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Welcome
Welcome to the website for the
Native American Wellness Scale (NAWS)! Thank you very much for
your interest. Your involvement and participation is the only
way that we can continue to develop a culturally appropriate
conceptualization of Native wellness that includes an awareness
of the effects of colonization on the quality of life of
indigenous peoples.
Purpose of the Study
The present
study intends to report the development and validation of a
scale to measure overall wellness in Native American and
indigenous populations, called the Native American Wellness
Scale (NAWS). The NAWS
is a self-report measure designed to measure the degree of
wellness experienced by individuals in five domains: (a)
physical wellbeing, (b) psychological wellbeing, (c) spiritual
wellbeing, (d) emotional wellbeing, and (e) cultural wellbeing.
The purpose of the study is to fill a void with respect to
standardized quality of life and wellness measures appropriate
for use with Native American populations, as well as to identify
the effects of colonization on the Native American lifeworld.
Who's Eligible
Native Americans and indigenous
people from all nations and tribal affiliations are invited to
participate. Tribal enrollment is not a necessary prerequisite
to participate. Men and women ages 18 to 75 are eligible to
participate.
Thank you so very much! If you
have questions about your eligibility, contact the Principal
Investigator, Denise Alvarado at
nativewellness@gmail.com.
How to Participate
Participant recruitment has
begun. Interested parties are
may use the
sign-up form to the left so that you can be notified of the
progress of the study. There are online and
paper-and-pencil version of the NAWS. If you would like to
participate, please do not hesitate to contact the principle
investigator, Denise Alvarado
at
nativewellness@gmail.com.
Follow this research study on
Twitter:
www.Twitter.com/nativewellness
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