuality among group members.
Conclusion:
The purpose of this article is to illustrate how a mentorship program that used a community of practice approach empowered Aboriginal youth to become successful border crossers and helped to align them with the wider community.
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