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An Epidemiologic Study of Aboriginal Adolescent Risk in Canada: The Meaning of Suicide
Author(s) -
MacNeil Melanie S.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of child and adolescent psychiatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1744-6171
pISSN - 1073-6077
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2008.00117.x
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , suicide prevention , perspective (graphical) , adolescent suicide , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , population , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , medicine , incidence (geometry) , psychology , psychiatry , environmental health , psychotherapist , pathology , artificial intelligence , computer science , physics , optics
BACKGROUND: Current rates of Aboriginal youth suicide suggest that an epidemiologic review is needed to understand the impact of culture, community, and environment specific to suicide within this population.PURPOSE: This paper aims to (a) examine the literature on the incidence of suicide with special attention to that of adolescents in Aboriginal communities in Canada, (b) review factors hypothesized to place Aboriginals at risk, and (c) explore research directions that would contribute to our understanding of an Aboriginal perspective of suicide.CONCLUSION: A clear description of the meaning of adolescent Aboriginal suicide and an understanding of the factors that create risk is needed.