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Health Care Utilisation Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Programme to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis

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Health Care Utilization Changes among Alaska Native Adults After Participation in an Indigenous Community Program to Address Adverse Life Experiences: A Propensity Score-matched Analysis
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lily Ray
Bobbi Outten
Katherine Gottlieb
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 79, no. 1, Article: 1705048, December 20, 2019
Study examines participation in Family Wellness Warriors Initiative (FWWI) and whether it changes how Indigenous Alaskans use healthcare services. FWWI participants showed a 36% reduction in total system visits, a 70% reduction in substance use visits, and a 40% reduction in emergency department visits.
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Health Career Opportunities for American Indians

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 12, no. 2, January 1973, pp. [1-2]
Discusses underrepresentation in the health care field and communities suffering from inadequate services.
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Health Conditions Before Columbus: Paleopathology of Native North Americans

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Debra L. Martin
Alan H. Goodman
The Western Journal of Medicine, vol. 176, no. 1, January 2002, pp. 65-68
Overview of health conditions and the quality of life before contact and colonization suggest that iron deficiency and infectious diseases from common micro-organisms were the largest contributors to morbidity and mortality.
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Health Disparities: A Barrier to High-Quality Care

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. Daniel Mullins
Lisa Blatt
Confidence M. Gbarayor
Hui-Wen Keri Yang
Claudia Baquet
American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy, vol. 62, no. 18, September 15, 2005, pp. 1873-1882
Suggests that disparities still existing among the sexes, minorities and racial groups despite efforts to diminish them.
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Health Disparities and Toxicant Exposure of Akwesasne Mohawk Young Adults: A Partnership Approach to Research

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lawrence M. Schell
Julia Ravenscroft
Maxine Cole
Agnes Jacobs
Joan Newman
Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment
Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 113, no. 12, December 2005, pp. 1826-1832
Describes a research partnership between the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation and scientists at the University of Albany to address concerns about environmental contamination and potential health consequences, such as thyroid hormone function, social adjustment and schooling problems.
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Health Innovation & Equity: Recommendations From Native American Youth

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Focus Group Report: A One-Year Project between the Center for Native American Youth and the Aetna Foundation
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Center for Native American Youth
Results from feedback about changing health outcomes and priorities and ideas about using innovation and technology to promote fixes for health disparities.
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Health is Life in Balance: Students and Communities Explore Healthy Lifestyles in a Culturally Based Curriculum

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lynn Aho
Joni Ackerman
Shelley Bointy
Marilyn Cuch
Mary Hindelang ... [et al.]
Pimatisiwin, vol. 8, no. 3, Winter, 2010, pp. 151-168
Looks at a curriculum, designed for Tribal Schools, that integrates science and Native American traditions to educate students on the importance of nutrition and physical activity for a healthy lifestyle.
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The Health Status of Indian Children: Problems and Prevention in Early Life

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American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, Monograph No.1, pp. 244-289
Behavioral Health Issues Among American Indians and Alaska Natives: Explorations on the Frontiers of the Biobehavioral Sciences
[Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health] ; Monograph 1, 1988
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Philip A. May
Discusses some behavioral and environmental changes that would contribute to health improvement in children between conception and 14 years of age.
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Healthy Aging through Fall Prevention among Older Aboriginal People: From Many Voices to a Shared Vision

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Symposium on Healthy Aging Through Fall Prevention Among Older Aboriginal People
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Jeff] Reading
[Vicky] Scott
D. Perron
R. Edgar
L. Baba ... [et al.]
Summary of symposium including role of knowledge translation, themes and discussions, information generated and suggestions for next steps.
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Healthy Brain Initiative: Road Map for Indian Country

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Alzheimer's Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Developed to assist tribal governments in understanding how Alzheimer's and dementia occurrence and the need for caregiving is affecting their communities and provide information on different public health strategies and opportunities for community action.
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Healthy Cooking the Anishinaabek Way

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Anishinaabek Cooking Resources
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan

Includes recipes for each of the seasons and cooking tips.

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Healthy Families on American Indian Reservations: A Summary of Six Years of Research by Tribal College Faculty, Staff, and Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Louellyn White
Joseph "Jay" H. Stauss
Claudia E. Nelson
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 30, no. 4, 2006, pp. 99-114
Focuses on food and nutrition as it pertains to Native Americans. The article discusses tribal food assistance programs, the availability of nutritious food choices on reserves and the loss of traditional foods in the diets of Native Americans.
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Healthy Indian Country Initiative Promising Prevention Practices Resources Guide: Promoting Innovative Tribal Prevention Programs

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Healthy Indian Country Initiative Promising Prevention Practices Resources Guide: Promoting Innovative Tribal Prevention Programs
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
National Indian Health Board
Overview of the national Indian Health Board initiative to develop, implement and evaluate the health system.
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Healthy Moms, Babies, and Children: Improving the Health of Aboriginal Populations in Canada

