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Health Equity Among US Indigenous Peoples


Why the Health of Indigenous People Impacts Us All

Indigenous people around the world face striking health disparities, including higher rates of diabetes, malnutrition, and tuberculosis.

Roots of Inequity: Native American Health

From enduring the consequences of forced displacement and cultural disruption to grappling with inadequate resources and discriminatory policies, Native ...

What Health Disparities Do Indigenous Peoples Face? - WebMD

What Prevents Indigenous People From Improving Their Health? · Indigenous people often have poorer access to high-quality health care. · Many may ...

Looking at Healthcare Needs of America's Indigenous Peoples

Health care for Native Americans trails other groups, despite the United States' legal commitment to provide health care to Native Americans and ...

Indigenous Heritage Month Reflection and the Future of Health Equity

Indigenous communities throughout the U.S. represent specified Native cultural traditions and the intersectoral nature of preventive health or ...

Envisioning health equity for American Indian/Alaska Natives

The Indian Health Service provides care to remote and under-resourced communities in the United States. American Indian/Alaska Native patients ...

Educating for Indigenous Health Equity: An International Consensus ...

The determinants of inequity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations include factors that are amenable to the influence of medical education.

Enhancing health care equity with Indigenous populations: evidence ...

Four key dimensions of equity-oriented health services are foundational to supporting the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples: inequity- ...

Addressing American Indians and Alaska Natives Health Disparities

Leslie Short (Integrated Services Administrator, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System) presents on Using Innovative Care ...

Promoting Health and Addressing Disparities Amongst Indigenous ...

Indigenous peoples' life expectancy is up to twenty years lower compared to non-Indigenous people which can be attributed to the fact that these populations ...

Healthcare Disparities Among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color

Walters, K.L., and Simoni, J.M. (2002). American Journal of Public Health, 92(4), 520-524. This commentary presents an “in-digenist” model of Native women's ...

Indigenous Health Equity and Wellness - 1st Edition - Routledge

This book focuses on promoting health equity and addressing health disparities among Indigenous peoples of the United States (US) and associated Territories.

The Generational Impact Of Racism On Health

American Indians and Alaska Natives are also twice as likely to die of alcohol-related causes, despite having rates of alcohol use that are comparable to those ...

Health equity | CMS

Pregnancy-related mortality rates are two to three times higher among Black non-Latino and American Indian/Alaska Native populations compared to ...

Health Care Equity | The Joint Commission

Today however, health care quality and health outcomes are often worse for racial/ethnic minorities, women, people living in rural communities, people with ...

Federal Policies That Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Health ...

We believe the federal government has a key role to play in reducing disparities for Indigenous communities through changes to federal policies that currently ...

A Call to Improve Upon the Health Disparities Affecting Native ...

Median household income for the AI/AN population is $35,310 which is far below the U.S. national average of $51,371. ... Health insurance rates are also lower ...

New Center for Indigenous Health to address American Indian and ...

Nationwide, American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people experience significant health inequities when compared with other Americans.

Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and Answers

Analysis across a broad range of measures of health finds that Black and American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) people fare worse than their ...

Social Determinants of Health and Response to Disease Associated ...

Outcomes associated with health disparities and health inequity begin in pregnancy and childhood in the American Indian and Alaska Native ...