Indigenous Health Topics: Strengths-Based Research & Intergenerational Connectedness — Mayo Clinic
How can Indigenous communities drive analysis that displays cultural strengths relatively than deficits? In this session, the speaker walks by strengths-based frameworks, a community-led methodology (group idea mapping), and an ongoing undertaking to measure intergenerational connectedness—with open-access assets you should utilize. You’ll hear sensible suggestions for partnering with communities, centering tradition, and translating findings into motion.
About the collection
Indigenous Health Topics is Mayo Clinic’s month-to-month webinar, recorded 9-12-25, with Native American consultants from across the nation. Presentations concentrate on Social Determinants of Health, Indigenous Determinants of Health, and health-related matters.
Guest Speaker
Victoria M. O’Keefe, PhD, MS
Associate Director, Center of International Health, Social and Behavioral Program
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
You’ll be taught
• Why strengths-based, Indigenous-led analysis issues
• How group idea mapping engages neighborhood voices
• Key suggestions for action-oriented, community-owned analysis
• What “intergenerational connectedness” means and measure it
• Where to seek out open-access papers, one-pagers, and toolkits
Presented as a part of the Indigenous Health Topics collection.
Disclaimer: Educational content material solely; not an alternative to customized medical care.
0:00 Welcome, Housekeeping, And Session Overview Today
4:13 Speaker Introduction And Cultural Grounding
6:21 Center For Indigenous Health Overview
10:31 Place-Based Hubs And Partnership Model
12:37 Settler Colonialism: Context For Health Research
14:42 Why Pursue Strengths-Based Work, Not Deficits
18:54 Indigenizing Strengths-Based Research: Study Aims
23:02 Group Concept Mapping: Method And Phases
25:08 Idea Generation: Community Statements And Themes
27:12 Sorting, Rating, And Cluster Development
29:17 Recommendations For Actionable, Community-Led Research
31:24 Measures Rooted In Values Across Generations
33:29 Intergenerational Connectedness: Qualitative Insights
35:37 Three Dimensions: Past, Present, Future Connections
39:43 Open-Access Articles And Project Resources
41:50 What’s Next: Scaling The Measure Study
43:55 Audience Q&A: Methods, Measures, Applications
48:01 Partnering Ethically With Communities And Industry
50:07 Building Teams, Support, And Getting Help
54:21 Closing, Next Session Date, And Thanks
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