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American Indian/Alaska Native Health Office of Minority Health

(6 days ago) WEBThis compares to non-Hispanic whites by 74.7 percent, 34.3 percent, and 6.3 percent respectively. Health: According to Census Bureau projections, the 2020 life …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/american-indianalaska-native-health

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Identifying Disparities in Health Outcomes and Mortality for …

(7 days ago) WEBThe American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population experiences more severe health risks and disparities as compared with other racial and ethnic …

https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306427

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Disparities Fact Sheets - Indian Health Service (IHS)

(2 days ago) WEBThe Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and …

https://www.ihs.gov/newsroom/factsheets/disparities/

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American Indians and Alaska Natives are disproportionately …

(2 days ago) WEBA Harvard-NPR poll finds American Indians and Alaska Natives were hit by the pandemic's emotional toll the worst. Native researchers say tribal groups have …

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/29/1050379856/american-indians-and-alaska-natives-are-disproportionately-affected-by-the-pande

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Toward a New Era for the Indian Health System NEJM

(Just Now) WEBThe Indian Health System is poorly resourced and understaffed. facing the system that provides health care to American Indians and Alaska Historical …

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMp2108894

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Clinical Practice Issues in American Indians and Alaska …

(5 days ago) WEB"The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between white and tribal values; between the politics and language of the white man and his own historic culture. His problems, sharpened by …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570601/

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For Natives Americans, In Indian Health Service And …

(Just Now) WEBIn 2016 it set the Indian Health Service budget at $4.8 billion. Spread across the US population of 3.7 million American Indians and Alaska Natives, that's $1,297 per person. That compares to

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/12/12/569910574/native-americans-feel-invisible-in-u-s-health-care-system

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American Indian Health Policy: Historical Trends and …

(3 days ago) WEBHowever, a long-standing history of underfunding of the Indian Health Service (IHS) and its predecessor agencies has led to significant challenges in providing proper care and …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4035886/

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Native Americans: A Crisis in Health Equity - American Bar …

(5 days ago) WEBIn July 2003, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights published a report that outlined civil rights disparities in health care for Native Americans. Unfortunately, most of the findings in …

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/human_rights_magazine_home/the-state-of-healthcare-in-the-united-states/native-american-crisis-in-health-equity/

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The hidden health inequalities that American Indians and Alaskan

(1 days ago) WEBIn many ways, American Indian health has improved under the IHS over the past 20 years. For example, infant mortality decreased 67 percent between 1974 …

https://theconversation.com/the-hidden-health-inequalities-that-american-indians-and-alaskan-natives-face-89905

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American Indian Health Equity/Disparities Center for American …

(7 days ago) WEBAmerican Indian and Alaska Native children and adolescents are also at higher risk for health problems than their peers. Nearly four in ten American Indian and Alaska …

https://in.nau.edu/cair/ai-health-equity-and-disparities/

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Health Coverage Among American Indian and Alaska Native and

(4 days ago) WEBThe American Rescue Plan authorized 100% match for urban Indian health programs for a temporary period that expired. There have been calls for and …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/health-coverage-among-american-indian-and-alaska-native-and-native-hawaiian-and-other-pacific-islander-people/

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Caring for American Indian and Alaska Native Children and …

(7 days ago) WEBAmerican Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations have substantial health inequities, and most of their disease entities begin in childhood. In addition, …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/147/4/e2021050498/180860/Caring-for-American-Indian-and-Alaska-Native

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Mental Health Challenges in Caring for American …

(5 days ago) WEBAmerican Indians (AI) and Alaska Natives (AN), descendants of the indigenous people, are a diverse population group growing in number every year. Studies have shown that American …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK570587/

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In-Hospital Mortality Disparities Among American Indian and …

(8 days ago) WEBImportance American Indian and Alaska Native populations have some of the highest COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality rates in the US, with those in …

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2790506

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Heart Disease and American Indians/Alaska Natives

(9 days ago) WEBIn 2018, American Indians/Alaska Natives were 50 percent more likely to be diagnosed with coronary heart disease than their white counterparts. American Indian/Alaska …

https://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/heart-disease-and-american-indiansalaska-natives

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American Indian, Alaska Native communities face - Yahoo

(3 days ago) WEBAmerican Indians and Native Alaskans face a “disproportionate burden” of oral health disease in the U.S. from childhood onward, a crisis with roots in structural …

https://www.yahoo.com/news/american-indian-alaska-native-communities-110005709.html

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HHS Issues $139M in Funding to Support Chronic Disease …

(4 days ago) WEBAdditionally, in some American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, diabetes prevalence among adults can be up to 60 percent. “IHS is committed to …

https://www.techtarget.com/patientengagement/news/366584591/HHS-Issues-139M-in-Funding-to-Support-Chronic-Disease-Prevention

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American Indian Affairs Interim Study Committee

(4 days ago) WEBThe committee addresses issues significant to American Indian communities, including physical and behavioral health matters, judicial issues, human services policy, and …

https://leg.colorado.gov/committees/american-indian-affairs-interim-study-committee/2024-regular-session

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