Defining health at the individual, familial, and community levels |
Linking individual health with family health
Linking family health with community health
Balancing physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health
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Substance abuse as a symptom of community trauma |
Defining poor community health
Linking history of colonialism and assimilation with poor community health
Linking loss of identity to substance abuse
Linking everyday racism to substance abuse
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A community orientation toward healing |
Grounding support programs in Native spirituality and culture
Developing communitywide education programs on substance abuse causes and prevention
Reducing community stigma
Placing family at center of recovery
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