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Summary
Every racial or ethnic group has specific health concerns. Differences in the health of groups can result from:
- Genetics
- Environmental factors
- Access to care
- Cultural factors
On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Native Americans.
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American Indian Health
(National Library of Medicine)
- Eating Healthy (Indian Health Service)
- Profile: American Indian/Alaska Native (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Diagnosis and Tests
- Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Circle of Health for Alaskans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
Prevention and Risk Factors
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We Have the Power to Prevent Diabetes: Tips for American Indians & Alaska Natives
(National Diabetes Education Program)
Related Issues
- Be Smart: Antibiotics Will Not Help a Cold or the Flu (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Eating Healthy (Indian Health Service)
- Healthy Weight for Life: Actions for Communities, Individuals, and Families (Indian Health Service) - PDF
- Indian Health Service: Community Health (Indian Health Service)
Specifics
- Sexual Assault (Indian Health Service)
Videos and Tutorials
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Ideas and Inspirations: Good News about Diabetes Prevention and Management in Indian Country
(Indian Health Service)
Statistics and Research
- American Indian and Alaska Native Heart Disease and Stroke (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Asthma and American Indians/Alaska Natives (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Chronic Liver Disease and American Indians/Alaska Natives (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives (Indian Health Service) - PDF
- FastStats: Health of American Indian or Alaska Native Population (National Center for Health Statistics)
- HIV/AIDS among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Indian Health Disparities (Indian Health Service)
- Infant Mortality and American Indians/Alaska Natives (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
- Native Americans with Diabetes (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Also in Spanish
- Native Health Research Database (Indian Health Service, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center Library)
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Overview of American Indian/Alaska Native Initiatives
(National Cancer Institute)
- PDF
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Reducing Underage Drinking among American Indians
(National Institutes of Health)
Also in Spanish
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Indians, North American
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Diabetes and Associated Cardiovascular Complications in American Indians/Alaskan Natives: A...
- Article: Engaging Nursing Students in a Rural Native American Community to...
- Article: Review of built and natural environment stressors impacting American-Indian/Alaska-Native children.
- Native American Health -- see more articles
Find an Expert
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Also in Spanish
- Indian Health Service
- Indian Health Service: Find Health Care (Indian Health Service)
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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities
- Office of Minority Health (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health)
Children
- Eagle Books (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)