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The Culture is Prevention Project: measuring cultural connectedness and providing evidence that culture is a social determinant of health for Native Americans

BMC Public Health, 2023
Background It is important for non-Native persons to understand that the meaning of culture to Native American/Indigenous Peoples is not about esteem, taste or music but rather is described as a cognitive map on how to be.
Paul Masotti, John Dennem, Karina Bañuelos, Cheyenne Seneca, Gloryanna Valerio-Leonce, Christina Tlatilpa Inong, Janet King   +6 more
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Connecting people, plants and place: A native plant society's journey towards a community of practice

People and Nature, 2022
Native plants are often promoted for gardening, biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration. Native plant gardening can contribute to environmental sustainability by conserving water and creating biologically diverse habitat.
Brenda R. Beckwith, Eva M. Johansson, Valerie J. Huff   +2 more
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Healthy Native Community Fellowship: An Indigenous Leadership Program to Enhance Community Wellness

International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2016
The Healthy Native Communities Fellowship (HNCF) is a grassroots evidence-based mentorship and leadership program that develops the skills and community-building capacities of leaders and community teams to improve health status through several ...
Rebecca Rae, Marita Jones, Alexis J. Handal, Marge Bluehorse-Anderson, Shelly Frazier, Kristine Maltrud, Chris Percy, Tina Tso, Frances Valera, Nina Wallerstein   +9 more
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Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2021
Low intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages persists as a public health concern in rural remote Alaska Native (AN) communities.
Kathryn R. Koller, Christie A. Flanagan, Jennifer Nu, Flora R. Lee, Christine Desnoyers, Amanda Walch, Lucinda Alexie, Andrea Bersamin, Timothy K. Thomas   +8 more
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Responsible Fatherhood Program for Native Men: A mixed-method evaluation of the Good Road of Life Training

Journal of Family Strengths, 2020
Objective. The purpose of this evaluation was to document the impact of the Good Road of Life (GRL) Training on Native men from four communities in the Western US.
Allyson Kelley, Clayton Small, Maha Charani   +2 more
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Atsalugpiaq awareness: Food agency of cloudberry subsistence to support Indigenous food sovereignty

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
This study examines food agency of atsalugpiaq sub­sistence practices in the Indigenous community of Kuinerraq, Alaska. Food agency is the capacity of individuals or communities to define and achieve food and diet-related goals.
Claire Friedrichsen, Lynn Marie Church, Jacqueline Cleveland, Sean Gleason, Sire Kassama, Mary Church, Willard Church, Frank Mathew, Miles Bavilla, Grace Hill, Eleanor Merrit, Warren Jones, Grace Hunter, Lucille Mark, Jonathon Hunter, Dorothy Mark, Margaret Roberts, Mathew Roberts, Catherine Beebee, Jonathon Mark   +19 more
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Recruitment best practices of a cardiovascular risk reduction randomised control trial in rural Alaska Native communities

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2020
Though not native to Alaska, tobacco use is common among Alaska Native people in the Norton Sound region, an area consisting of 16 communities with population size 107 to 3,695. We summarise best practices in recruiting Alaska Native adults who smoke for
Mariah Knox, Jordan Skan, Neal L. Benowitz, Matthew Schnellbaecher, Judith J. Prochaska   +4 more
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Autoimmune hepatitis and overlap syndrome among Alaska Native people: Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and remission

JGH Open, 2023
Background and Aim High autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) and overlap syndrome (OS) prevalence have been previously documented among Alaska Native people. The purpose of this project is to report changes in AIH/OS prevalence over time, clinical characteristics,
Janet M. Johnston, Brian McMahon, Lisa Townshend‐Bulson, Julia Plotnik, Paarth Jain, Meggan Judge, Wileina Rhodes, Chriss Homan   +7 more
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Hospitalized Infections in Patients With Rheumatic Disease Hospitalizations in Alaska, 2015‐2018

ACR Open Rheumatology, 2023
Objective Rheumatic diseases are associated with increased rates of hospitalized infection, but few studies have included Indigenous North American populations.
Elizabeth D. Ferucci, Peter Holck
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Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015

International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2018
We compared rates of unintentional injury (UI) deaths (total and by injury category) among Alaska Native (AN) people to rates of U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) populations during 2006–2015.
Gretchen Day, Peter Holck, Hillary Strayer, Kathryn Koller, Timothy Thomas   +4 more
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