ReviewThe Gerontologist2014
Research on indigenous elders: from positivistic to decolonizing methodologies.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- American Indian and Alaska Native resilience along the life course and across generations: A literature review.American Indian and Alaska native mental health research (Online) · 2016Pooled it
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- The case for decolonizing data sources in indigenous evaluation and research.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Risk and Protective Factors for Mental Health among American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Older Adults in the United States.American Indian and Alaska native mental health research (Online) · 2026Article
- Emerging concepts and practices in health disparities implementation science in the United States: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Re-drawing the map: a case study of decolonized research methods & methodologies.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Elderhood and Healthy Aging from an Indigenous Perspective.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Review
- Protocol for a Qualitative Study Exploring Perspectives of Native Hawaiian Elders to Improve Health Outcomes.Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action · 2025Article
- Indigenous rights-based approaches to decolonising research methodologies in settler colonial contexts.Frontiers in research metrics and analytics · 2025Article
- Co-Designing Research for Sustainable Food Systems and Diets with Aboriginal Communities: A Study Protocol.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Indigenous Elder-centered methodology: research that decolonizes and indigenizes.AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005) · 2023Article
- "I don't remember any of us … having diabetes or cancer": How historical oppression undermines indigenous foodways, health, and wellness.Food & foodways · 2023Article
- Undoing Structural Racism Among Indigenous Older Adults to Promote Health Equity.Generations (San Francisco, Calif.) · 2023Article
- Communicating Native American Cancer Efforts and Resources in the Great Plains.Great Plains research · 2023Article
- Conducting research with Indigenous Peoples in Canada: ethical and policy considerations.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Development of "CULTURE FORWARD: A strengths and culture-based tool to protect our native youth from suicide".Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology · 2022Review
- Arts-Based Research Methods to Explore Cancer in Indigenous Communities.AMA journal of ethics · 2022Review
- The Lives of Native Hawaiian Elders and Their Experiences With Healthcare: A Qualitative Analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Uplifting the voices of rural American Indian older adults to improve understanding of physical activity behavior.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- Indigenous Community-Led Programs to Address Food and Water Security: Protocol for a Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Although indigenous peoples have lower life expectancies than the social majority populations in their countries, increasing numbers of indigenous people are living into old age. Research on indigenous elders is informed by a number of research traditions. Researchers have mined existing data sets to compare characteristics of indigenous populations with non-indigenous groups, and these findings have revealed significant disparities experienced by indigenous elders. Some investigators have attempted to validate standardized research tools for use in indigenous populations. Findings from these studies have furthered our knowledge about indigenous elders and have highlighted the ways in which tools may need to be adapted to better fit indigenous views of the constructs being measured. Qualitative approaches are popular, as they allow indigenous elders to tell their stories and challenge non-indigenous investigators to acknowledge values and worldviews different from their own. Recently, efforts have extended to participatory and decolonizing research methods, which aim to empower indigenous elders as researchers. Research approaches are discussed in light of the negative experiences many indigenous peoples have had with Eurocentric research. Acknowledgment of historical trauma, life-course perspectives, phenomenology, and critical gerontology should frame future research with, rather than on, indigenous elders.
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