Social Science & Medicine, vol. 41, no. 11, December 1995, pp. 1487-1498
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Comparison of substance abuse programs that incorporate traditional healing practices and the promotion of culture as both preventive and curing agents.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 181-203
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Examines the writings of Brigham Young to reconstruct some of the epidemiological events that affected Indigenous people in what is now Utah while was being colonized.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 19, no. 2, Spring, 1995, pp. 155-170
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Literary criticism article that deals with Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel Ceremony. Author explores the relationship between the belly and the mind in Pueblo cultural and spiritual contexts and through this lens explores Tayo’s, Ceremony’s main character, expression of his PTSD.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 95, no. 7, July 1995, pp. 800-802
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Studies children and adolescents from two Cree communities using a dietitian-administered questionnaire to obtain information on foods consumed and activity.
Obesity Research, vol. 3, no. S2, September 1995, pp. 289s-297s
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Looks at determinants of obesity and school-based programs directed at obesity in two south-western United States communities. Concludes with recommendations for future research.