About the Mental Health of Indigenous People Initiative

This Initiative started with research focusing on Kuwait’s indigenous people and shifted focus to Native Americans with the arrival of Dr. Catherine Burnett at Tulane. The purpose of this initiative is to understand the risk and protective factors for mental health from the perspective of health and mental health disparities.

Publications

  • Burnette, C. E., Boel-Studt, S., Renner, L. M., Figley, C. R., & Billiot, S. (In Press). The Historical Oppression Scale: Conceptualization and Measurement of Historical Oppression among Indigenous peoples of the U.S. Social Service Review.
  • Burnette, C. E. & Figley, C. R. (2017) Risk and protective factors related to the wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native youth: A systematic review. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development 9(3). See https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303785876
  • Figley, C. R. & Burnette, C. E. (2017). Building bridges: Connecting systemic trauma and family resilience in the study and treatment of diverse traumatized families. Traumatology, 23:1, 95-101.
  • Burnette, C. E. & Figley, C. R. (2017) Chapter 4: Wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native Youth. F. B. Merrick (ed.) In the Public Health, Social Work, and Health Inequalities, 55-78. Hauppage, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Burnette, C. E. & Figley, C. R. (2016). Historical Oppression Resilience: Can a framework help explain violence and health disparities experienced by Indigenous peoples? Social Work. Advance Access published November 5. doi: 10.1093/sw/sww065.
  • Burnette, C. E. & Figley, C. R. (2016) Risk and protective factors related to the wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native youth. In Yearbook on Child Health and Human Development. Hauppage, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Burnette, C. E. & Figley, C. R. (2016). * Risk and protective factors related to the wellness of American Indian and Alaska Native youth: A systematic review. International Public Health Journal, 8(2): 137-154[1].
  • Al Naser, F., Ridha, H., and Figley, C. R. (2005). Adopting a Strength-based, Indigenous-focused Approach to Studying Kuwaiti Post-traumatic Stress. Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES), 14:2, 1-10.
  • In Preparation
    • Burnette, C. E., & Figley, C. R. (2017, In Preparation). Predicting and Explaining Violence Against Indigenous Women: A Holistic Framework (emerging from the presentation at the 2017 APA meeting in Washington, DC).
  • [1] Also will be published in the International Journal of Child Health and Human Development 9(3).

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