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• Native American adolescents' views of fetal alcohol syndrome prevention in schools

  Authors:Grace X. Ma, Jamil Toubbeh, Janette Cline, and Anita ChisholmFrom:Journal of School Health (Vol. 68, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19984,140 words Article Alcohol is the most commonly abused substance among adolescents in the United States. Adolescent females are recognized as one group at risk for giving birth to babies with fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Sixth through...

• Height, weight, and body mass index of American Indian schoolchildren, 1990-1991

  Author:M. Yvonne JacksonFrom:Journal of the American Dietetic Association (Vol. 93, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19932,787 words Article The height, weight and body mass index of 9,464 American Indian school children aged five through 18 years were surveyed in 19 states in 1990-91. These were compared with the data obtained in the second National Health...

• Journey of the spirit

  Author:Marcia MazurFrom:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 47, Issue 1)

  Jan. 1994979 words Article When Judy Greene, of Salamanca, N.Y., approached her 40th year, she faced a simple question. "What does it mean to be a Native American?" Born in Buffalo, N.Y., of a Mohawk father and a Seneca mother, she grew up in...

• The psychological repercussions of the sociocultural oppression of Alaska native peoples

  Authors:Alice Sullivan and Christiane BremsFrom:Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs (Vol. 123, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 199714,176 words Article Issues of the mental health of arctic and subarctic Alaska Natives are explored. Their sociopolitical history is described to familiarize psychologists with the special circumstances of several groups of peoples in...

• HIV estimates may be racially misleading

  Author:Donya C. AriasFrom:The Nation's Health (Vol. 37, Issue 5)

  June-July 2007141 words Brief article 1540LBecause American Indians and Alaska Natives are often racially misidentified in surveillance data, HIV/ AIDS rates among that population may be lower than reality, according to a study in the May/June issue of Public...

• Indian prohibition and tribal disorganization in the trans-Missouri West, 1802-1862

  Author:William E. UnrauFrom:Contemporary Drug Problems (Vol. 21, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Winter 19945,134 words Article Federal legislation to regulate and then prohibit Indian drinking in Indian country resulted in no reduction in consumption. In fact, the federal laws of 1802, 1822, 1847 and 1862 contributed to increased Indian drinking...

• Lacunae

  From:Injury Prevention (Vol. 9, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2003374 words Brief article The Arizona Republic reported in October that Native Americans are living in danger. For most Americans the leading cause of death is heart disease, then cancer. For Navajos, it's accidents. The unintentional injury, or...

• Mitochondrial DNA Variation in Two South Siberian Aboriginal Populations: Implications for the Genetic History of North Asia

  Authors:MIROSLAVA V. DERENKO, BORIS A. MALYARCHUK, IRINA K. DAMBUEVA, GADZHIRAMAZAN O. SHAIKHAEV, CHODURAA M. DORZHU, DABA D. NIMAEV, et al.From:Human Biology (Vol. 72, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20008,812 words Article MIROSLAVA V. DERENKO [1] BORIS A. MALYARCHUK [1] IRINA K. DAMBUEVA [2] GADZHIRAMAZAN O. SHAIKHAEV [3] CHODURAA M. DORZHU [4] DABA D. NLMAEV [5] ILIA A. ZAKHAROV [3] Abstract The mtDNAs of 76...

• Risk factors for severe respiratory syncytial virus infection among Alaska Native children

  Authors:Lisa R. Bulkow, Rosalyn J. Singleton, Ruth A. Karron, and Lee H. HarrisonFrom:Pediatrics (Vol. 109, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20024,760 words Article Objective. The incidence of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection among Alaska Native children is much higher than among non-Native populations in the United States. We conducted this study to...

• North America's wars: new analyses suggest that prehistoric North America, once considered peaceful, was instead a bitter battlefield where tribes fought over land and water

  Author:Heather PringleFrom:Science (Vol. 279, Issue 5359) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 27, 19982,690 words Article New studies of prominent prehistoric cultures in North America conflict with previous beliefs that all native tribes were peaceful people who lacked the resources for battle. There is increasing data to support that...

• Validity of the CRAFFT in American-Indian and Alaska-Native adolescents: screening for drug and alcohol risk *

  Authors:Lillian Huang Cummins, Karen K. Chan, Kelly M. Burns, Arthur W. Blume, Mary Larimer, and G. Alan MarlattFrom:Journal of Studies on Alcohol (Vol. 64, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20034,940 words Article Objective: Native-American adolescents are reported to be at high risk for drug and alcohol use and related negative consequences. A brief screening instrument that is culturally and developmentally appropriate can aid...

