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Native-American Health

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Latest News

Millions of American Indians and Alaska Natives at Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes (08/10/2004, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/niddk-10.htm

From the National Institutes of Health

American Indian Health (National Library of Medicine) - http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/

Clinical Trials

ClinicalTrials.gov: Indians, North American (National Institutes of Health) - http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/search/term=%22native+american%22+OR+%22american+indian%22&recruiting;=true

Specific Conditions

Acanthosis Nigricans (Indian Health Service) - Links to PDF File - http://www.ihs.gov/medicalprograms/diabetes/resources/acanthosis.PDF
Diabetes in American Indians and Alaska Natives (National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/americanindian/index.htm
Health Care Away from Home Reservation (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/GeneralWeb/HelpCenter/CustomerServices/CHSDA.asp
Minority Cancer Awareness (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/minorityawareness.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/cancer/minority-s.htm
Pima Indians: Pathfinders for Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) - http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/pima/index.htm
Reducing the Burden of Viral Hepatitis in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/hepatitis/spotlights/ai_an.htm

Prevention/Screening

American Indian and Alaska Native People: Help Your Heart! (Indian Health Service, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/FactSheets/helphrt.htm
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Keep the Harmony Within You-Check Your Blood Pressure! (Indian Health Service, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/FactSheets/bloodpr.htm
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Treat Your Heart to a Healthy Celebration! (Indian Health Service, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) - http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/FactSheets/treat.htm
Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Circle of Health for Alaskans (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/colorctl/AK-circle-brochure.htm
Protect the Circle of Life: Immunize Our Nations (National Immunization Program) - http://www.cdc.gov/nip/specint/ai-an/Default.htm

Nutrition

Native American Food Pyramid (National Agricultural Library) - http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/Fpyr/NAmFGP.html

Related Issues

Medicare Savings Programs for American Indian/Alaskan Native Beneficiaries (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) - Links to PDF File - http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/10126_AI.pdf

Research

Native Health Research Database (Indian Health Service, University of New Mexico, Health Sciences Center Library) - http://hsc.unm.edu/library/nhd/

Directories

Indian Health Service Injury Prevention Program: Area Programs (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/MedicalPrograms/InjuryPrevention/index.cfm?module=areas
Indian Health Service: Area Offices and Facilities (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/FacilitiesServices/AreaOffices/AreaOffices_index.asp
Lead-Related Information: Native American Tribal Contacts (National Safety Council) - http://www.nsc.org/issues/lead/tribalcontact.htm
Urban Indian Health Program Directory (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/NonMedicalPrograms/Urban/Directory.asp

Organizations

Association of American Indian Physicians - http://www.aaip.com/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health - http://www.cdc.gov/omh/
Indian Health Service - http://www.ihs.gov/
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - http://ncmhd.nih.gov/
Office of Minority Health Resource Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.omhrc.gov/

Law and Policy

AAIP's Legislative Health Policy (Association of American Indian Physicians) - http://www.aaip.com/policy/AAIP_Policy_Page.html
Eligibility Requirements for Health Services from the Indian Health Service (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/GeneralWeb/HelpCenter/CustomerServices/elig.asp

Statistics

American Indian & Alaska Native (AI/AN) Populations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of Minority Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/omh/Populations/AIAN/AIAN.htm
American Indians / Alaska Natives and Cardiovascular Diseases (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.americanheart.org/downloadable/heart/1014745957045FS02AM02WEB.pdf
American Indians and Alaska Natives and Tobacco (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_1998/sgr-min-fs-nat.htm
American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Lung Disease (American Lung Association) - http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b;=36053
Cancer Health Disparities (National Cancer Institute) - http://www.cancer.gov/newscenter/healthdisparities
Diabetes Statistics for Native Americans (American Diabetes Association) - http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics/native-americans.jsp
FASTATS: American Indian Health Facts (National Center for Health Statistics) - http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/indfacts.htm
Injuries among Native Americans (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/nativeamericans.htm
Injury Mortality among American Indian and Alaska Native Children and Youth, 1989-1998 (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/mmwr_nativeamerican.htm
Leading Causes of Death for Women in the United States, 2000 (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/minority/leading.htm
Pregnancy-Related Mortality (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs010511.htm
Racial / Ethnic Health Disparities (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs040402.htm
Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use among American Indian or Alaska Native Youths (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k4/AmIndianYouthRF/AmIndianYouthRF.htm
Risk Factors for Chronic Disease and Injury Vary Greatly by Region and Sex among American Indians and Alaska Natives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r2k0204.htm
State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Men (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/maps/cvdatlas/atlas_mens/factsheets_mens/index.htm
State Fact Sheets about Heart Disease among Women (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/cvh/maps/cvdatlas/atlas_womens/factsheets_womens/index.htm
Traumatic Brain Injury among American Indians and Alaska Natives (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control) - http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/fs020412.htm

Women

Health Problems in American Indian/Alaska Native Women (National Women's Health Information Center) - http://www.4woman.gov/faq/american_indian.htm
HIV/AIDS among US Women: Minority and Young Women at Continuing Risk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/vih/pubs/facts/s_women.htm

Children

How Mother Bear Taught the Children about Lead (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) - Links to PDF File - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/bear/
Indian Health Service: Kids Links (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/Kids/index.cfm
Meet McGruff, Scruff, and All the Kids! Adventures of McGruff and Scruff in Indian Country (Indian Health Service) - http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/McGruff/adventures/mcgrufftoc.asp

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Population Groups - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/populationgroups.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Native-American Health is the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities - http://ncmhd.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 21 October 2004
Topic last reviewed: 07 June 2004