Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Indigenous Peoples of Brazil: Epidemiology and Risk Factors Associated with Death.

INTRODUCTION: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) represents a serious public health problem for the indigenous peoples of Brazil, since acute respiratory infections are the main causes of morbidity and mortality in this population. OBJECTIVE: To assess cases of SARS in Brazilian indigenous peoples in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as sociodemographic and health factors associated with deaths from SARS in this population. METHODS: Ecological study carried out based on secondary data from the Brazilian Database for Epidemiological Surveillance of Influenza referring to the Brazilian indigenous population with SARS in 2020. The variables included sociodemographic factors and health conditions. Statistical analyses were carried out considering absolute (n) and relative (%) frequencies and logistic regression with odds ratios (OR), with death as the outcome of interest. RESULTS: A total of 3062 cases were reported in the analyzed period. Of these, there was a predominance of men (54.6%), adults (41.4%), with comorbidities (52.3%), with low levels of schooling (67.4%) and residents of rural areas (55.8%). Cases and deaths were concentrated in the states of Amazonas and Mato Grosso do Sul, states in the North and Midwest of Brazil. A greater chance of death was observed in elderly indigenous people (OR = 6.29; 95%CI 4.71-8.39), with low levels of schooling (OR = 1.72; 95%CI 1.22-2.28), residents of rural areas (OR = 1.35; 95%CI 1.12-1.62), and with comorbidities (OR = 1.87; 95%CI 1.42-2.46), especially obesity (OR = 2.56; 95%CI 1.07-6.11). CONCLUSION: The study was able to trace the clinical-epidemiological profile, as well as identify the groups of indigenous people most vulnerable to SARS as a result of COVID-19 and evolution to death in Brazil. The findings show the high impact on the morbidity and mortality of the Brazilian indigenous population exposed to SARS and are relevant for epidemiological health surveillance, since they can guide preventive public policy actions and quality of life measures for this ethnic group in Brazil.

The lived experiences of indigenous youth during the transition to emergency remote learning: A qualitative study

This qualitative study was conducted to learn about the lived experiences of Indigenous youth during the transition to emergency remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eight students at two schools in the Western part of Robeson County, North Carolina, told their stories. Tribal Critical Race Theory was used in this study as a lens to analyze the stories told by these Indigenous students and five themes emerged from the data collected from their stories: students had significant issues with the internet, remote learning was challenging, the support of teachers was vital, students wanted to return to school, and school is better now that students are back in class face to face. Findings showed the lack of access to high-speed internet often impeded students' ability to connect with their teachers consistently. Students found remote learning was much more challenging than being in the classroom face to face and returning to school was important to them. Once students returned to school, Indigenous students reported how much better they felt and how much easier it was to learn and retain new information. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Examining the role of Indigenous primary healthcare across the globe in supporting populations during public health crises.

When health systems are overwhelmed during a public health crisis regular care is often delayed and deaths result from lapses in routine care. Indigenous primary healthcare (PHC) can include a range of programmes that incorporate treatment and management, prevention and health promotion, as well as addressing the social determinants of health (SDoH) and a focus on redressing health inequities. We examined how Indigenous PHC mobilises and innovates during a public health crisis to address patient needs and the broader SDoH. A rapid review methodology conducted from January 2021 - March 2021 was purposefully chosen given the urgency with COVID-19, to understand the role of Indigenous PHC during a public health crisis. Our review identified five main themes that highlight the role of Indigenous PHC during a public health crisis: (1) development of culturally appropriate communication and education materials about vaccinations, infection prevention, and safety; (2) Indigenous-led approaches for the prevention of infection and promotion of health; (3) strengthening intergovernmental and interagency collaboration; (4) maintaining care continuity; and (5) addressing the SDoH. The findings highlight important considerations for mobilising Indigenous PHC services to meet the needs of Indigenous patients during a public health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

