Suicide among indigenous peoples: introduction and call to action
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2006
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Brandon University
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Indigenous people around the world have the highest suicide risk of any identifiable cultural (or ethnic) group. It is a youth epidemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for action; this special issue of Archives of Suicide Research (ASR) is an attempt to heed this call. Scholars, indigenous and non-indigenous, present data from the Arctic, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and other regions. It is concluded that not only data, but also explanations are needed. Suicide is multi determined. Colonialism and its associated genocide are, however, cited as a common factor. Yet, much greater cooperative international efforts are needed to not only understand, but also predict and control the epidemic.
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Brasil, Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Epidemiologia, Suicídio, Saúde Mental, Revisão, Canadá, Estudos Epidemiológicos, Nova Zelândia, Políticas Públicas, Austrália, Estados Unidos da América, Groelândia, Condições Socioeconômicas, Causas Externas, Sibéria
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Brasil, Canadá, Nova Zelândia, Austrália, Groelândia, Sibéria, Estados Unidos da América, Suicídio, Condições Socioeconômicas, Estudos Epidemiológicos, Políticas Públicas, Epidemiologia, Saúde Mental, Epidemiologia
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LEENAARS, Antoon A; et al. Suicide among indigenou peoples: what does the international knowledge tell us? The Canadian Journal of Native Studies , v. 27, n. 2, p. 476-501, 2007
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1381-1118
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10.1080/13811110600556624