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Summary
Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. Differences in the health of groups can result from:
- Genetics
- Environmental factors
- Access to care
- Cultural factors
On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Prevention and Risk Factors
- Injury Prevention (Indian Health Service)
- Injury Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Related Issues
- Eating Healthy (Indian Health Service)
- Healthy Weight for Life: Actions for Communities, Individuals, and Families (Indian Health Service)
- Indian Health Service: Community Health (Indian Health Service)
Specifics
- Roadway to Safer Tribal Communities Toolkit (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Sexual Assault (Indian Health Service)
Statistics and Research
- Asthma and American Indians/Alaska Natives (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Cancer and American Indians/Alaska Natives (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Chronic Liver Disease and American Indians/Alaska Natives (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives (Indian Health Service) - PDF
- FastStats: Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population (National Center for Health Statistics)
- Indian Health Disparities (Indian Health Service)
- Indian Health Focus: Injuries 2017 Edition (Indian Health Service)
- Infant Mortality and American Indians/Alaska Natives (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Injury Prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Native Americans with Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Native Health Database (University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center Library)
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NIH Facilitates First Tribal Data-Sharing Agreement with Navajo Nation
(National Institutes of Health)
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Overview of Native American Initiatives
(National Cancer Institute)
- Substance Use and Mental Health Issues among U.S.-Born American Indians or Alaska Natives Residing on and off Tribal Lands (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - PDF
- Suicides Among American Indian/Alaska Natives -- National Violent Death Reporting System, 18 States, 2003-2014 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Alaska Natives
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Indians, North American
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Andersen's Behavioral Model to Identify Correlates of Cervical Cancer Knowledge among...
- Article: The Culture is Prevention Project: measuring cultural connectedness and providing evidence...
- Article: Association of Life's Simple 7 and ideal cardiovascular health in American...
- American Indian and Alaska Native Health -- see more articles
Children
- Eagle Books (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)