A pioneering effort to give voices to indigenous psychology in Southeast Asia

For this special issue, eight manuscripts were accepted. The contributions showcase a range of indigenous psychological concepts and practices in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region. These include the Filipino values of "kapwa" (shared identity) and Indonesian values of "Mangan ora mangan sing penting kumpul" and "Dalihan Na Tolu" (both referring to the importance of kinship) in relation to one's preferred sources of social supports, Filipino coping strategies of "diskarte" (resourcefulness) and "bayanihan" (mutual, collective support) in managing mental health challenges, the "Sikolohiyang Pilipino" (Filipino Psychology) movement in the Philippines, the "kiasu" mindset (fear of losing out), and traditional Chinese healing practices of "dang-ki" (consultations with a divine deity) in Singapore. The contributions all address sustainable development goals in SEA communities, such as mental health challenges and practices in Indonesia, the Philippines and Singapore;the marginalization of ethnic minority groups;effects of postcolonialism in the Philippines and Malaysia;and issues of urbanization, deforestation, and climate change in Malaysia. Some assessed specifically the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SEA populations' well-being, including comparisons of COVID-19 stigma and quality of life in Indonesia and the Philippines, the associated factors of self-harm and suicide ideation among Chinese Indonesians, and the mental health challenges faced and coping strategies utilized by doctors working in rural areas in the Philippines. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

How Has Population Health Been Amplified Through Integrated Indigenous Community Networks? Opportunities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Colombian government failed to report statistics systematically separated by ethnicity. Moreover, municipalities with the highest proportion of indigenous populations have some of the highest hospitalization and death rates from COVID-19. Community self-organization in indigenous territories has strengthened community networks based on solidarity and reciprocity, thus managing individual and collective risks in regions neglected by public administrations. The Colombian National Indigenous Organization (ONIC) has systematically published a bulletin to analyze the National Institute of Health Information with data regarding the location of COVID-19 cases among indigenous communities, collected by diverse indigenous organizations. The ONIC has deployed territorial health actions nationwide and mobilized more than 60, 000 indigenous guards to form a sanitary cordon, accompanied by their traditional medicine and spiritual practices. Despite the high morbidity and mortality levels resulting from preexisting inequities, indigenous individuals organized in networks have maintained food sovereignty with reciprocity and solidarity practices. In contrast, government agencies have significant limitations in attending to the emergency, deepening social inequalities among vulnerable populations. The current pandemic provides an opportunity to recognize indigenous peoples' ancestral knowledge, including how they conceive health in an interconnected natural network. This chapter analyzes indigenous community networks as being necessary for the present and future to enhance population health. Thus, public health planning and social work could benefit by incorporating complex indigenous thinking to develop planetary intercultural health and well-being. © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022.

Indigenous and immigrant voices for healing and wellness in graduate education

The importance of healing and wellness is a local, global, and historical concern, especially for Indigenous Peoples on Turtle Island/North America and across the world. Since the COVID-19 pandemic commenced in March 2020, the issues of sustainability and wellbeing have been shared intensely in virtual graduate classrooms by Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples. The space in which Indigenous Peoples and Settlers on Turtle Island/North America express intents for their education is uncomfortable. Decolonizing efforts to address systemic discrimination in graduate education require truths to be told and heard before there can be reconciliation for past and current injustices against Indigenous Peoples. Systemic discrimination is an impediment to Indigenous and Settler graduate students and faculty healing, wellness, and academic success as they pursue teaching, learning, and self-sustainability. Reading the literature on Indigenous and Settler voices in graduate education and discussing the emerging insights and reflections, this chapter identifies the challenges and the possibilities for graduate student and faculty healing and wellness. This spontaneous and honest atmosphere allowed to access the self of each other despite the diverse sociocultural backgrounds and experiences. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Native Americans' perceptions of federal assistance for coronavirus 2019: A case study

As of April 2020, Native Americans were falling ill from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a higher rate than the general U.S. population. The problem is that without federal assistance, a vast number of Native Americans could perish from COVID-19. The three research questions and the purpose of the qualitative case study was to understand how members of a federally recognized Native American tribe were dealing with the pandemic, the resources available to fight it, and their perceptions of federal health care resources. The conceptual framework was the capabilities approach. The significance of the study is the potential to reduce the health impact of future public health emergencies on Native American tribes and to contribute to theory and practice in the field of public administration and policy. Five members of a Native American tribe and four professionals who served the tribe were interviewed. Participant responses revealed four themes, two subthemes and two discrepant observations. The themes, subthemes and discrepant observations illustrate an ambivalent view of federal resources. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Introduction: A call to action for affirming all LGBTQ+ students in higher education

