Structural Approaches to Self-Care, Collective Equity & Wellness

Wellness is "living well" across our mental, physical, spiritual, relational, and environmental domains. Check out what we have found in our research as it relates to wellness below!

COVID-19 Related Effects on AOD Use

Knipp, H., Ka`apu, K., O’Connor, C. E., & Blume, A. W. (In Press). COVID-19-Related effects on alcohol and other drug use among Indigenous peoples. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2025.2493142.

Alcohol and Sex-Specific Wellness

McKinley, C. E., Roh, S., & Lee, Y. S. (2021). American Indian Alcohol Use from a Sex-Specific Wellness Approach: Exploring Its Associated Physical, Behavioral, and Mental Risk and Protective Factors. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 18(1), 32–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/26408066.2020.1799648. PMC7790549

Substance Abuse Interventions Among Indigenous Youth

Liddell, J., & Burnette, C. E. (2017). Culturally-informed interventions for substance abuse among Indigenous youth in the United States: A review. Journal of Evidence-Informed Social Work, 14(5), 329-359. https://doi.org/10.1080/23761407.2017.1335631