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Over the past decade, my research agenda has significantly contributed to the field with discussions on culture-specific approaches to successful aging in two specific areas. First, my work established a culturally congruent Alaska Native (AN) perspective and understanding of AN successful aging and led to a theory of AN healthy aging (Lewis, 2011). My novel research stands in contrast and steers away from the ethnocentric definition and concepts currently found in mainstream gerontology literature. The most common definitions of successful aging focus on the lack of disease and disability and healthy mental well-being; it is based on assumptions that effects of aging are tied to disease. My research challenges these definitions of successful aging and reconstructs AN aging using a strengths-based, non-medical, systems approach perspective. Through Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), my work to define AN successful aging gives voice to Elders, enabling them to define their own aging processes, while contributing to concepts of Indigenous health and aging. For example, my previous work with AN Elders identified one key characteristic of successful aging to be a willingness and desire to pass down their wisdom and experiences to ensure a healthy future for younger community members. I coined the term Indigenous cultural generativity, which is further detailed below. My research in this area has resulted in book chapters, peer-reviewed publications and professional presentations highlighting how this concept can be used to address health disparities in tribal communities. My Indigenous theoretical and methodological perspectives align with the Memory Keepers Medical Discovery Team (MK-MDT) mandate and approach to preserve brain health by collaborative, community-based research.
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DEMENTIA-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICEno. 1 (2024): 5-6
Blakely Brown,Maja Pedersen, Jennifer Harrington,Annie Belcourt,Sweeney Windchief,Aaron Thomas, Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, Otakuye Conroy-Ben,Erik Brodt,Karletta Chief, Serra Hoagland,Michelle Johnson-Jennings,
Biomarkers in Neuropsychiatrypp.100090, (2024)
Maja Pedersen, Anne Des Rosier Grant, Jennifer Harrington,Annie Belcourt,Aaron Thomas, Serra Hoagland,Jordan P. Lewis, Ruth Plenty Sweetgrass-She Kills, Otakuye Conroy-Ben, Eric Brodt,Karletta Chief,Michelle Johnson-Jennings,
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (2024)
Diane Carol Gooding, Denise A Mohrbacher,Emre Umucu,Carol A Van Hulle,Jordan P Lewis,Fabu P Carter,Carey E Gleason
Psychiatry research (2024): 115776-115776
AGEING & SOCIETY (2024)
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