感受结构:学校教育工作者对加拿大土著儿童自杀的看法
Jordan McVittie1, Jeffrey Ansloos1
1University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
概括
加拿大的土著儿童自杀是一个关键问题. 教育工作者认为,不良童年经历,情绪困扰和贫困是需要有针对性的预防策略的关键风险因素.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 土著研究土著研究.
- 儿童心理学 儿童心理学
背景情况:
- 自杀是一个重大的公共卫生问题,特别影响加拿大的土著社区,儿童中明显的流行率.
- 现有的关于儿童自杀的研究是有限的,阻碍了对相关风险和保护因素的全面理解.
- 殖民化,儿童福利政策和系统性种族主义被确定为影响土著青年和成人自杀的关键因素.
研究的目的:
- 调查导致土著儿童自杀困境的因素,借鉴原住民和因纽特教育工作者的专业知识.
- 为了解决专门关注土著儿童自杀倾向的研究稀缺性,并为文化相关的干预提供信息.
主要方法:
- 让原住民和因纽特教育工作者收集有关土著儿童自杀困境的见解.
- 采用反射主题分析,从教育工作者的角度确定关键主题.
主要成果:
- 三个主要主题出现了:更广泛的风险因素的直接情绪影响,不良童年经历 (ACE) 的影响,以及物质剥夺的恶化作用.
- 教师的见解突出显示了土著儿童中远程风险因素和近端情绪困扰之间的复杂相互作用.
- 包括虐待和欺凌在内的不良童年经历与增加自杀痛苦风险密切相关.
结论:
- 教育工作者的观点对于理解和解决土著儿童自杀困境至关重要.
- 调查结果强调需要文化定制的研究和干预措施,以减轻这一脆弱人群中自杀风险.
- 解决系统性问题,ACE和物质剥夺对于有效预防土著儿童自杀至关重要.
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