Rural Health
Resources by Topic: American Indian or Alaska Native
New Mexico Mobile Screening Program for Miners Brings Care to the Patients
Highlights a New Mexico program that uses screenings, specialty care via telehealth, and collaboration to meet the healthcare needs of miners with occupational lung disease. Services are provided via a mobile screening clinic housed in a semi that goes to 12 locations in the state.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Highlights a New Mexico program that uses screenings, specialty care via telehealth, and collaboration to meet the healthcare needs of miners with occupational lung disease. Services are provided via a mobile screening clinic housed in a semi that goes to 12 locations in the state.
Author(s): Allee Mead
Citation: Rural Monitor
Date: 02/2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Information Hub
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Navajo Wellness Model: Keeping the Cultural Teachings Alive to Improve Health
Describes a wellness model curriculum developed by the Navajo Area Indian Health Service along with cultural experts and traditional healers to increase health literacy and self-management in healthcare and public health settings. The curriculum uses traditional Navajo methods of teaching healthy behaviors and is designed to improve the knowledge and understanding of healthcare and public health providers on Navajo values about health within the family, community, and environment.
Author(s): Marie Nelson
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Describes a wellness model curriculum developed by the Navajo Area Indian Health Service along with cultural experts and traditional healers to increase health literacy and self-management in healthcare and public health settings. The curriculum uses traditional Navajo methods of teaching healthy behaviors and is designed to improve the knowledge and understanding of healthcare and public health providers on Navajo values about health within the family, community, and environment.
Author(s): Marie Nelson
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Disproportionately Higher Unintentional Injury Mortality Among Alaska Native People, 2006–2015
Examines the unintentional injury (UI) mortality rates by injury category for Alaska Natives (AN). Compares AN rates with U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) UI mortality rates, and analyzes the rate differences by age groups, sexes, and rural, urban, and remote areas in Alaska.
Author(s): Gretchen Day, Peter Holck, Hillary Strayer, Kathryn Koller, Timothy Thomas
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 77(1)
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Examines the unintentional injury (UI) mortality rates by injury category for Alaska Natives (AN). Compares AN rates with U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) UI mortality rates, and analyzes the rate differences by age groups, sexes, and rural, urban, and remote areas in Alaska.
Author(s): Gretchen Day, Peter Holck, Hillary Strayer, Kathryn Koller, Timothy Thomas
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 77(1)
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Community Engaged Cumulative Risk Assessment of Exposure to Inorganic Well Water Contaminants, Crow Reservation, Montana
Describes a community-based risk assessment to determine the health risks from consuming contaminated well water on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Includes discussion on how Crow families cope with poor quality well water and community well stewardship and water testing.
Author(s): Margaret J. Eggers, John T. Doyle, Myra J. Lefthand, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(1), 76
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Describes a community-based risk assessment to determine the health risks from consuming contaminated well water on the Crow Reservation in Montana. Includes discussion on how Crow families cope with poor quality well water and community well stewardship and water testing.
Author(s): Margaret J. Eggers, John T. Doyle, Myra J. Lefthand, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(1), 76
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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A Scoping Review of Traditional Food Security in Alaska
Summarizes a literature review examining traditional foods and food security in rural Alaska. Discusses how the pillars of food security apply to traditional foods of Alaska Natives.
Author(s): Amanda Walch, Andrea Bersamin, Philip Loring, Rhonda Johnson, Melissa Tholl
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 77(1)
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Summarizes a literature review examining traditional foods and food security in rural Alaska. Discusses how the pillars of food security apply to traditional foods of Alaska Natives.
Author(s): Amanda Walch, Andrea Bersamin, Philip Loring, Rhonda Johnson, Melissa Tholl
Citation: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 77(1)
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Availability and Cost of Healthy Foods in a Large American Indian Community in the North-Central United States
Results of a study conducted in January and February of 2016, assessing availability and price of 68 food items at stores within a 90-mile radius of a large rural reservation. Includes statistics with breakdowns by availability and price of food, by store type.
Author(s): Amanda M. Fretts, Corrine Huber, Lyle G. Best, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 15
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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Results of a study conducted in January and February of 2016, assessing availability and price of 68 food items at stores within a 90-mile radius of a large rural reservation. Includes statistics with breakdowns by availability and price of food, by store type.
Author(s): Amanda M. Fretts, Corrine Huber, Lyle G. Best, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 15
Date: 01/2018
Type: Document
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How Can My Organization Connect Children to Coverage? A Guide to Fundamentals and Promising Practices
Includes strategies for enrolling children part of the hardest-to-reach groups in Medicaid or CHIP, such as rural children, American Indian/Alaska Native/Latino, low-income, or teenaged. Discusses outreach and supporting capacities, such as making contact with target populations and fostering trust in communities.
Author(s): Leslie Foster, Frank Martin
Date: 2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, InsureKidsNow.gov
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Includes strategies for enrolling children part of the hardest-to-reach groups in Medicaid or CHIP, such as rural children, American Indian/Alaska Native/Latino, low-income, or teenaged. Discusses outreach and supporting capacities, such as making contact with target populations and fostering trust in communities.
Author(s): Leslie Foster, Frank Martin
Date: 2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, InsureKidsNow.gov
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Creating Connections What Broadband Means for Rural America
Offers articles on the challenges of providing broadband access in rural areas, federal policy options, and other local stakeholders working on solutions to build and strengthen rural communities. Includes discussion on how Garrett County, Maryland successfully expanded broadband access, and how tribes are building infrastructure to provide broadband access for their members.
Citation: Rural Voices, 22(2)
Date: 2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Offers articles on the challenges of providing broadband access in rural areas, federal policy options, and other local stakeholders working on solutions to build and strengthen rural communities. Includes discussion on how Garrett County, Maryland successfully expanded broadband access, and how tribes are building infrastructure to provide broadband access for their members.
Citation: Rural Voices, 22(2)
Date: 2018
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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The Importance of Local Foods to Users of Food Pantries in Accessible Rural Alaska
Discusses how home-grown foods and wild protein enhance food security in a group of rural, mostly non-Native Alaska communities accessible by ground transportation. Compares the status of Alaska Natives with non-Natives, and explores the harmful effects of food insecurity, in terms of obesity, child development, and general health.
Author(s): Tracey Kathleen Burke, Cara Durr, David Reamer
Citation: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(1), 53-69
Date: 2018
Type: Document
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Discusses how home-grown foods and wild protein enhance food security in a group of rural, mostly non-Native Alaska communities accessible by ground transportation. Compares the status of Alaska Natives with non-Natives, and explores the harmful effects of food insecurity, in terms of obesity, child development, and general health.
Author(s): Tracey Kathleen Burke, Cara Durr, David Reamer
Citation: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 8(1), 53-69
Date: 2018
Type: Document
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Addressing Hepatitis C within a Southwest Tribal Community
Presents a study on a tribal-based hepatitis C (HCV) intervention to identify and treat HCV in a rural tribal community. Highlights data by age and gender of HCV patients from 2009-2014.
Author(s): Francine C. Gachupin, Rene Harbaugh, Alex Amarillas, et al.
Citation: Ethnicity and Disease, 28(4), 549–554
Date: 2018
Type: Document
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Presents a study on a tribal-based hepatitis C (HCV) intervention to identify and treat HCV in a rural tribal community. Highlights data by age and gender of HCV patients from 2009-2014.
Author(s): Francine C. Gachupin, Rene Harbaugh, Alex Amarillas, et al.
Citation: Ethnicity and Disease, 28(4), 549–554
Date: 2018
Type: Document
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