Rachel L Burrage
Biographic Data
| ID | 229493 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel L Burrage |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel L |
| FAMILY NAME | Burrage |
| SIGNATURE | BURRAGE R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0143-1147 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Filipino Diaspora's Mental Health Experiences
The Filipino diasporic community is impacted by a history of colonization, migration, intergenerational trauma, and subsequent unaddressed mental health needs. This study was conducted to understand whether members of the Filipino diaspora in the United States perceive mental health to be adequately addressed in their families and communities; to describe perceived barriers to help-seeking in diasporic Filipino communities; and to identify approa…
Sharing elders' stories through culturally resonant research
This article provides a first‐person perspective on the Kūpuna Interview Project, a culturally resonant, community‐based, qualitative research project designed to examine the health experiences of Native Hawaiian elders. The voices included in this article are from two elder research participants, three representatives of a community partner organization, one university faculty member, and one student member of the research team, all of Native Ha…
Protocol for a Qualitative Study Exploring Perspectives of Native Hawaiian Elders to Improve Health Outcomes
This paper introduces a 48-page guide for conducting qualitative interviews with Native Hawaiian elders. The guide was developed based on work with and for Native Hawaiian elders through a partnership between ALU LIKE, Inc., a community-based service provider, and Hā Kūpuna National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Components of the guide include a brief history of research harms experienced by Nat…
Transcending trauma and embracing survivance in testimonies from survivors of the Beauval Indian Residential School of Canada
Community Resilience and Cultural Responses in Crisis
An interview-based evaluation of an Indigenous traditional spirituality program at an urban American Indian health clinic
American Indians suffer from disproportionately high rates of mental health problems. Professional therapies may not meet the specific mental health needs of American Indians, owing to cultural mismatch and long histories of political disempowerment. Instead, Indigenous traditional spiritual practices are often promoted as alternative sources of health and help in these communities. In response to a community needs assessment, we developed a 12-w…
Grandparenting Among Māoris of New Zealand
The Lives of Native Hawaiian Elders and Their Experiences With Healthcare
Native Hawaiians are proud and resilient people who have endured significant impacts from colonization. Despite being in a time of vibrant cultural revitalization, Native Hawaiians have a shorter life expectancy than other racial and ethnic groups in Hawai‘i. The primary aim of this paper was to share data from the first year of a 5-year study with Native Hawaiian kūpuna (elders) on their experiences with healthcare, along with barriers to access…
Beyond trauma
Indigenous scholars and others who study the experiences of Indigenous communities have long criticized the psychocentric approach to trauma held by most clinical professionals. A recent example of this was the Canadian government's reparations for Indian Residential School system (IRS) survivors, which focused largely on individual psychological harms rather than broader effects of colonial oppression. Beginning in 1867 and continuing throughout…
Physical Activity and Health Among Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander Older Adults
Objectives: Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHPI) older adults often experience social disadvantages and poor health outcomes. Physical activity has been associated with better health in other racial groups, but limited studies have examined these associations in NHPI older adults. Methods: Using data from the 2014 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey ( n = 1,045), logistic regression models examined a…
Togetherness
In a collaborative study with an Urban Indian Health Organization (UIHO) and a University, we conducted six talking circles over three years with American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) elders, adults, and youth to examine perceptions of suicide and suicide prevention strategies within their community. Results of a thematic analysis indicated that normalization of suicide, stigma, and historical trauma were barriers to suicide prevention. Cons…
Migration and resilience in Native Hawaiian elders
Using focused ethnography, Native Hawaiian elders living away from Hawai‘i for 30+ years were recruited through Hawaiian organizations and word-of-mouth and interviewed by teleconferencing on reasons for migrating, experiences on the Continent, and resilience. The 18 participants in 13 states left for college, work, and family. Many experienced racism, but all created community and cultivated aloha in their new homes. Most planned to stay on the …
A culturally informed scoping review of Native Hawaiian mental health and emotional well-being literature
