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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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Tribal Perspectives on Hypertension: Results From the Center for Native American Health Native-CHART Needs Assessment

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2022
Purpose and Objectives: American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) hypertension contributes to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of premature death in this population.
Tassy Parker, Allyson Kelley, Norman Cooeyate, Nathania Tsosie   +3 more
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Our Collective Needs and Strengths: Urban AI/ANs and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Frontiers in Sociology, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised national consciousness about health inequities that disproportionately impact American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, yet urban AI/AN communities continue to remain a blind spot for health leaders and ...
Tara L. Maudrie, Kerry Hawk Lessard, Jessica Dickerson, Kevalin M. W. Aulandez, Allison Barlow, Victoria M. O’Keefe   +5 more
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Increasing Native Research Leadership Through an Early Career Development Program

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
Inequities impact American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian populations across various health conditions; in particular, many Native communities bear a disproportionate burden of substance use disorder. Such inequities persist despite concerted
Jerreed D. Ivanich, Michelle Sarche, Evan J. White, Sarah Momilani Marshall, Helen Russette, Jessica Saniguq Ullrich, Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell   +6 more
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Physical Activity, Sleep, and Demographic Patterns in Alaska Native Children and Youth Living in Anaktuvuk Pass

Youth, 2023
Physical activity (PA), sleep, and weight are important factors for youth health. However, data about these factors are unknown in youth living in isolated Alaska Native communities.
Vernon Grant, Deborah Mekiana, Jacques Philip   +2 more
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Diversity of HLA Class I and Class II blocks and conserved extended haplotypes in Lacandon Mayans. [PDF]

, 2020
Here we studied HLA blocks and haplotypes in a group of 218 Lacandon Maya Native American using a high-resolution next generation sequencing (NGS) method.
Aguilar-Vázquez, José Artemio, Barquera, Rodrigo, Barsakis, Konstantinos, Corona, Teresa, Cruz-Lagunas, Alfredo, Fernández-Viña, Marcelo, Flores-Rivera, José, García-Lechuga, Maricela, Granados, Julio, Hernández-Zaragoza, Diana Iraíz, Jiménez-Alvarez, Luis, Jonapá-Gómez, Letisia, Mallempati, Kalyan C, Mena-Hernández, Lourdes, Mindrinos, Michael, Ochoa-Morales, Adriana, Ortega, Esteban, Penman, Bridget S., Soler, Manuel, Tovar-Méndez, Víctor Hugo, Yescas, Petra, Yunis, Edmond, Yunis, María, Zuniga, Joaquin   +23 more
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Traditional ecological knowledge to traditional foods: The path to maintaining food sovereignty in Hutsulshchyna

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
The various ecosystems of the Carpathian Mountains spanning Europe, are a rich refuge for culturally important, endemic plant species as well as large carnivores.
Nina M. Fontana, Mariia V. Pasailiuk, Oleh Pohribnyi   +2 more
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Sharing Wisdom, Sharing Hope: Strategies Used by Native American Cancer Survivors to Restore Quality of Life

JCO Global Oncology, 2020
PURPOSEThe purpose of this study was to gain insight into the experiences of Native American cancer survivors in navigating life after cancer and what resources and strategies survivors found useful for coping and achieving optimal quality of life (QoL ...
Tiana D. Bastian, Linda Burhansstipanov
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Empowering American Indian and Alaska Native youth to lead measurement development of an indigenous adolescent wellbeing measure: A protocol paper

Frontiers in Public Health, 2022
BackgroundAmerican Indian and Alaska Native youth research has rarely included young people from within these populations as co-designers. In addition to the lack of youth involvement, most findings focus on presenting statistics around disparity vs ...
Sierra Quintana, Jerreed D. Ivanich, Kimberly Pikok, Shanoa Nez, Zenetta Zepeda   +4 more
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Collecting Haudenosaunee Art from the Modern Era

Arts, 2020
My essay considers the history of collecting the art of Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) artists in the twentieth century. For decades Native visual and material culture was viewed under the guise of ‘crafts.’ I look back to the work of Lewis Henry Morgan on ...
Scott Manning Stevens
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