Duran, Bonnie

Studies the limited access to needed services.

Surveyed 27 institutions for the Drug and Alcohol Problems and Solutions Study to analyze policies and their efficiencies.

Study provides results that suggest DARTNA would be useful for all American Indian/Alaska Natives with substance use disorders and the results can be used to finalize a treatment manual.

Uses narrative analysis to explore attitudes toward protective cardiovascular health behaviours. Findings highlight contributing factors such as historical trauma, discrimination and forced urbanization. The authors suggest that health promotion and interventions should contextualize historic traumas and integrate Indigenous knowledge and cultural practices.

Assesses the strengths and weakness of the published literature on Indigenous prevention and treatment services.

Chapter 8 in book: Dressing in Feathers: The Construction of the Indian in American Popular Culture edited by S. Elizabeth Bird.

Investigation of intimate partner violence with mental disorders among 234 Aboriginal female primary care patients in Alaska

Discusses culturally appropriate interventions.

Study identified sociocultural factors that contribute to rapid advancement of the disease; discusses the need for traditional healing practices to be included in treatment regimens.

Comments on the discrimination and poorer health status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit Native American and Alaska Natives compared to mainstream Americans.

Study aimed to increase number of individuals able to understand their HIV status through preventative educational presentation and one-on-one counseling.

Discusses research initiative to assess the extent of alcohol, drug, and mental health (ADM) problems and propose solutions.