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The Red Road: The Issue of Poor Native …

(3 days ago) These issues include cultural barriers, geographic isolation, inadequate sewage disposal, and low income. Some of the leading diseases and causes of death among AI/AN are heart disease, cancer, unintentional injuries (accidents), diabetes, and stroke.

https://theredroad.org/issues/native-american-health/

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Disparities Fact Sheets - Indian Health Service (IHS)

(2 days ago) WEBFact Sheets. Urban Leader Letters. Disparities. Members of 573 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native Tribes and their descendants are eligible for …

https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/factsheets/disparities/

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The Red Road: The Issue of Poor Native American Health

(3 days ago) WEBNatives Americans, accounting for only 2% of the population, have the highest abuse rates of alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, and hallucinogen use disorders and the second highest …

https://theredroad.org/issues/native-american-health/

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American Indian/Alaska Native Health Office of Minority Health

(6 days ago) WEBThis compares to non-Hispanic whites by 74.7 percent, 34.3 percent, and 6.3 percent respectively. Health: According to Census Bureau projections, the 2020 life …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/american-indianalaska-native-health

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Native Americans Feel Invisible In U.S. Health Care …

(Just Now) WEBIn 2016 it set the Indian Health Service budget at $4.8 billion. Spread across the US population of 3.7 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, that's $1,297 per person. That compares to

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/12/569910574/native-americans-feel-invisible-in-u-s-health-care-system

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NATIVE AMERICAN HEALTH DISPARITIES: WHAT CAN BE DONE?

(2 days ago) WEBLeading causes of death: 1.) Heart disease, cancer, and accidents are the leading causes of death for this population group. 2.) For this population group, suicide is the eighth …

https://www.evergreen.edu/sites/default/files/Native%2520health%2520disparities%2520%2520March%25202020%2520.pdf

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Health of Native Americans in the United States - Wikipedia

(7 days ago) WEBThe leading causes of death by percentage for Native Americans and Alaska Natives for 2005. Heart disease accounted for 25% of deaths, cancer 22%, accidents 19%, diabetes …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_of_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States

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Native Americans: A Crisis in Health Equity - American Bar …

(5 days ago) WEBIn July 2003, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights published a report that outlined civil rights disparities in health care for Native Americans. Unfortunately, most of the findings in …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/native-american-crisis-in-health-equity/

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Recent Health Trends In The Native American Population

(5 days ago) WEBOn the other hand, Native Americans have a reduced risk of the most common cancers in the total U.S. population, such as lung, breast, and colon (Mahoney and Michalek, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK233101/

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Health Disparities Persist for Native Americans, Alaska Natives

(3 days ago) WEBFrom 2014 to 2018, about 1 in 5 adults who were American Indian or Alaska Native were reportedly in fair or poor health, compared with 12.1% of U.S. adults overall, according …

https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2020-08-06/health-disparities-persist-for-native-americans-alaska-natives

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Native Americans have shorter life spans, and it's not just due to …

(4 days ago) WEBArielle Zionts/KFF Health News. Native Americans tend to die much earlier than White Americans. Their median age at death was 14 years younger, according to …

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/native-americans-life-expectancy-health-care/

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Health Disparities Research with American Indian Communities: …

(3 days ago) WEBIntroduction. Despite high rates of abstinence from alcohol and other drugs (Cunningham, Solomon, & Muramoto, 2016), American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7772225/

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Native American Health and the Environment

(7 days ago) WEBNIEHS supports research to determine how environmental agents cause or exacerbate human diseases, including research to improve the environmental health of American …

https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/population/native

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'People die like that': Native Americans face serious barriers in

(1 days ago) WEBBecause Native Americans face high rates of historical and ongoing trauma, Bruised Head, from Crow Tribal Health, said trauma-informed care is another crucial piece to the …

https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/reporting/people-die-native-americans-face-serious-barriers-accessing-care

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Identifying Disparities in Health Outcomes and Mortality for …

(7 days ago) WEBThe American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population experiences more severe health risks and disparities as compared with other racial and ethnic …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306427

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Clinical Practice Issues in American Indians and Alaska …

(5 days ago) WEB"The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between white and tribal values; between the politics and language of the white man and his own historic culture. His problems, sharpened by …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570601/

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5 big Native American health issues you don't know about

(3 days ago) WEBSuicide is intertwined with so many other issues that disproportionately affect Native people, such as sexual assault, substance abuse, isolation, joblessness, …

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/8/28/5-huge-native-americanhealthissuesyoudontknowabout.html

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Health a Critical Issue for Native Americans - AARP

(8 days ago) WEBIt is related to the concept of "social determinants of health" — we have challenging conditions, which then leads to poor health outcomes. The life expectancy …

https://www.aarp.org/home-family/friends-family/info-2017/native-americans-health-concerns-fd.html

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Mental Health Challenges in Caring for American …

(5 days ago) WEBThere is still a limited amount of available literature on mental health disorders and appropriate treatment, specifically regarding the American Indian and Alaska Native populations. While the amount …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570587/

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How Collecting and Reporting More Detailed Data Can Advance …

(8 days ago) WEBCDC - Blogs - Conversations in Equity – How Collecting and Reporting More Detailed Data Can Advance Health Equity for Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and …

https://blogs.cdc.gov/healthequity/2024/05/06/how-collecting-and-reporting-more-detailed-data-can-advance-health-equity-for-native-hawaiian-pacific-islander-and-asian-american-communities/

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Psychiatrist bridges gaps between Native cultures and behavioral …

(7 days ago) WEBThis lack of mental health care has impacted the Native American community at large. The suicide mortality rate for American Indian/Alaska Native individuals (39.7 suicides …

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/psychiatrist-bridges-gaps-between-native-cultures-and-behavioral-health-care/ar-BB1m7v36

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