Qualitative Health Research
December 2016; 26 (14)
http://qhr.sagepub.com/content/current
Special Issue: General

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General Articles
Reframing Narratives of Aboriginal Health Inequity: Exploring Cree Elder Resilience and Well-Being in Contexts of Historical Trauma
Andrew R. Hatala, Michel Desjardins, and Amy Bombay
Qual Health Res December 2016 26: 1911-1927, first published on October 21, 2015 doi:10.1177/1049732315609569
Abstract
A large body of literature explores historical trauma or intergenerational trauma among Aboriginal communities around the globe. This literature connects contemporary forms of social suffering and health inequity to broader historical processes of colonization and the residential school systems in Canada. There are tendencies within this literature, however, to focus on individual pathology and victimization while minimizing notions of resilience or well-being. Through a social constructionist lens, this research examined how interpersonal responses to historical traumas can be intertwined with moments of and strategies for resilience. Detailed narrative interviews occurred with four Aboriginal Cree elders living in central Saskatchewan, Canada, who all experienced historical trauma to some extent. From this analysis, we argue that health research among Aboriginal populations must be sensitive to the complex individual and social realities that necessarily involve both processes of historical and contemporary traumas as well as resilience, strength, and well-being.

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General Articles
Toward an Understanding of the Poor Health Status of Indigenous Australian Men
David Mellor, Marita McCabe, Lina Ricciardelli, Alex Mussap, and Matthew Tyler
Qual Health Res December 2016 26: 1949-1960, first published on October 18, 2015 doi:10.1177/1049732315609898