title: Cherokee self-reliance.
abstract: This qualitative study was conducted using ethnography to identify how (a) self-reliance is conceptualized by the Cherokee; (b) the adult male Cherokee perceives, achieves, and demonstrates self-reliance; and (c) nurses can incorporate the Cherokee concept of self-reliance into health care of the Cherokee. The goal of self-reliance was included in the following mission statement of the 1976 Cherokee Nation constitution: "The mission of the government of the Cherokee Nation is to promote and sustain the self-reliance of its members" (Resolution No. 28-85, 1976). The conceptualization and perspective of self-reliance by the Cherokee must be understood to assist effectively in the development and promotion of self-reliance in the Cherokee, especially the male Cherokee. The cultural domain of self-reliance that emerged from the data is a composite of three categories that include being responsible, being disciplined, and being confident. Cutting across all three categories are the two themes of being true to onself and being connected.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D004645:Empathy; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006040:Goals; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009825:Oklahoma; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods / Q000523:psychology; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012941:Social Responsibility; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration