Abstract

The usefulness of the qualitative research paradigm of Critical Ethnography in health disparities research is viewed in this doctoral study as being of paramount importance within the praxis of nursing, specifically, in providing a window into the scene of mental health within the field of advanced psychiatric nursing, amongst the Genizaro people at the Pueblo of Abiquiu in New Mexico, a border area. The life patterns heard through 24 semi-structured interviews conducted from 2015-2017, included a portrayal of a narrative that heartens the continuance of the transmission of history, language, tradition, healing, and philosophies of this Indigenous Nation, which are factors in the vein of social justice. This study purported to gain a greater understanding of the [three salient domains] ethnic identity (EI) Mental health (MH), and traditional medicine (TM), and how [these] can mediate the psyche of the colonized and disenfranchised in a hegemonic reality. Mental health in this Native population is sparsely addressed in the world; and for the Genizaro, this has been addressed in several works on their ethnogenesis. The methods used in this study involved semi-structured interviews, participant observation and non-observation, reviews of historical records and a lot of reading, as noted in the reference and bibliography.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 10760560; ProQuest document ID: 2001130417. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Annabelle X. Gutierrez Sisneros, PhD, MALAS, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, AHN-BC, CTN-A

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Ethnography

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Ethnic Identity, Mental Health Nursing, Health Disparities

Advisor

Kathleen Huttlinger

Second Advisor

Anita Reinhardt

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

New Mexico State University

Degree Year

2017

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2024-02-27

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