SGER: How Changes in Childbirth Practices Affect Cultural Connectedness: A Comparative Analysis

首席研究员Sharman Haley和Copi Lisa Scharzburg提议为探索性研究提供小额赠款，以探索社区合作，研究改变生育做法对阿拉斯加土著文化和社区的影响。该项目将为一项非常创新的研究奠定基础，该研究将在伊努皮亚人中增加西方医疗干预生育与家庭、社区和“幸福”文化观念变化之间的关系。此外，研究人员将与阿拉斯加西北部的马尼拉克健康协会密切合作，设计研究并确定参与者。这项就研究设计和实施与社会各界进行磋商的初步工作将有助于今后在这一领域进行研究。

The Principal Investigator Sharman Haley and CoPI Lisa Scharzburg propose a Small Grant for Exploratory Research to explore community collaboration on a proposal to research the implications of changing child-birthing practices on Alaska Native cultures and communities. The project will lay the groundwork for a very innovate study of the relationship between increased western medical intervention in child-bearing among the Inupiat and changes in cultural conceptions of family, community, and "well being." In addition, the researcher will work closely with the Maniilaq Health Association, Northwest Alaska, in designing the research and identifying participants. This preliminary work of consultation with the community on research design and implementation will facilitate future research in this area.