This introductory chapter provides a brief description about the book and its subsequent chapters. The book covers the experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, and other marginalized student communities, in the narrative about supporting LGBTQ+ students in higher education. In 2021, LGBTQ+ college students are struggling in the midst of two pandemics, COVID-19 pandemic and the systemic racism, violence, and murders of Black people at the hands of police officers in the United States. Colleges and universities are also grappling with precisely how to challenge systemic racism on their campuses while managing the stress of navigating a public health pandemic in residential university and college settings. The book provides university faculty, staff, administrators, and students with more information on LGBTQ+ college students, who have been typically neglected or ignored in discussions about the wellness and needs of LGBTQ+ college students. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Feminist perspectives on disaster, pandemics, and intimate partner violence

The COVID-19 pandemic brought international awareness to the likelihood of increased abuse of those in abusive intimate partner relationships because of the forced confinement with their abusers (Bettinger-Lopez and Bro, A double pandemic: domestic violence in the age of COVID 19, Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/in-brief/double-pandemic-domestic-violence-age-covid-19, 2020). While this awareness was much discussed, assistance to survivors of abuse was limited because survivors often could not reach out for help, nor could advocates wishing to offer assistance safely reach in to advise them (Taub, A new Covid-19 crisis: domestic abuse rises worldwide. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html, 2020). The ever-present influence of the abuser prevented or limited the delivery of effective aid in many cases (Taub, A new Covid-19 crisis: domestic abuse rises worldwide. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html, 2020). But this was not the first disaster to place those experiencing intimate partner abuse at greater risk. Other disasters have in various ways increased women's safety risks both during and after crisis. Other crises routinely resulted in increased abuse of survivors in intimate partner relationships including sexual and other assault by intimate partners (Rao 2020;Sohrabizadeh Prehosp Disaster Med, 31(4):407-412. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27212204, 2016). This chapter briefly identifies some forms of abuse experienced by women outside of the home during times of crisis and their connection to intimate partner abuse. Then, the impact of COVID-19 on intimate partner survivors will be explored and some of their experiences described. Gaps and flaws in nations' approaches to gender violence are often highlighted during and after disasters. Lack of planning to protect survivors of intimate partner violence and other highly vulnerable populations during crises was exacerbated by the additional dangers brought by COVID-19. Primarily, the heightened dangers resulted from stay-at-home orders, which made services for abused partners more difficult to obtain and highlighted the possibility of unintended consequences resulting from policies designed to protect the public as a whole (Godin 2020). This chapter concludes by considering what has been lacking in strategic disaster planning, including what lessons have been learned thus far through the COVID-19 experience. Recommendations for effective disaster planning to protect survivors of intimate partner abuse, while also protecting other vulnerable populations, are suggested. This information is presented with the caution that as of this writing the global pandemic continues to limit access to hard data. Long-term analysis of the implications of the pandemic on Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) survivors awaits the passage of time. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

The unexpected value of the Coronavirus pandemic in elevating the importance of and essential need for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) serving as youth development professionals

This mixed-methods study used a Critical Race Theory and Positive Youth Development theoretical framework to understand the motivation that led frontline youth development professionals to work in person at Regional Enrichment Centers (REC) at the inception of the Coronavirus pandemic. The RECs, primarily situated in community schools, were operational from March 23, 2020, through September 8, 2020, as a child care facility alternative for the children of essential workers because all schools were closed for in-person instruction. When the City of New York was on pause, the pandemic amplified the racial injustices experienced by low-income and marginalized BIPOC citizens;however, frontline youth development professionals, recast as essential workers, provided an important lifeline to New Yorkers and their children.The core features of the Community School model are: (a) expanded and enriched learning time;(b) active family and community engagement;(c) collaborative leadership practices;and (d) integrated student supports. This study is important because it challenges the stereotypes in education research on afterschool staff as low-skilled workers and recognizes the funds of knowledge they bring into the school community and community schools. As credible messengers and key partners, frontline youth development professionals play an integral role in the emotional development of BIPOC students in low-income, low-resourced, and marginalized school communities. The results of this study amplify their roles as assets for BIPOC children in times of crisis and as key partners in their emotional development. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Perceptions on alcohol use in a Potiguar indigenous community

