A Nunavut community-directed Inuit youth mental wellness initiative: making I-SPARX fly.


Journal

International journal of circumpolar health
ISSN: 2242-3982
Titre abrégé: Int J Circumpolar Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9713056

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2024
Historique:
medline: 10 10 2024
pubmed: 10 10 2024
entrez: 10 10 2024
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Inuit youth in Nunavut (NU) are resilient but face a protracted suicide crisis. The SPARX serious game and e-intervention, developed originally in New Zealand, teaches youth cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) skills to ameliorate stress and depression. Inuit youth in NU reviewed and culturally adapted SPARX and an existing wellness outcome measure for Inuit. One hundred and twenty-one youth, aged 13 to 24, across NU then tested, played, and evaluated I(nuit)-SPARX, showing improvement in several areas of wellbeing post-play. Youth completed a CBT skills survey, engaged in sharing circles to assess CBT skill retention, and shared their thoughts about the usefulness and cultural fit of I-SPARX with

Identifiants

pubmed: 39388613
doi: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2401210
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

2401210

Auteurs

Yvonne Bohr (Y)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Jeffrey Hankey (J)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Alaina Thomas (A)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Marette Abdelmaseh (M)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Leigh Armour (L)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Hugh McCague (H)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Jenna Barnhardt (J)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Megis Oskalns (M)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Nichaela Garvey (N)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Yogita Singh (Y)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Cassie Danz (C)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Chelsea Singoorie (C)

Nunabox, Iqaluit, NU, Canada.

Reuben Qaunaq (R)

Ikpiarjuk/Δᒃᐱᐊᕐᔪᒃ/Arctic Bay, Arctic Bay, NU, Canada.

Iola Oshoweetok (I)

Kinngait/ᑭᙵᐃᑦ/Cape Dorset, Cape Dorset, NU, Canada.

Mathijs Lucassen (M)

Nunabox, Iqaluit, NU, Canada.
School of Health and Medical Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK.
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Sally Merry (S)

School of Health and Medical Sciences, City, University of London, London, UK.

Matthew Shepherd (M)

School of Psychology, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.

Marc H Bornstein (MH)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA.
International Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK.
Senior Advisor Research for ECD Parenting Programmes, UNICEF, New York city, NY, USA.

Farah Ahmad (F)

School of Health Policy & Management, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Shmuel Shulman (S)

Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

Jonathan Weiss (J)

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research, Toronto, ON, Canada.

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