CANHR II Research...

Yup’ik Experiences of Stress and Coping:
Intervention via Cultural Understanding

Inna Rivkin, PhD, Project Principal Investigator

Yup’ik communities have voiced widespread concern about the prevalence of stress and traumatic life events and their negative impact on health. This project will develop a way of assessing stress and trauma in a Yup’ik cultural context and more importantly how Yup’ik people find healthy ways of coping with stress and trauma. The goal is to use the information gathered to work with the communities in developing a stress management program that can be used by other communities to help people manage their stress in culturally appropriate ways.