This work analyzes the meanings attributed to alcohol consumption and the care strategies used by an indigenous group in Rio Grande do Norte (Brazil) by means of a qualitative research involving residents and leaders. The results generated three analytical axes: determinants of alcohol consumption, health care settings, and alcohol use in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was found that the use of alcohol in the community has been marked by historical movements that have altered the modes of existence and limited access to traditionally occupied lands. Alcohol consumption appeared as a naturalized phenomenon, associated with social and health problems that are aggravated by the lack of public assistance perceived by the community. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) (Portuguese) Esse trabalho analisa os sentidos atribuidos ao consumo de alcool e as estrategias de cuidado acionadas por um grupo indigena do Rio Grande do Norte, atraves de uma pesquisa qualitativa envolvendo moradores e liderancas. Os resultados geraram tres eixos analiticos: determinantes do consumo de alcool, cenario de atencao a saude e uso de alcool no contexto da pandemia da COVID-19. Constatou-se que o uso de alcool na comunidade tem sido marcado por movimentos historicos que alteraram os modos de existencia e limitaram o acesso as terras tradicionalmente ocupadas. A ingestao de alcool apareceu como fenomeno naturalizado, associado a problemas sociais e de saude que sao agravadas pela desassistencia publica percebida pela comunidade. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Dear Masie: A story-net of kindness

This chapter shares the stories of a Mi'kmaq grandmother's reflections of stories from Elders of the Mi'kmaq Nation to share with Masie, born at the start of the COVID-19 outbreak in Mi'kma'ki. These stories form a story-net of teachings and reflections to help guide Masie on her journey as a Mi'kmaq girl growing up in a kind and sometimes unkind world. These stories represent a gift in a written form from a grandmother to a beautiful soul who will need help to navigate a world of uncertainty, but a world with tremendous beauty when seen through a Mi'kmaq historical perspective. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Family and community engagement in Hawai'i through a decolonial lens

Using an Indigenous research and multi-case study design, this study examined the family and community engagement experiences and practices at three Hawai'i public schools. Because of the limitations and consequences associated with conventional engagement models with diverse families and communities, Culturally Sustaining Indigenous Family Engagement and Equitable Community-School Collaborations frameworks were employed to bring a decolonial lens to family engagement practices in diverse, Indigenous places. Data collection included interviews with 33 principals, teachers, other school staff, parents, and community members, and relevant family engagement documents including the State's School Quality Survey data, school academic plans, and family engagement assessment reports. Findings suggest that schools did their best to engage families and communities, especially during the COVID pandemic. Schools addressed similar barriers to engagement such as time, technology, and communication, but had difficulty engaging multilingual families. Engagement strategies and practices mostly aligned with conventional family engagement models, but individual practices and ideas began to approach aspects of Indigenous engagement and Equitable Community-School Collaborations. Results suggest that schools shifting from structural, school-based approaches and activities to relationship building could benefit multilingual families and others that do not regularly engage on school campuses. Building upon individual-level awareness and actions aligned with equitable engagement to develop systemic planning and practice can facilitate this shift. Centering the needs and cultural perspectives of nondominant families in family engagement practice could also help schools increase their decolonial potential along a continuum moving towards anti-oppressive systems. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

COVID, climate change, and carework: Mesoamerican diasporic indigenous and Latino communities in the Willamette Valley

