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Navajo Nation Health Survey

(3 days ago) WEBThe Navajo Nation Health Survey is a tribal specific health survey of Navajo adults about health related risk behaviors, chronic health conditions, and use of preventative health services. The report provides behavioral risk factor data on Navajo adults aged 18 years …

https://nec.navajo-nsn.gov/Projects/Navajo-Nation-Health-Survey

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Navajo Nation - Navajo Department of Health

(8 days ago) WEBThe Navajo Department of Health is committed to the health and well-bring of the Navajo People. The Department has 14 separate programs funded by various agencies.With …

https://ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/

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Can Native Speakers Change Health Care in the Navajo …

(3 days ago) WEBBut that’s just one of many health disparities June and her team encounter. The Navajo reservation is the U.S.’ largest such tract of land, spanning parts of Arizona, New Mexico …

https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/01/427046/can-native-speakers-change-health-care-navajo-nation

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Practicing Tribal Sovereignty Through a Tribal Health …

(7 days ago) WEBThe Navajo Nation’s HDNA project is an example of a community-based initiative, where local community members, tribal health and academic partners, along with existing …

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2022/22_0106.htm

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A forgotten health crisis in Navajo lands USC Center for Health

(2 days ago) WEBJuly 24, 2018. On my first reporting trip to the Navajo Nation, I decided to drop by a school that was troubled in almost every way. Gallup Central Alternative High School, a …

https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/insights/forgotten-health-crisis-navajo-lands

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Environmental and occupational health on the Navajo …

(3 days ago) WEBA thorough literature search gives a robust understanding the state of the science regarding environmental health on the Navajo Nation, and identifies gaps in the current …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9150895/

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Navajo Nation: The people battling America's worst …

(1 days ago) WEBThe challenges of life in the Navajo Nation have made containing Covid-19 even more difficult. These factors exacerbate health problems among the Navajo and a third of …

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-52941984

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The Navajo Nation and Access to Health Care During …

(3 days ago) WEBThe Navajo Nation Department of Health, based in Window Rock, AZ, was awarded $954,990 to provide home healthcare and RPM services throughout the Navajo Nation. …

https://west.stanford.edu/news/navajo-nation-and-access-health-care-during-covid-19

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The Navajo Nation Health Survey (NNHS)

(6 days ago) WEBNavajo Health Education Program Navajo Special Diabetes Project This report was prepared by the staff of the Navajo Epidemiology Center summarizing the data …

https://nec.navajo-nsn.gov/Portals/0/Projects%20Webpage/Navajo%20Health%20Survey%20Webpage/NN_BRFSS_Report_Final.pdf

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Navajo Nation: The people battling America's worst coronavirus

(9 days ago) WEBThe challenges of life in the Navajo Nation have made containing Covid-19 even more difficult. These factors exacerbate health problems among the Navajo and a third of …

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52941984

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Strengthening Digital Health Technology Capacity in Navajo …

(3 days ago) WEBThe national COVID-19 pandemic has cast a magnifying glass on these social and health disparities within the Navajo Nation. In May of 2020, the Navajo Nation (population of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8328374/

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The Navajo Nation Health Survey: Results of the Navajo …

(7 days ago) WEBChronic Health Conditions, Navajo Nation, US and State BRFSS Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you have any other types of cancer? 18.8 …

https://nnhrrb.navajo-nsn.gov/pdf/2019/2019conf_day2/NNHRRB%202019%20Navajo%20BRFSS.pdf

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The Navajo Nation Healthy Diné Nation Act: A Description of

(3 days ago) WEBThe navajo nation is one of the largest Tribal nations in the world, with more than 330 000 enrolled Tribal members and a geographic area covering parts of 4 US states. 1 The …

https://journals.lww.com/jphmp/Fulltext/2022/03000/The_Navajo_Nation_Healthy_Din__Nation_Act__A.39.aspx

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COVID-19 - Navajo Nation

(6 days ago) WEBPublic Health Emergency. DECLARING THE DEACTIVATION OF THE MARCH 11,2020 PUBLIC HEALTH STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR THE NAVAJO NATION (CEM-20-03 …

https://ndoh.navajo-nsn.gov/COVID-19

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For The Navajo Nation, Uranium Mining's Deadly Legacy Lingers

(2 days ago) WEBThe federal government is cleaning up a long legacy of uranium mining within the Navajo Nation — some 27,000 square miles spread across Utah, New Mexico and Arizona that …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/04/10/473547227/for-the-navajo-nation-uranium-minings-deadly-legacy-lingers

