American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 23, no. 5, 2016, pp. 59-77
Description
Looks at assessment of health communication campaign directed at caregivers promoting increased use of culturally specific resources in health care, support services and programs.
Social Justice, vol. 31, no. 4, Native Women and State Violence, 2004, pp. 54-62
Description
Authors speaks about experiences with family members and drug abuse and looks at banishment as a form of punishment in the Lummi Nation tribal community.
State Center for Health Statistics And Office Minority Health and Health Disparities
Description
Facts about mortality, chronic diseases, HIV and sexually transmitted diseases, access to health and health of children from infant to adolescent in the American Indian population.
Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Peter H. Stephenson
Steven Acheson
Description
Focuses on the peoples of the northern area of the Northwest Coast including Alaska, Washington, Oregon and British Columbia.
Chapter from Volume 2 of Encyclopedia of Medical Anthropology: Health and Illness in the World's Cultures edited by Carol R. Ember, Melvin Ember.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 2, Spring, 1984, pp. 83-101
Description
Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates. Part 1 of 2.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 3, Summer, 1984, pp. 199-210
Description
Examines health care practices for pregnant Navajo women and the need for more culturally sensitive approaches to help reduce mortality rates for Navajo women and infants. Part 2 of 2.
Study provides information to understand the high rates of obesity, looks at the effectiveness of preventative interventions, and comments on directions for future research.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Special Issue on Disease, Health, and Survival Among Native Americans, 1999, pp. 243-264
Description
Investigates young gangs in a society where injury mortality (deaths due to accident, suicide and homicide) is the single most important health problem.
Journal of American College Health, vol. 49, no. 5, March 2001, pp. 237-242
Description
Studies of the current health status of healthy young Native American men are rare compared with the attention researchers have given the many problems that plague the lives of these young men.
Holistic Nursing Practice, vol. 16, no. 2, January 2002, pp. 58-79
Description
Describes, discusses and evaluates the Native Women Enjoying the Benefits (WEB) program which is designed to increase participation in screening procedures.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 104, no. S3, Supplement 3, June 2014, pp. S423-S431
Description
Discusses ways to improve diagnosis and compares death rates with women in the white population by reducing racial misclassification in cancer data mortality rates.
Racial Disparities in Health Status: A Comparison of the Morbidity Among American Indian and United States Adults With Diabetes
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joan O'Connell
Rong Yi
Charlton Wilson
Spero M. Manson
Kelly J. Acton
Diabetes Care, vol. 33, no. 7, July 2010, pp. 1463-1470
Description
Discussion of the research conducted to compare the morbidity rate of diabetic American Indians and Alaska Natives with the United States population in general.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 681-684
Description
Assess the extent to which injury rates among American Indians in Oregon are underestimated owing to misclassification of race in a surveillance system.
National Drug Early Warning System (NDEWS) Minnesota HotSpot Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brenna Greenfield
Erin Russell
Hannah Youngdeer
Melissa Walls
Clinton Alexander
Description
Study conducted in collaboration with the Gaa-waabaabiganikaag (White Earth Nation) performed five fatality reviews and held four focus group discussions to identify risk and protective factors.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 67-87
Description
Study brings into greater clarity the end of life (EOL) wishes of American Indians residing in South Dakota and compares those perspectives with non-Indian residents.
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 95, no. 11, November 2005, pp. 1982-1988
Description
Examines culturally appropriate interventions to increase use of restraints such as infant, child and booster seats, as car crashes are the leading cause of death of children in the United States.
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, vol. 62, no. 11, November 2003, pp. 1178-1191
Description
Study tested the hypothesis that receptor binding abnormalities to the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) was a factor in the high rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
Study found that risk factors for SIDS among Native Americans included mother's alcohol consumption and number of layers of clothing placed on children.