TY - JOUR
T1 - Diné (Navajo) healer perspectives on commercial tobacco use in ceremonial settings
T2 - An oral story project to promote smoke-free life
AU - Wilson, Jamie
AU - Sabo, Samantha
AU - Chief, Camenlita
AU - Clark, Hershel
AU - Yazzie, Alfred
AU - Nahee, Jacqueline
AU - Leischow, Scott
AU - Nez Henderson, Patricia
N1 - Funding Information:
The research and this manuscript was approved by the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board NNR-11.152 and the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board. The authors gratefully acknowledge and thank the Diné Hataałii Association (DHA) and the Azeé Bee Nahaghá of Diné Nation (ABNDN). We dedicate this paper to the memory of Thomas Walker, Sr. and Herman Johnson, who were both highly respected Navajo traditional healers and elders. Funding for this project was provided by the National Cancer Institute’s State and Community Tobacco Control initiative grant (U01CA154300).
Funding Information:
The research and this manuscript was approved by the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board NNR-11.152 and the Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board. The authors gratefully acknowledge and thank the Din? Hataalii Association (DHA) and the Aze? Bee Nahagh? of Din? Nation (ABNDN). We dedicate this paper to the memory of Thomas Walker, Sr. and Herman Johnson, who were both highly respected Navajo traditional healers and elders. Funding for this project was provided by the National Cancer Institute's State and Community Tobacco Control initiative grant (U01CA154300).
Publisher Copyright:
© Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health Colorado School of Public Health/University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Many American Indian (AI) healers are faced with a dilemma of how to maintain the ceremonial uses of traditional tobacco meant to encourage the restoration and balance of mind, body, and spirit, while discouraging commercial tobacco use and protecting against secondhand smoke exposure in ceremonial settings. To explore this dilemma and offer culturally informed solutions, researchers conducted qualitative interviews with Navajo healers who describe the history and role of commercial tobacco within ceremonial contexts. Healers understand the importance of their role on their community's health and expressed deep concern about the use of commercial tobacco in the ceremonial setting. Healers play an important role in curbing the use of commercial tobacco and limiting the exposure to secondhand smoke in ceremonial settings and beyond. Study implications include the importance of understanding traditional and cultural knowledge and its potential as a pathway to solve contemporary public health issues facing AI communities.
AB - Many American Indian (AI) healers are faced with a dilemma of how to maintain the ceremonial uses of traditional tobacco meant to encourage the restoration and balance of mind, body, and spirit, while discouraging commercial tobacco use and protecting against secondhand smoke exposure in ceremonial settings. To explore this dilemma and offer culturally informed solutions, researchers conducted qualitative interviews with Navajo healers who describe the history and role of commercial tobacco within ceremonial contexts. Healers understand the importance of their role on their community's health and expressed deep concern about the use of commercial tobacco in the ceremonial setting. Healers play an important role in curbing the use of commercial tobacco and limiting the exposure to secondhand smoke in ceremonial settings and beyond. Study implications include the importance of understanding traditional and cultural knowledge and its potential as a pathway to solve contemporary public health issues facing AI communities.
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U2 - 10.5820/AIAN.2601.2019.63
DO - 10.5820/AIAN.2601.2019.63
M3 - Article
C2 - 30690702
AN - SCOPUS:85060619773
SN - 0893-5394
VL - 26
SP - 63
EP - 78
JO - American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
JF - American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
IS - 1
ER -