The need for culturally grounded research on Native Hawaiian (NH) mental health and psychological well-being has been discussed by practitioners and researchers for more than four decades. This study combines scoping review methodology with culturally informed inclusion criteria in order to identify and synthesize literature on NH mental health and psychological well-being that is grounded in NH understandings of well-being. A systematic search o…
The impact of historical trauma on health outcomes for indigenous populations in the USA and Canada
American Indian historical trauma
The American Indian historical trauma (HT) concept is an important precursor to racial trauma (RT) theory that reflects the distinct interests of sovereign Indigenous nations but shares much of the same promise and challenge. Here, that promise and challenge is explored by tracing HT's theoretical development in terms of its anticolonial ambitions and organizing ideas. Three predominant modes of engaging HT were distilled form the literature (HT …
Urban American Indian Community Perspectives on Resources and Challenges for Youth Suicide Prevention
American Indian (AI) youth have some of the highest rates of suicide of any group in the United States, and the majority of AI youth live in urban areas away from tribal communities. As such, understanding the resources available for suicide prevention among urban AI youth is critical, as is understanding the challenges involved in accessing such resources. Pre‐existing interview data from 15 self‐identified AI community members and staff from an…
Beyond trauma
Indigenous scholars and others who study the experiences of Indigenous communities have long criticized the psychocentric approach to trauma held by most clinical professionals. A recent example of this was the Canadian government's reparations for Indian Residential School system (IRS) survivors, which focused largely on individual psychological harms rather than broader effects of colonial oppression. Beginning in 1867 and continuing throughout…
Togetherness
In a collaborative study with an Urban Indian Health Organization (UIHO) and a University, we conducted six talking circles over three years with American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) elders, adults, and youth to examine perceptions of suicide and suicide prevention strategies within their community. Results of a thematic analysis indicated that normalization of suicide, stigma, and historical trauma were barriers to suicide prevention. Cons…
An interview-based evaluation of an Indigenous traditional spirituality program at an urban American Indian health clinic
American Indians suffer from disproportionately high rates of mental health problems. Professional therapies may not meet the specific mental health needs of American Indians, owing to cultural mismatch and long histories of political disempowerment. Instead, Indigenous traditional spiritual practices are often promoted as alternative sources of health and help in these communities. In response to a community needs assessment, we developed a 12-w…
A culturally informed scoping review of Native Hawaiian mental health and emotional well-being literature
The need for culturally grounded research on Native Hawaiian (NH) mental health and psychological well-being has been discussed by practitioners and researchers for more than four decades. This study combines scoping review methodology with culturally informed inclusion criteria in order to identify and synthesize literature on NH mental health and psychological well-being that is grounded in NH understandings of well-being. A systematic search o…
Urban American Indian Community Perspectives on Resources and Challenges for Youth Suicide Prevention
American Indian (AI) youth have some of the highest rates of suicide of any group in the United States, and the majority of AI youth live in urban areas away from tribal communities. As such, understanding the resources available for suicide prevention among urban AI youth is critical, as is understanding the challenges involved in accessing such resources. Pre‐existing interview data from 15 self‐identified AI community members and staff from an…
Community Resilience and Cultural Responses in Crisis
Urban American Indian Community Perspectives on Resources and Challenges for Youth Suicide Prevention
American Indian (AI) youth have some of the highest rates of suicide of any group in the United States, and the majority of AI youth live in urban areas away from tribal communities. As such, understanding the resources available for suicide prevention among urban AI youth is critical, as is understanding the challenges involved in accessing such resources. Pre‐existing interview data from 15 self‐identified AI community members and staff from an…
The impact of historical trauma on health outcomes for indigenous populations in the USA and Canada
American Indian historical trauma
The American Indian historical trauma (HT) concept is an important precursor to racial trauma (RT) theory that reflects the distinct interests of sovereign Indigenous nations but shares much of the same promise and challenge. Here, that promise and challenge is explored by tracing HT's theoretical development in terms of its anticolonial ambitions and organizing ideas. Three predominant modes of engaging HT were distilled form the literature (HT …
Togetherness
