Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2008 Ecological/epidemiological approach  May incorporate the concept of historical trauma  The intergenerational transfer of the emotional and psychological effects of colonialism from parents to children  An example – high rates of depression and suicide, low self-esteem, high rates of child and adolescent drug use, and high rates of alcoholism, obesity, and hypertension among indigenous peoples worldwide – enduring effects of European/Western colonialism  Expands the scope of traditional epidemiological studies by drawing on factors from the past to explain the social and spatial distribution of contemporary health problems
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