Understanding Parenting in Manitoba First Nations
Family & Community Health, 2011
This qualitative study introduced the "Manitoba First Nation Strengthening Famil... more This qualitative study introduced the "Manitoba First Nation Strengthening Families Maternal Child Health Pilot Project" program and evaluation methodologies. The study provided a knowledge base for programmers, evaluators, and communities to develop relevant health promotion, prevention, and intervention programming to assist in meeting health needs of pregnant women and young families. Sixty-five open-ended, semistructured interviews were completed in 13 communities. Data analysis was through grounded theory. Three major themes emerged from the data: interpersonal support and relationships; socioeconomic factors; and community initiatives. Complex structural, historical events compromise parenting; capacity and resilience are supported through informal and formal health and social supports.
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America. It shows how teen motherhood emerged not as an issue unto itself, but as a microcosm of numerous,
closely intertwined phenomena including: the evolution of Western views on human sexuality and gender
roles; the place of religious values in society; and the emergence of various modern technologies, the social
and medical sciences, and how such disciplines view childhood, motherhood, and women in society. In
particular, it shows that even as teen pregnancy is today viewed primarily through public health and/or
socioeconomic lenses, it has never been completely divorced from its original construction – as an indicator of
failure to adhere to social, religious, and moral values. The article closes with an informal content analysis of
several First Nations-related documents that highlight both similarities and differences to the non-Aboriginal
perspective.