title: A community of practice approach for Aboriginal girls' sexual health education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a paucity of intervention programs for Aboriginal girls and many of those that exist are delivered in culturally inappropriate ways.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper, we provide an overview of recent research that focused on delivering a sexual health mentorship program that enhanced the voices of Aboriginal youth and was culturally relevant and appropriate to indigenous youth.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our program served to enhance social connection and reinforced a sense of belonging and relational mutuality among group members.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The purpose of this article is to illustrate how a mentorship program that used a community of practice approach empowered Aboriginal youth to become successful border crossers and helped to align them with the wider community.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia. ebaniste@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Banister
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Begoray