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Native American, American Indian, Indians
- Materials at the NMSU
Library
- American
Indians and Native Alaskans Cardiovascular Disease
- A Biostatistical Fact Sheet from the American Heart Association. Last
Visited: 11/2007.
- An
Anthropological Study of the Acquired Immunedeficiency Syndrome Among
American Indian Populations.
- A dissertation examining AIDS among American Indians. Ten individuals
with AIDS are presented. Statistics, methodology, and bibliography included.
Last Visited: 11/2007.
- Disparities
in Health Status and Use of Medicare & Medicaid Services
- A narrative and statistical report produced in 2001. The report examined
three key questions: 1) Are American Indians enrolled in Medicare health
plans similar to or different from White non-Hispanics in self-reported
health status, changes in health status from the previous period, and
health conditions? 2) Are there differences between American Indians
and White non-Hispanics in the pattern of health services use, overall
and for specific health conditions? 3) Are there differences between
the two groups in changes in health status from the previous year, for
specific conditions?
Last Visited: 11/2007
- Food
Pyramid for Native Americans
- "If
You Knew the Conditions": Health Care to Native Americans
- A online exhibition from the National Library of Medicine.
Last Visited: 11/2007
- HIV/AIDS among American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Fact sheet from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Last Visited: 11/2007.
- Native American
Cancer Research Program
- Visitors to the site will find three informative documents. Native
Americans and Cancer is a brief, non-scholarly essay; Cancer Research
Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives, is a scholarly essay originally
appearing in Native American Monograph No. 1 form the National
Institutes of Health. The latter includes statistical charts and regional
variations for lung, colon and rectum, breast, prostate, cervical, stomach,
pancreatic, and gallbladder cancers. An interlinked table of contents
for easy navigation and references round out this portion. Last Visited: 11/2007
- Native Health
History Database
- Health related articles from 1652 to 1966 have been identified, indexed,
assigned keywords, and abstracted to form a database. From the Health
Sciences Center Library, University of New Mexico.
- Native
American Health Resources
- A collection of links, primarily to national organizations. Last Visited: 11/2007
- Native
American Nutrition Education Database
- A small database of less than 100 records. Although searching is possible,
viewing all records in the database is easier. Last Visited: 11/2007
- NativeWeb
- "NativeWeb is ... dedicated to using...the Internet to disseminate
information from and about native or Indigenous nations...and to foster
communication between native and non-native peoples...." This attractive
commercial site contains a subject index including entries on health,
language and linguistics, food, religion, and many others. Links are
alphabetically arranged and contain evaluations. Last Visited: 11/2007
- Puget
Sound Traditional Food and Diabetes
- Uses archaeological and historic data to develop a long-term picture
of Native American diet in Puget Sound focusing on Tulalip, Muckleshoot,
and the Suquamish tribes. Last Visited: 11/2007
- Roots
of North American Medicine
- A brief, non-academic history reprinted from Indian Life Magazine. Last Visited: 11/2007
- Tribal
Healing to Wellness Courts
- A program which "bring[s] together community-healing resources with
the tribal justice process, using a team approach to achieve the physical
and spiritual healing of the participant and the well being of the community." Last Visited: 11/2007
- National Organizations:
- Association of
American Indian Physicians
- Bibliographies, conference and workshop information, links, and
project information. Last Visited: 11/2007
- Indian Health Service
- Primarily contains policy information from the U.S. Government. Last Visited: 11/2007
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