Health disparities between Native Americans and the general population of the United States are a major health concern. Traditional healing and culturally competent health care offer much promise in raising the health status of Native Americans. Traditional healing, although uniquely practiced by each ...
a daily newspaper published in Phoenix, Robert Field and Anthony Orlando said the chronic underfunding of Native American health care nearly crushed providers during the pandemic, noting that health outcomes for Native Americans already fall well below those for the rest of the U.S. population befor...
1, 2 Specifically, research involving American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people must incorporate community capacity building strategies to develop and sustain programming and resources that optimize tribal communities’ responsiveness to reduce health disparities among their peoples.3, 4 Community-based...
Administrative Core The Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Health Disparities will flow administratively through the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health within the Colorado School of Public Health at the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado Denver, and capitaliz...
The Historic and Ongoing Issue of Health Disparities Among Native EldersThe Historic and Ongoing Issue of Health Disparities Among Native EldersHow is the health of native elders, why do disparities persist, and what are the best practices...Kathryn...
While it is well accepted that Native Hawaiians have poor health statistics compared to other ethnic groups in Hawaii, it is not well documented if these disparities persist when comparing Native Hawaiian homeless individuals to the general homeless population. This paper examines the Native Hawaiian ...
U.S. President Joe Biden announced early March that he nominated veteran health administrator Roselyn Tso, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, to lead the Indian Health Services (IHS), the federal agency delivering health care to more than 2.5 million Native Americans and Alaska Natives. ...
and Offices. The N CREW Program is funded through the NIH Helping to End Addiction Long-term Initiative (or NIH HEAL Initiative), which is jointly managed by NIDA and NINDS. For the purposes of the N CREW Program, Native Americans include American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Nati...
Justo Lorenzo Bermejo adds: "The genome of Latin Americans is the result of a genetic mixture between Europeans, Africans and Native Americans from differentindigenous peoples. The identification of health disparities among ethnic groups may have important implications for personalized prevention and diseas...
Healthcare Disparities Native Americans reported poorer health outcomes and encountered racial disparities in accessing quality care compared to other races and ethnicities. The study highlighted that only 26% of Native Americans with T2D perceived any improvement in their health over the...