Open AccessHope, help, and healing: Culturally embedded approaches to suicide prevention, intervention and postvention services with native Hawaiian youth.
Author(s) -
Deborah Goebert,
Antonia R. G. Alvarez,
Naleen N. Andrade,
JoAnne Balberde-Kamali'i,
Barry Carlton,
Shaylin Chock,
Jane J. ChungDo,
Melanie Eckert,
Kealoha Hooper,
Kaohuonapua Kaninau-Santos,
Gina Kaulukukui,
Caitlin S. Kelly,
Mara J Pike,
Davis Rehuher,
Jeanelle Sugimoto-Matsuda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
psychological services
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.855
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1939-148X
pISSN - 1541-1559
DOI - 10.1037/ser0000227
Subject(s) - indigenous , psycinfo , native hawaiians , intervention (counseling) , culturally appropriate , suicide prevention , psychology , poison control , medicine , nursing , gerontology , pacific islanders , medline , political science , environmental health , population , ecology , law , biology
Suicide rates have reached their highest documented levels in the United States with the greatest increases among indigenous youth, including Native Hawaiians. Culturally informed, effective prevention and treatment services are needed now more than ever for Native communities to heal and flourish. Multicomponent prevention and service strategies rooted in indigenous values and approaches show the most promise. Native Hawaiian communities are united around a common goal of suicide prevention, intervention and postvention, linking cultural meanings to improve understanding and guide local efforts. This paper highlights important cultural values to consider when developing and implementing suicide prevention, intervention and postvention. Strategies build upon the strengths of Native Hawaiian youth and their respective communities. Native Hawaiian sayings anchor each level and serve to organize a set of culturally informed and culturally embedded programs and approaches along the continuum of prevention, intervention and postvention. Application of indigenization to suicide prevention enhances connections to people and place, inspiring hope among Native Hawaiian youth, their families and their communities. (PsycINFO Database Record