The article presents a case study examining the use of a community-defined practice and evidence approach to develop tribally based in-home service models with Alaska Native communities. Topics include importance of community-defined practice and evidence, recognition of and values cultural strengths and traditions as protective factors in keeping children and families safe, and development of in-home services guided by tribal community's definition of a safe child.
Johnson, Melissa H.; Walters, Marketa Garner; Armstrong, Mary I.
Journal of Public Child Welfare
2015
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Article
Child welfare; Interviewing; Social services; Ethnology research; Home environment; Cultural competence; Human services programs; Alaska; Native Americans -- Alaska; Family medicine; Research methodology; Observation (Scientific method); Thematic analysis; Data analysis software; Field notes (Science)
child welfare; community-based practice; family preservation; in-home services; indigenous
- Setting
- Target
Tribal Adaptation
- Secondary
- Tertiary
- Child
- Family
- family conflict or violence
- history of child abuse and neglect
- lack of access to social support
- access to health and social services
- social and emotional competence