In a collaborative study with an Urban Indian Health Organization (UIHO) and a University, we conducted six talking circles over three years with American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) elders, adults, and youth to examine perceptions of suicide and suicide prevention strategies within their community. Results of a thematic analysis indicated that normalization of suicide, stigma, and historical trauma were barriers to suicide prevention. Cons…
Migration and resilience in Native Hawaiian elders
Using focused ethnography, Native Hawaiian elders living away from Hawai‘i for 30+ years were recruited through Hawaiian organizations and word-of-mouth and interviewed by teleconferencing on reasons for migrating, experiences on the Continent, and resilience. The 18 participants in 13 states left for college, work, and family. Many experienced racism, but all created community and cultivated aloha in their new homes. Most planned to stay on the …
A culturally informed scoping review of Native Hawaiian mental health and emotional well-being literature
The need for culturally grounded research on Native Hawaiian (NH) mental health and psychological well-being has been discussed by practitioners and researchers for more than four decades. This study combines scoping review methodology with culturally informed inclusion criteria in order to identify and synthesize literature on NH mental health and psychological well-being that is grounded in NH understandings of well-being. A systematic search o…
Physical Activity and Health Among Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander Older Adults
Objectives: Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander (NHPI) older adults often experience social disadvantages and poor health outcomes. Physical activity has been associated with better health in other racial groups, but limited studies have examined these associations in NHPI older adults. Methods: Using data from the 2014 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander National Health Interview Survey ( n = 1,045), logistic regression models examined a…
The Lives of Native Hawaiian Elders and Their Experiences With Healthcare
Native Hawaiians are proud and resilient people who have endured significant impacts from colonization. Despite being in a time of vibrant cultural revitalization, Native Hawaiians have a shorter life expectancy than other racial and ethnic groups in Hawai‘i. The primary aim of this paper was to share data from the first year of a 5-year study with Native Hawaiian kūpuna (elders) on their experiences with healthcare, along with barriers to access…
Beyond trauma
Indigenous scholars and others who study the experiences of Indigenous communities have long criticized the psychocentric approach to trauma held by most clinical professionals. A recent example of this was the Canadian government's reparations for Indian Residential School system (IRS) survivors, which focused largely on individual psychological harms rather than broader effects of colonial oppression. Beginning in 1867 and continuing throughout…
Grandparenting Among Māoris of New Zealand
Community Resilience and Cultural Responses in Crisis
An interview-based evaluation of an Indigenous traditional spirituality program at an urban American Indian health clinic
American Indians suffer from disproportionately high rates of mental health problems. Professional therapies may not meet the specific mental health needs of American Indians, owing to cultural mismatch and long histories of political disempowerment. Instead, Indigenous traditional spiritual practices are often promoted as alternative sources of health and help in these communities. In response to a community needs assessment, we developed a 12-w…
Sharing elders' stories through culturally resonant research
This article provides a first‐person perspective on the Kūpuna Interview Project, a culturally resonant, community‐based, qualitative research project designed to examine the health experiences of Native Hawaiian elders. The voices included in this article are from two elder research participants, three representatives of a community partner organization, one university faculty member, and one student member of the research team, all of Native Ha…
Protocol for a Qualitative Study Exploring Perspectives of Native Hawaiian Elders to Improve Health Outcomes
This paper introduces a 48-page guide for conducting qualitative interviews with Native Hawaiian elders. The guide was developed based on work with and for Native Hawaiian elders through a partnership between ALU LIKE, Inc., a community-based service provider, and Hā Kūpuna National Resource Center for Native Hawaiian Elders at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Components of the guide include a brief history of research harms experienced by Nat…
Transcending trauma and embracing survivance in testimonies from survivors of the Beauval Indian Residential School of Canada
Filipino Diaspora's Mental Health Experiences
The Filipino diasporic community is impacted by a history of colonization, migration, intergenerational trauma, and subsequent unaddressed mental health needs. This study was conducted to understand whether members of the Filipino diaspora in the United States perceive mental health to be adequately addressed in their families and communities; to describe perceived barriers to help-seeking in diasporic Filipino communities; and to identify approa…
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Qualitative research (9 works) · Political science (8 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Indigenous (5 works)