Community-based agriculture is not only concerned with the cultivation of food, but also with the cultivation of connection, care, and exchange. This dissertation is based on fieldwork with a non-profit organization that operates seven community garden sites in Lane County, Oregon. Most of my research activity occurred at the largest garden site which happens to also be the oldest garden site, with some families having the same garden plot for two decades. I also travelled to all seven sites to either volunteer or attend workshops. In addition, I draw on my participation as an analyst and interviewer in the COVID-19 Farmworker Study (COFS) of Oregon, a collaborative research project involving twelve community-based organizations that serve farmworkers in Oregon. My research examines the experiences of multigenerational immigrant families in Oregon engaged in preserving traditional foodways and collective care through community gardening. The primary goals are to investigate the historical relationships between foodways and emotional carework within Latino and Mesoamerican Indigenous communities in diaspora. It examines how foodways shape community well-being despite the many challenges and traumas of migration. Participation in community gardening can serve as a social, emotional, and health resource for immigrant Latino families, functioning as a nexus of care and source of hope. This research is urgent since disproportionate food insecurities have only been exaggerated by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Using ethnographic methods such as participant observation, formal interviewing, and informal conversational interviewing, I document some of the integrated physical, emotional, mental health, and social impacts of the pandemic. These impacts include getting infected with COVID-19, losing loved ones, living in uncertainty, and experiencing significant loss of income that affected people's ability to pay rent, utilities, food, and other expenses, producing what I call stress proliferation. Being exposed to the virus or having the virus forced people into two-week quarantines or even longer periods of recovery when many could not work, and if sick were physically debilitated. The precarity of Latino workers' economic situations and the stress that comes from that precarity was inflated during the pandemic and left many struggling to catch up even after recovery and quarantine. Because the research has taken place both before and during the pandemic, I demonstrate how the caregiving practices forged through community gardening may continue to benefit families and communities after the pandemic through ideas such as curar y pertencer, caring and belonging, identified by my study participants. I also demonstrate how care practices might have shifted from pre-pandemic times to pandemic times. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

The Amazonian Tropical Bites Research Initiative, a hope for resolving zoonotic neglected tropical diseases in the One Health era.

BACKGROUND: Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) disproportionately affect populations living in resource-limited settings. In the Amazon basin, substantial numbers of NTDs are zoonotic, transmitted by vertebrate (dogs, bats, snakes) and invertebrate species (sand flies and triatomine insects). However, no dedicated consortia exist to find commonalities in the risk factors for or mitigations against bite-associated NTDs such as rabies, snake envenoming, Chagas disease and leishmaniasis in the region. The rapid expansion of COVID-19 has further reduced resources for NTDs, exacerbated health inequality and reiterated the need to raise awareness of NTDs related to bites. METHODS: The nine countries that make up the Amazon basin have been considered (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Surinam and Venezuela) in the formation of a new network. RESULTS: The Amazonian Tropical Bites Research Initiative (ATBRI) has been created, with the aim of creating transdisciplinary solutions to the problem of animal bites leading to disease in Amazonian communities. The ATBRI seeks to unify the currently disjointed approach to the control of bite-related neglected zoonoses across Latin America. CONCLUSIONS: The coordination of different sectors and inclusion of all stakeholders will advance this field and generate evidence for policy-making, promoting governance and linkage across a One Health arena.

Learning Creates Australia: Evaluation of the Learner's Journey Social Lab. Research Report. RR-A1139-1

Social labs have recently been gaining traction in a wide range of sectors internationally, and have been applied to many complex social problems, including food system security, poverty and labour market revitalisation. Social labs convene participants to collaborate and work collectively on developing prototypes that are iteratively refined and improved. Ultimately, social labs aspire to make macro-level changes that address a core problem. Learning Creates Australia (LCAust) launched in 2020 just prior to the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic with the objective of convening an alliance of people and organisations that could systematically reform the Australian education system to ensure that all young Australians have opportunities to learn and develop the knowledge, skills and competencies that will enable them to become successful in school, find productive employment and actively engage in their communities. LCAust invited the RAND Corporation to conduct a mixed-methods evaluation study that would offer formative feedback to the social lab implementation team and ultimately provide a summative assessment of the progress of the organisation over the first phase of its work. RAND sought to address three research questions in this evaluation: (1) How were the social labs designed and implemented to solve persistent problems of practice?, (2) What factors enabled or constrained implementation?, and (3) To what extent did LCAust's Phase I activities lay the groundwork for systemic impact? This report details findings from this evaluation. [This report was sponsored by Learning Creates Australia. This report was also prepared by RAND Australia.]