• Stabilization of an increasing trend in physician-diagnosed asthma prevalence in Saskatchewan, 1991 to 1998 *

  Authors:Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Joshua Lawson, Donna C. Rennie, and James A. DosmanFrom:Chest (Vol. 124, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20035,756 words Article Objectives: To determine the prevalence of asthma, bronchitis, and COPD using the physician services database of the Saskatchewan Health Department from 1991 to 1998. Design: Descriptive population-based study....

• The Effect of Indian or Anglo Dietary Preference on the Incidence of Diabetes in Pima Indians

  Authors:DESMOND E. WILLIAMS, WILLIAM C. KNOWLER, CYNTHIA J. SMITH, ROBERT L. HANSON, JANINE ROUMAIN, ARAMESH SAREMI, et al.From:Diabetes Care (Vol. 24, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20014,214 words Article DESMOND E. WILLIAMS, MBCHB, PHD [1] WILLIAM C. KNOWLER, MD, DRPH [1] CYNTHIA J. SMITH, MSC, RD [2] ROBERT L. HANSON, MD, MPH [1] JANINE ROUMAIN, MD, MPH [1] ARAMESH SAREMI, MD [1] ANDREA M. KRISKA, PHD...

• Applying the Diabetes Quality Improvement Project Indicators in the Indian Health Service Primary Care Setting

  Authors:KELLY J. ACTON, RAY SHIELDS, STEPHEN RITH-NAJARIAN, BERNADINE TOLBERT, JANE KELLY, KELLY MOORE, et al.From:Diabetes Care (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20014,459 words Brief article OBJECTIVE -- With publication of the Diabetes Quality Improvement Project (DQIP) measures, the Indian Health Service National Diabetes Program applied the DQIP format to its IHS Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit for...

• Identification of apoB-containing lipoprotein families in NIDDM

  Authors:Peter Alaupovic, Jean-Marie Bard, Marcello Tavella, and David ShaferFrom:Diabetes (Vol. 41, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 19925,684 words Article The purpose of this study was to determine the concentrations and composition of apoB-containing lipoprotein families in whole plasma and major lipoprotein density classes of a selected group of Native Americans from...

• Colonization models and initial genetic diversity in the Americas

  Author:Alan G. FixFrom:Human Biology (Vol. 74, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 20023,876 words Article The mode and tempo of colonization of the Americas established the initial pattern of continental genetic diversity. Despite a long history of study, the process of settlement remains controversial in terms of date,...

• Investigators from University of Alaska Anchorage Zero in on Obesity [A Multi-level, Multi-component Obesity Intervention (Obesity Prevention and Evaluation of Intervention Effectiveness In Native North Americans) Decreases Soda Intake In Native ...].

  From:Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week

  Apr. 23, 2022548 words Article 1400L2022 APR 23 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week -- Current study results on Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases and Conditions - Obesity have been published. According to...

• Wildland forest fire smoke: health effects and intervention evaluation, Hoopa, California, 1999. (Original Research)

  Authors:Joshua A Mott, Pamela Meyer, David Mannino, Stephen C Redd, Eva M Smith, Carol Gotway-Crawford, et al.From:The Western Journal of Medicine (Vol. 176, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20023,922 words Article * Objectives To assess the health effects of exposure to smoke from the fifth largest US wildfire of 1999 and to evaluate whether participation in interventions to reduce smoke exposure prevented adverse lower...

• Polymorphic Alu insertions and the Asian origin of native American populations

  Authors:Gabriel E. Novick, Corina C. Novick, Juan Yunis, Emilio Yunis, Pamela Antunez De Mayolo, W. Douglas Cheer, et al.From:Human Biology (Vol. 70, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 19984,709 words Article A wealth of anthropological, dental, linguistic, and genetic data have been accumulated in the area of human evolution in the Americas. However, the issues of origin, point of entry, number of migrations, timing, routes...

• Paleoindians in Beringia: evidence from arctic Alaska

  Authors:Michael L. Kunz and Richard E. ReanierFrom:Science (Vol. 263, Issue 5147) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 4, 19942,130 words Article Excavations at the Mesa site in arctic Alaska provide evidence for a Paleoindian occupation of Beringia, the region adjacent to the Bering Strait. Eleven carbon-14 dates on hearths associated with Paleoindian projectile...