Indigenous Voices Against Suicide: A Meta-Synthesis Advancing Prevention Strategies.

ABSTRACT: Rates of suicidality amongst Indigenous Peoples are linked to historical and ongoing settler-colonialism including land seizures, spiritual oppression, cultural disconnection, forced enculturation, and societal alienation. Consistent with decolonial practices, Indigenous voices and perspectives must be centered in the development and evaluation of suicide prevention programs for Indigenous Peoples in the United States to ensure efficacy. The current study is a meta-synthesis of qualitative research on suicide prevention among Indigenous populations in the United States. Findings reveal little evidence for the centering of participant voices within existing suicide prevention programs. Applied thematic analysis of synthesis memos developed for each article in the final sample surfaced four

SUBMITTER: Richardson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10671466 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature