“They were promised in perpetuity federally funded health care, housing and education. And that was never funded to the level that was needed, so the level of funding per capita has been lower than every other group the government funds,” Barlow said. “The infrastructure is so crippled, a...
Along with this, American capitalism actively attacked Native American cultural and social institutions which served their society; for example, the extended family, which was criticized on the basis of being an impediment to economic growth in America. The assumption of one system’s ...
The most commonly reported barriers to mammogram screening in this population are economic and geographic constraints (including cost, lack of insurance, location of screening, and transportation problems), cultural differences, mistrust of the American healthcare system, and deficiencies in the Indian ...
Although the IHS's mission is to provide health services to all members of federally recognized tribes, the IHS is a severely underfunded federal health program. Because of funding shortfalls, the IHS focuses its efforts on primary and emergency care services, some specialty services, and limited...
Breast cancer disparities in Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders masked in larger 'Asian American' group Jun 1, 2022 Health research funding lags for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders Aug 15, 2019 Cancer death rates among Black people declined over time, but remain ...
Addressing Latinx mental healthcare disparities with community engagement Chapter 3. Engaging parents to promote mental health among Chinese American youth Chapter 4. Community-engaged research to address mental health disparities in American Indian/Alaska Native populations Chapter 5. Faith-based mental ...
All MRI examinations were performed on a 3 T system (MAGNETOM Prisma, Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany) with an 18-channel phased-array body coil and the lower part of a 32-channel spine coil. Patients were instructed to empty their rectum before examination. For patients without intestina...
Monoclonal antibodies have emerged as key therapeutics. In particular, nanobodies, small, single-domain antibodies that are naturally expressed in camelids, are rapidly gaining momentum following the approval of the first nanobody drug in 2019. Nonethele
Lack of access to care, funding limitations, cultural, and social barriers are challenges specific to tribal communities that have led to adverse cancer outcomes among American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/AN). While the cancer navigator model has been shown to be effective in other underserved commu...
All subjects underwent standard CMR on a 1.5-T clinical scanner (Avanto, Siemens Healthcare, Erlangen, Germany). A standard volume and LGE study was performed (14). The contrast agent was 0.1 mmol/kg of gadolinium-based contrast (gadoterate meglumine [Dotarem, Guerbet SA, Paris, France]) wit...