Service-Learning for Sustainability: Four Approaches for Engagement, Enrichment, Equity, and Citizenship

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, a historically American Indian university that is experiencing major climate change impacts from hurricanes, was the setting for four service-learning projects seeking to advance sustainability in a racially diverse community. Courses in American Indian Studies, English, and Social Work, in collaboration with farms, schools, and community organizations, demonstrated benefits to student learning and retention and sought to fulfill faculty members' aspirations for enhanced community wellbeing. In addition to first-person narratives of these activities, the authors provide resources for adaptation and/or usage in higher educational settings.

Community and Public Health Responses to a COVID-19 Outbreak in North-west Saskatchewan: Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned

In Spring 2020, Indigenous communities in northwest Saskatchewan, Canada, experienced the first significant outbreak of COVID-19. Through the collective efforts of public health measures by local, provincial, federal, and community partners, COVID-19 impacts were mitigated, and the severity of the outbreak in northwest Saskatchewan was limited. This article outlines the epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in the area during this period and the concomitant narrative of the public health control measures. The narrative connects specific culturally grounded approaches that were taken by community leaders and public health officials to moderate the pandemic's impacts and contain the outbreak. Among the lessons learned from these multi-jurisdictional efforts were the need to customize interventions to individual community characteristics and the benefits of continuous consultation and communication with community leadership. These findings suggest that long-term monetary investment in the strengths, assets, and capacity of communities can contribute toward sustainable solutions for existing structural inequities that have been amplified by the pandemic. The collaboration that resulted from local, provincial, and federal partnerships informed other pandemic response measures for subsequent outbreaks that have affected the region during the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social–ecological systems approaches are essential for understanding and responding to the complex impacts of COVID-19 on people and the environment

The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is dramatically impacting planetary and human societal systems that are inseparably linked. Zoonotic diseases like COVID-19 expose how human well-being is inextricably interconnected with the environment and to other converging (human driven) social–ecological crises, such as the dramatic losses of biodiversity, land use change, and climate change. We argue that COVID-19 is itself a social–ecological crisis, but responses so far have not been inclusive of ecological resiliency, in part because the "Anthropause” metaphor has created an unrealistic sense of comfort that excuses inaction. Anthropause narratives belie the fact that resource extraction has continued during the pandemic and that business-as-usual continues to cause widespread ecosystem degradation that requires immediate policy attention. In some cases, COVID-19 policy measures further contributed to the problem such as reducing environmental taxes or regulatory enforcement. While some social–ecological systems (SES) are experiencing reduced impacts, others are experiencing what we term an "Anthrocrush,” with more visitors and intensified use. The varied causes and impacts of the pandemic can be better understood with a social–ecological lens. Social–ecological insights are necessary to plan and build the resilience needed to tackle the pandemic and future social–ecological crises. If we as a society are serious about building back better from the pandemic, we must embrace a set of research and policy responses informed by SES thinking.

Native Americans' perceptions of federal assistance for coronavirus 2019: A case study

As of April 2020, Native Americans were falling ill from Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) at a higher rate than the general U.S. population. The problem is that without federal assistance, a vast number of Native Americans could perish from COVID-19. The three research questions and the purpose of the qualitative case study was to understand how members of a federally recognized Native American tribe were dealing with the pandemic, the resources available to fight it, and their perceptions of federal health care resources. The conceptual framework was the capabilities approach. The significance of the study is the potential to reduce the health impact of future public health emergencies on Native American tribes and to contribute to theory and practice in the field of public administration and policy. Five members of a Native American tribe and four professionals who served the tribe were interviewed. Participant responses revealed four themes, two subthemes and two discrepant observations. The themes, subthemes and discrepant observations illustrate an ambivalent view of federal resources. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)