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Aboriginal Grandmothers’ Experience with Health Promotion and Participatory Action Research

Geraldine Dickson

College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Canada,

This article describes a case study examining the effects of participating in a health promotion project, one aspect of which was a health assessment conducted using participatory action research. The study was carried out over 2.5 years in a project for older Aboriginal women (hereafter known as the grandmothers). Participation in the project and health assessment contributed to a number of changes in them, which were categorized as cleansing and healing, connecting with self, acquiring knowledge and skills, connecting within the group, and external exposure and engagement. This experience demonstrated an approach to health promotion programming and conducting a health assessment that was acceptable to this group of people and fostered changes congruent with empowerment.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 10, No. 2, 188-213 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/104973200129118363
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