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Navajo Youth Lead the Way to Healthier Lives in Arizona, Utah, …

(5 days ago) WEBNavajo Nation, the largest federally recognized tribal nation, faces some of these health problems. Navajo Nation stretches across more than 27,000 square miles through …

https://nccd.cdc.gov/nccdsuccessstories/TemplateThree.aspx?s=13770&ds=1

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Tribes without clean water demand an end to decades of US …

(7 days ago) WEBThe cost of hauling water is at least 70 times more expensive than piped water. The Navajo Nation has a diabetes crisis because sugary drinks are more readily available and …

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/28/indigenous-americans-drinking-water-navajo-nation

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In the Navajo Nation, a Focus on Health Data PCORI

(8 days ago) WEBThe other study combines data from electronic health records of the Navajo Nation and other sites around the country served by the Indian Health Service (IHS). Its goal is to …

https://www.pcori.org/blog/navajo-nation-focus-health-data

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General Navajo Health - Navajo Nation

(7 days ago) WEBGeneral Navajo Health. 1923, Health Conditions among the Indians. 1927, Trachoma among the Indians of the Southwest. 1940, Meningitis Epidemic among Navajo Indians. …

https://nec.navajo-nsn.gov/Research/General-Navajo-Health

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Protecting Navajo children with asthma: A case study

(Just Now) WEBHe’s also looked at the health data overall and found that while Native adults suffer from higher rates of chronic conditions like cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, it’s asthma …

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/news/2024/protecting-navajo-children-asthma-case-study

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THE NAVAJO NATION - United States Commission on Civil …

(Just Now) WEBThe Navajo Nation is a desert in terms of telecommunications network but our desert is ready to blossom. Recently the Navajo Land Department reported over 1,400 cell …

https://www.usccr.gov/files/2020/2020-07-17-Jonathan-Nez-Testimony.pdf

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Navajo psychiatrist bridges gaps between Native American culture …

(4 days ago) WEBGANADO – As a Navajo himself, Dr. Richard Laughter understands mental health issues experienced by members of the Navajo Nation on a deeply personal level. As a Native …

https://azmirror.com/2024/04/29/navajo-psychiatrist-bridges-gaps-between-native-american-culture-and-behavioral-health-care/

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Navajo psychiatrist: By incorporating traditional practices, 'you get …

(1 days ago) WEBAs a Navajo himself, Dr. Richard Laughter understands mental health issues experienced by members of the Navajo Nation on a deeply personal level. As a Native American …

https://kjzz.org/content/1878254/navajo-psychiatrist-incorporating-traditional-practices-you-get-fuller-healing

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New and upgraded health care facilities for Native Americans …

(2 days ago) WEBSage Memorial Hospital is scheduled to open a new 90,000-square-foot, 25-bed hospital in late May, 2024. The hospital and medical, dental and field clinics are operated by a …

https://www.aha.org/role-hospitals-navajo-health-foundation-sage-memorial-hospital

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Navajo Nation Division of Behavioral and Mental Health Services

(4 days ago) WEBBehavioral and mental health issues affect people of all ages and populations, but Native Americans can be at a higher risk. Complex and interrelated risk factors contribute to …

https://www.nndbmhs.org/

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Navajo Power seeks to rectify energy injustice deep in Navajo …

(Just Now) WEBOrganizations in Navajo Nation are fighting energy injustice with solar power. ABC News is taking a look at solutions for issues related to climate change and the environment with …

https://abcnews.go.com/US/navajo-power-seeks-rectify-energy-injustice-deep-navajo/story?id=109345913

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Person of Interest Sought in Shooting on Navajo Nation in …

(2 days ago) WEBCAMERON, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities were searching for a person of interest in connection with a shooting Monday in northern Arizona on a small community on the vast Navajo …

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/arizona/articles/2024-04-29/person-of-interest-sought-in-shooting-on-navajo-nation-in-northern-arizona

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ASU grad dedicated to music, libraries and Indigenous sovereignty

(1 days ago) WEBHanley-Moraga (Navajo/Húŋkpapȟa Lakota/Chicano), an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation is majoring in American Indian studies with a minor in economics and a …

https://news.asu.edu/20240428-sun-devil-community-asu-grad-dedicated-music-libraries-and-indigenous-sovereignty

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