Published In
Genealogy
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2020
Subjects
HIV infections -- Prevention, Indigenous youth -- Services for, Public health -- Research -- Citizen participation, Community health services, Resilience (Personality trait), Socialization
Abstract
Community based participatory research and attention to cultural resilience is recommended in HIV prevention research with Indigenous communities. This paper presents qualitative findings from evaluation of a culture-centered HIV prevention curriculum for Indigenous youth that was developed using a community based participatory research approach. Specifically, the authors focus on youth descriptions of cultural resilience and enculturation factors after participating in the curriculum. Thematic analysis of in-depth interviews with 23 youth participants yields three salient themes associated with cultural resilience and enculturation factors including: Development of cultural pride, honoring ancestors through traditional cultural practices, and acknowledging resilience and resistance within Indigenous communities. Additionally, per community directive, the authors share an observation of changes to identity descriptions from pre-curriculum baseline to post-curriculum interviews, pointing to a possible increase in awareness of Indigenous cultural identity
Rights
© 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
DOI
10.3390/genealogy4010017
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33600
Citation Details
Beltrán, R., Alvarez, A. R., Colón, L., Alamillo, X., & Dunbar, A. Z. (2020). La Cultura Cura: An Exploration of Enculturation in a Community-Based Culture-Centered HIV Prevention Curriculum for Indigenous Youth. Genealogy, 4(1), 17.