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Recent Promising Practices to Improve the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal Women and Children
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Deborah A. McNeil
Shivani Rikhy
Amy Johnston
Jodi Siever
Suzanne Tough ... [et al.]
Looks at promising practices for achieving better maternal, reproductive, newborn and child health. From two sources: Recent Promising Practices to Improve the Health and Well-being of Aboriginal Women and Children Call to Action. In Healthy Moms Babies and Children: Improving the Health of Aboriginal Populations in Canada.
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Healthy Nations: Reducing Substance Abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Tim Noe
Candace Fleming
Spero Manson
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, vol. 35, no. 1, Morning Star Rising: Healing in Native American Communities, January-March 2003, pp. 15-25
Discusses the Healthy Nations Initiative funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation which focuses on early prevention, intervention, pubic awareness and cultural values.
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Healthy Native Community Fellowship: An Indigenous Leadership Program to Enhance Community Wellness

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Rebecca Rae
Marita Jones
Alexis J. Handal
Marge Bluehorse-Anderson
Shelley Frazier
International Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 7, no. 4, Social Determinants of Indigenous Well-Being: Building a More Complete Understanding, October 2016, pp. 1-32
Looks at The Healthy Native Communities Fellowship (HNCF) program which is a mentorship and leadership program that is strengths based.
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Hearing Native Voices: Analyzing Differing Tribal Perspectives in the Oratory of Sitting Bull and Plenty Coups

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Hearing Native Voices: IEFA Lesson Plan
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
[Derek Strahn]

Developed for Grades 7 and 8. Students compare and contrast the two leaders' responses to the events of the late nineteenth century; one confrontational, the other conciliatory. Designed to supplement material found in Chapter 7 of Montana: Stories of the Land. 

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The Heart of Lightness: Hollywood's Wild West Show Revisited

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Delano Jose Lopez
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, 2003, pp. 17-39
Examines the portrayals of Native Americans in films, arguing that although recent films attempt to counteract previous stereotypes, more accurately portray history and culture, and tend to be more sympathetic to political claims they still fall short and appear assimilationist in tone.
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The "Heathen Party": Methodist Observation of the Ohio Wyandot

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Martin W. Walsh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, Spring, 1992, pp. 189-211
Article examines the ethnographic observations of the Wyandot and Seneca peoples made by members of neighboring Methodist communities.
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Heeding the Voice of Native Women: Toward an Ethnic of Decolonization

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Carrie A. Martell
Sarah Deer
North Dakota Law Review, vol. 81, no. 4, Fall, 2005, pp. 807-822
Exploration of whether Carol Gilligan's discussion of the role of gender in the legal field, In a Different Voice, also applies to Aboriginal women in relation to modern tribal courts.
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Help for Missing American Indian and Alaska Native Children

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John F. Clark
Department of Justice Journal of Federal Law and Practice, vol. 69, no. 1, Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons: Law Enforcement and Prevention, January 2021, pp. 5-20
Outlines the benefits of using the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and AMBER Alert systems to help protect and recover abducted Indigenous children. Entire issue on one PDF. To access article, scroll down to page 5.
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“Help Indians Help Themselves”: Gertrude Bonnin, the SAI and the NCAI

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American Indian Quarterly ; vol. 37, no. 3, Summer 2013
“Help Indians Help Themselves”: Gertrude Bonnin, the Society of American Indians and the National Congress of American Indians
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
P. Jane Hafen
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 25, no. 2, The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, Summer, 2013, pp. 199-218
Uses primary documents to examine the activist's attitudes and political views. Special combined issue of Studies in American Indian Literatures and American Indian Quarterly. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll to page 199.
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Helping Patients Follow Instructions

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Margaret Steffensen
Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal, vol. 6, no. 3, September 1982, pp. 38-43
Stresses the importance of culturally appropriate medical practices to achieve a positive health result.
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Helping Survivors Survive

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Nora Lawrence
Cultural Survival Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, Native Womens Hidden Reality, Fall, 2009
Discussion of the epidemic of sexual violence against Native American women and the work that women are doing to bring about change for sexual assault victims.
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Helplessness, Hopelessness, and Despair: Identifying the Precursors to Indian Youth Suicide

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Troy Johnson
Holly Tomren
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 287-301
Argues that a comprehensive study of Aboriginal youth suicide in the urban environment is needed in order to get an accurate picture of overall Aboriginal youth health in the United States and to design appropriate interventions
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Hemispheric Dominance of Native American Indian Students

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Stellern
Jim Collins
Bob Gutierrez
Elaine Patterson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 25, no. 2, January 1986, pp. [8-17]
Study finds that Aboriginal students are left hemisphere dominant, not right that had been assumed.
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Hepatitis C Diagnoses in an American Indian Primary Care Population

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hillary E. Norton
John T. Redd
Ralph T. Bryan
Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, vol. 3, no. 2, 2009, pp. 59-66
Goals of study were to differentiate diagnoses of infection, determine the comprehensiveness of patient assessment and treatment, and identify patient care in need of improvement.
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Hepatitis C in Pregnant American Indian and Alaska Native Women; 2003-2015

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Leisha D. Nolen
John C. O’Malley
Sara S. Seeman
Dana J. T. Bruden
Andria Apostolou
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 78, no. 1, 2019
Article uses data from the data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) to investigate a rise in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) prevalence in pregnant women. Advocates for screening and prevention education in communities with especially high rates of infection.
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