Cancer-Related Disparities and Opportunities for Intervention in Northern Plains American Indian Communities

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Discusses behavioral trends associated with cancer risk and cancer screening from 1997-2006 among American Indians (AI) in North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Iowa. Examines disparities between the AI population and non-Hispanic White population in the Northern Plains and AI populations in other regions. Includes breakdowns by sex, age, education, income level, employment status, rural-urban classification, lifestyle factors, and screening for specific types of cancer.

Shinobu Watanabe-Galloway, Nicole Flom, Liyan Xu, et al.

Public Health Reports, 126(3)

05/2011

Cancer · Health screening · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Iowa · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota