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Unheard Alaska: Culturally Anchored Participatory Action Research on Sobriety with Alaska Natives
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Alcohol research in Alaska Native communities has a contentious history. This project has attempted to address a critical need for research to guide alcohol abuse prevention and treatment with Alaska Natives using culturally anchored participatory action research. The process of grounding the research methodology in the culture and community is described, along with its contribution to community psychology's understanding of the importance of cultural factors. Tensions between indigenous values and ways of knowing, and Western research methodologies are delineated, along with how these tensions were resolved. Important issues that arose in doing culturally anchored participatory action research are described. These included the development of a community of inquiry, key methodological decisions, the empowerment of participants as coresearchers, and flexibility in research implementation.
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Previous studies employing CBPR approaches with AN communities have yielded positive feedback, resulting in increased competence and trust of researchers and community members, improved critical awareness of the environment, and development of resources for social and political action.
“Previous studies employing CBPR approaches with AN communities have yielded positive feedback, resulting in increased competence and trust of researchers and community members, improved critical awareness of the environment, and development of resources for social and political action (Mohatt et al., 2004; Rasmus, 2014).”
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“…comparisons between western and Indigenous research have demonstrated that Indigenous research is equally as valid if not more contextually and culturally salient than western research (Braun et al., 2014; Cox et al., 2021; Dadich et al., 2019; Mohatt et al., 2004; Rasmus, 2014; Saini, 2012).”
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- Authors
- Mohatt, G. V., Hazel, K. L., Allen, J., Stachelrodt, M., Hensel, C., & Fath, R.
- Affiliations
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mohatt, Gerald V.
- ORCID
- Allen, James
- Venue
- American Journal of Community Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2004-06
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 3-4
- Pages
- 263-273
- ISSN
- 0091-0562 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2770
- OpenAlex
- W2057521394
- Cited by
- 151
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 11 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 6.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Community Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1 R01 AA11446-03, R01AA011446)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Community Health and Development
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Participatory Visual Research Methods
- Keywords
- Alaska Natives, alcohol abstinence, alcoholism prevention, alcohol treatment, participatory action research, Indigenous research methodologies, community of inquiry
- MeSH terms
- Alaska, Alcohol Drinking, Culture, Health Services Research, Humans
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