As Indigenous communities strive to emerge from the oppression of colonialism, they face a considerable public health crisis. Their citizens are affected disproportionately by chronic disease, with communities experiencing escalating rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and substance abuse. The literature has recognized Indigenous knowledge systems and culturally anchored, community-based health interventions as sources of health sustaining lifeways revitalizing traditional foundations of health and informing new, protective behaviors. Yet to date, many health promotion programs implemented in Indigenous communities are adaptions of evidence-based programs originally develop for non-Indigenous people and thus, are not grounded in Indigenous frameworks. Case studies illustrating the role of Indigenous knowledge in changing the course of chronic disease health disparities are limited.
The purpose of this Research Topic is to assemble a collection of original research that incorporates Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous frameworks, as assets to address chronic disease treatment and prevention among Indigenous people of North America. We strongly encourage Indigenous scholars and researchers applying principles of community-based participatory research to submit to this call for papers.
In this context, Indigenous people of North America are the descendants of the first inhabitants of the lands now defined as the sovereign states of Canada, the United States, Mexico and Greenland. If needed, authors should indicate they have community or tribal approval for publication.
As Indigenous communities strive to emerge from the oppression of colonialism, they face a considerable public health crisis. Their citizens are affected disproportionately by chronic disease, with communities experiencing escalating rates of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, cancer and substance abuse. The literature has recognized Indigenous knowledge systems and culturally anchored, community-based health interventions as sources of health sustaining lifeways revitalizing traditional foundations of health and informing new, protective behaviors. Yet to date, many health promotion programs implemented in Indigenous communities are adaptions of evidence-based programs originally develop for non-Indigenous people and thus, are not grounded in Indigenous frameworks. Case studies illustrating the role of Indigenous knowledge in changing the course of chronic disease health disparities are limited.
The purpose of this Research Topic is to assemble a collection of original research that incorporates Indigenous knowledge and Indigenous frameworks, as assets to address chronic disease treatment and prevention among Indigenous people of North America. We strongly encourage Indigenous scholars and researchers applying principles of community-based participatory research to submit to this call for papers.
In this context, Indigenous people of North America are the descendants of the first inhabitants of the lands now defined as the sovereign states of Canada, the United States, Mexico and Greenland. If needed, authors should indicate they have community or tribal approval for publication.