caa a22 4500 445378492 CHVBK 20180317143010.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-011-0707-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-011-0707-9 Promoting Wellness in Alaskan Villages: Integrating Traditional Knowledge and Science of Wild Berries [Elektronische Daten] [Courtney Flint, Ewan Robinson, Joshua Kellogg, Gary Ferguson, Lama BouFajreldin, Mallory Dolan, Ilya Raskin, Mary Lila] People draw upon multiple forms of environmental knowledge, from scientific to highly contextual local or traditional forms of knowledge, to interpret problems and gauge risks in complex socio-ecological systems. In collaboration with three remote Alaska Native communities, and using an interdisciplinary, participatory, and mixed methods research approach, we explored traditional ecological knowledge and scientific aspects of wild berries and the broader context of community health and environmental change. Combining site visits, key informant interviews, focus groups, survey questionnaires, portable field bioassays, and laboratory follow-up analyses, our research revealed the importance of local subsistence resources for community wellness. Multiple berry species were found to have powerful bioactive health properties for ameliorating metabolic syndrome as well as importance for community wellness. Communities differed in the degree to which they characterized berries as healthy foods and perceived environmental risks including climate change. Findings suggest the importance of incorporating locally available foods and socio-cultural traditions into community wellness programming. This article also discusses challenges and opportunities associated with transdisciplinary, participatory research with indigenous communities. International Association for Ecology and Health, 2011 traditional ecological knowledge nationallicence wild berries nationallicence environmental change nationallicence participatory research nationallicence youth nationallicence health nationallicence community wellness nationallicence Flint Courtney Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave, S510 Turner Hall, MC 047, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA aut Robinson Ewan Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA aut Kellogg Joshua Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA aut Ferguson Gary Wellness and Prevention Department, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, USA aut BouFajreldin Lama Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave, S510 Turner Hall, MC 047, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA aut Dolan Mallory Cooperative Extension Service, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA aut Raskin Ilya School of Environmental & Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA aut Lila Mary Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 8/2(2011-06-01), 199-209 1612-9202 8:2<199 2011 8 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0707-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-011-0707-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Flint Courtney Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave, S510 Turner Hall, MC 047, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Robinson Ewan Department of Geography, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kellogg Joshua Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ferguson Gary Wellness and Prevention Department, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- BouFajreldin Lama Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1102 S. Goodwin Ave, S510 Turner Hall, MC 047, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dolan Mallory Cooperative Extension Service, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Raskin Ilya School of Environmental & Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lila Mary Department of Food, Bioprocessing & Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 8/2(2011-06-01), 199-209 1612-9202 8:2<199 2011 8 10393 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer