Integrating culture: evaluating the process to adapt evidence-based programs for Indigenous mothers & children impacted by intimate partner violence in Canada
| dc.contributor.author | Hallett, Charlene | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Mignone, Javier (Community Health Sciences) | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Hatala, Andrew (Community Health Sciences) | |
| dc.contributor.examiningcommittee | Cidro, Jamie (University of Winnipeg) | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Piotrowski, Caroline | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-04-04T18:26:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-04-04T18:26:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-03-11 | |
| dc.date.submitted | 2024-03-28T18:19:49Z | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2024-03-28T20:11:44Z | en_US |
| dc.date.submitted | 2024-03-28T20:46:35Z | en_US |
| dc.degree.discipline | Community Health Sciences | |
| dc.degree.level | Master of Science (M.Sc.) | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: To conduct a process evaluation of a pilot intervention program, culturally adapted using a Two-eyed Seeing approach, and designed specifically for Indigenous mothers and their school-aged children who have been impacted by intimate partner violence (IPV) and who are living in Calgary, Alberta in Treaty 7 Territory. Background: IPV perpetuated against Indigenous women in Canada is a persistent public health issue and human right abuse, with serious impacts for women, their children, their families, and society as a whole. Alberta ranked fourth highest among the ten provinces in 2020 for its rates of IPV and services, including Calgary’s shelters, are bursting at capacity. Sorely lacking is programming that is a) culturally integrated for an Indigenous population, b) evidence-based, c) specific to IPV, and d) being delivered to both mothers and their children concurrently. Research Design: The first research question addressed the perspectives of and lessons learned by those involved in the adaptation process. The second question investigated how the culturally responsive elements or concepts of the adapted programs were chosen, particularly around fit, familiarity, and meaningfulness. The results shone a light on how the effort to build relationships, renegotiate power, and integrate Indigenous cultural representation would come to define how the process through it went for the team. Six themes were identified from the transcripts: Power, Adaptation Barriers, Relationship Building, The Learning Journey, Integrating Indigenous Cultures, and Outcomes of the Adaptation Process. Conclusion: Bringing to light the experiences of those involved in this adaptation process, allowed for a deeper understanding of the positive and negative aspects of how the process unfolded, and provided clear recommendations concerning how others may undertake a similar process for their own communities. Creating a map of how it can be done is one way research becomes reciprocal with potential benefits for generations to come. | |
| dc.description.note | May 2024 | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Manitoba Metis Federation Indspire The Manitoba Provincial Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/38149 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | open access | en_US |
| dc.subject | Indigenous | |
| dc.subject | culture | |
| dc.subject | intimate partner violence | |
| dc.subject | mother | |
| dc.subject | children | |
| dc.subject | intervention | |
| dc.subject | evidence-based | |
| dc.subject | evaluation | |
| dc.subject | adaptation | |
| dc.title | Integrating culture: evaluating the process to adapt evidence-based programs for Indigenous mothers & children impacted by intimate partner violence in Canada | |
| dc.type | master thesis | en_US |
| local.subject.manitoba | no | |
| project.funder.identifier | https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000155 | |
| project.funder.name | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |