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Cultural Trauma, Hawaiian Spirituality, and Contemporary Health Status
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This article postulates a causative relationship between history and health status for the native people of the Hawaiian archipelago. In the last 225-years the native people of Hawai’i have undergone a series of striking changes in the expression of their culture and health status. The relationship of historical, social, and health status changes can now be studied to determine possible effects on health arising from cultural transformation. Changes the native culture experienced in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially highlighting modifications in local spirituality and gender roles, are recounted. Key incidents of dramatic and sudden cultural change reveal traumatological mechanisms sufficient in size that they may account for health disparities faced by Hawaiians today. For Hawaiians, these incidents of cultural trauma are postulated to have achieved a level of potency such that they may account for a significant factor effecting the health status of post-modern individuals and communities.
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“For instance, the Western colonization of Hawai’i wrought sweeping changes to Hawaiian social and cultural order through oppressive policies that destroyed native cultural modes including the banning of the Hawaiian language, prohibiting traditional spiritual ceremonies and rituals, and mixing sacred male and female work and living roles (Bushnell, 1993; Cook et al., 2003).”
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“In addition, according to Evans-Campbell’s (2008) historical trauma framework, the devaluing/destruction of cultural modes by a dominant group may profoundly shift cultural roles and identities, leading some survivors to experience elevated suicide, depression, substance use, chronic grief, and PTSD susceptibility (Brave Heart et al., 2011; Cook et al., 2003; Duran et al., 1998).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cook, B. P., Withy, K., & Tarallo-Jensen, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (US)
- ORCID
- Withy, Kelley
- Venue
- Californian Journal of Health Promotion
- Published
- 2003-12-31
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- SI
- Pages
- 10-24
- ISSN
- 1545-8717 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-8725
- OpenAlex
- W2163923888
- Cited by
- 33
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2016: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 0.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Californian Journal of Health Promotion (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Health › Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Indigenous Health and Education
- Keywords
- cultural trauma, Native Hawaiians, health disparities, cultural change, gender roles, historical trauma, health status
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