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The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants
Western health research’s approach to knowledge translation (KT) has been criticized by Indigenous scholars, leaders, and communities for its misalignment with Indigenous ways of knowing and relational approaches to sharing knowledge. Conversely, Indigenous KT is understood as ‘sharing what we know...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10259081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37057529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323231167308 |
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author | Wright, Amy VanEvery, Rachel Burnside, Heather Lopez, Kristena B. Kewageshig-Fyfe, Katie Jacobs, Brenda Floyd, Andrea E. M. Ferron, Era M. |
author_facet | Wright, Amy VanEvery, Rachel Burnside, Heather Lopez, Kristena B. Kewageshig-Fyfe, Katie Jacobs, Brenda Floyd, Andrea E. M. Ferron, Era M. |
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description | Western health research’s approach to knowledge translation (KT) has been criticized by Indigenous scholars, leaders, and communities for its misalignment with Indigenous ways of knowing and relational approaches to sharing knowledge. Conversely, Indigenous KT is understood as ‘sharing what we know about living a good life’ (Kaplan-Myrth & Smylie, 2006). Whereas KT in Euro-Western science contexts focuses on closing the know-do gap implying a separation of knowledge and action, knowledge in the Indigenous context is inherently practical and based on centuries old practices including oral traditions, experiential knowledge, and cross-cultural sharing. This article describes the development of a decolonized KT strategy. This community-engaged KT initiative was developed at the suggestion of Indigenous mothers who participated in a research study in Hamilton, Canada, which examined their experiences using health care to meet the health needs of their infants. Indigenous mothers participated in three main roles related to the KT activities: sharing their story in video, participating as team members on an Advisory Board, and directing the creation of a video series and website educational resource (KT strategy). Five Indigenous mothers participated as members of the Advisory Board. The process of participating had positive impacts on the mothers, namely, empowerment, strength, ‘I am not alone’, and healing. These unexpected findings, which go beyond the original project purpose to create an educational resource, show the significant and important benefits for research participants, particularly those from Indigenous communities, to be involved in decolonized KT strategies. |
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spelling | pubmed-102590812023-06-13 The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants Wright, Amy VanEvery, Rachel Burnside, Heather Lopez, Kristena B. Kewageshig-Fyfe, Katie Jacobs, Brenda Floyd, Andrea E. M. Ferron, Era M. Qual Health Res Research Articles Western health research’s approach to knowledge translation (KT) has been criticized by Indigenous scholars, leaders, and communities for its misalignment with Indigenous ways of knowing and relational approaches to sharing knowledge. Conversely, Indigenous KT is understood as ‘sharing what we know about living a good life’ (Kaplan-Myrth & Smylie, 2006). Whereas KT in Euro-Western science contexts focuses on closing the know-do gap implying a separation of knowledge and action, knowledge in the Indigenous context is inherently practical and based on centuries old practices including oral traditions, experiential knowledge, and cross-cultural sharing. This article describes the development of a decolonized KT strategy. This community-engaged KT initiative was developed at the suggestion of Indigenous mothers who participated in a research study in Hamilton, Canada, which examined their experiences using health care to meet the health needs of their infants. Indigenous mothers participated in three main roles related to the KT activities: sharing their story in video, participating as team members on an Advisory Board, and directing the creation of a video series and website educational resource (KT strategy). Five Indigenous mothers participated as members of the Advisory Board. The process of participating had positive impacts on the mothers, namely, empowerment, strength, ‘I am not alone’, and healing. These unexpected findings, which go beyond the original project purpose to create an educational resource, show the significant and important benefits for research participants, particularly those from Indigenous communities, to be involved in decolonized KT strategies. SAGE Publications 2023-04-14 2023-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10259081/ /pubmed/37057529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323231167308 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Wright, Amy VanEvery, Rachel Burnside, Heather Lopez, Kristena B. Kewageshig-Fyfe, Katie Jacobs, Brenda Floyd, Andrea E. M. Ferron, Era M. The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants |
title | The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants |
title_full | The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants |
title_fullStr | The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants |
title_full_unstemmed | The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants |
title_short | The Unexpected Benefits of a Decolonized Knowledge Translation Initiative for Indigenous Mother Participants |
title_sort | unexpected benefits of a decolonized knowledge translation initiative for indigenous mother participants |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10259081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37057529 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323231167308 |
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