“I want to hear you talk with your heart”: perspectives on receiving and providing mental wellness supports during the COVID-19 pandemic within a First Nation community in Canada
The findings point to opportunities for building on existing community strengths and promoting locally-led, culturally-grounded supports for mental wellness and substance use challenges to enhance capacity of First Nations communities to support their members in the face of public health crises.
Authors
- Laura Jane Brubacher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2806-9539)
- Ningwakwe George
- Bryan Tanner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8250-623X)
- Sharon Bernards
- Samantha Wells (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8150-2226)
- Melody E. Morton Ninomiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-3410)
- Renee Linklater (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2881-4914)
- Ashley Cornect-Benoit
Institutions
- Western University (CA)
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Wilfrid Laurier University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-23723-y
- Primary Topic
- Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research