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Health and social issues of native American women, Jennie R. Joe and Francine C. Gachupin, editors ; foreword by Judith Salmon Kaur, MD

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Health and social issues of native American women

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Jennie R. Joe and Francine C. Gachupin, editors ; foreword by Judith Salmon Kaur, MD

"This book serves as a much-needed source of information on the social and health issues that impact the health of Native American women in the United States, accompanied by invaluable historical, cultural, and other contextual data about this sociocultural groupThe Department of Health and Human Services reported that Native American women are second only to African American women in terms of death rate due to homicide and drug abuse. Psychiatric disorders such as depression and obesity-related diseases like diabetes are also common among Native populations. Not surprisingly, poverty, limited access to preventive health care, and some cultural barriers are at the heart of many of these persistent health disparitiesHealth and Social Issues of Native American Women is the first book that specifically explores and discusses health and related social issues within the world of Native American women, providing strong historical and cultural perspectives as well as other contextual information that is often missing or misrepresented in other works about Native American womenComprising contributions from mostly Native American women scholars, the work presents key background information on native women's health, health care delivery systems, and sociocultural history, and its chapters address the changing role of native women in Alaska and other parts of Indian country. Each author taps her specific area of expertise and knowledge to spotlight specific native women's health problems, such as nutrition, aging, domestic violence, diabetes, and substance abuse."--Pub. desc

Introduction: Native American women, health, and social issues / Jennie R. Joe, Francine C. Gachupin -- Interpretation of changing and diverse roles of Native American women in light of twenty-first-century lived experience / Teresa D. LaFromboise, Bayley J. Marquez -- Alaska native women: 40 years of sociocultural change / Rosita Kaahani Worl -- The impact of federal government policies on American Indian and Alaska Native health care / Terry M. Maresca -- Health disparity: the morbidity and mortality picture / Linda Burbansstipanov -- Becoming an elder: Native Women and aging / Emily A. Haozous, R. Turner Goins -- Addressing food security and food sovereignty in Native American communities / Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan -- The struggle with the devastation of diabetes / Jennie R. Joe -- Domestic violence in American Indian communities: background, culture, and legal issues / Mary Rogers, Jennifer Giroux -- Native American women: HIV/AIDS risk and activism / Irene S. Vernon -- Differences in cancer patterns in American Indian and Alaska native women across the United States / Teshia G. Arambula Solomon, Carol Goldtooth-Begay -- Three native sisters: being young and the need to fit in / Nina S. Wampler, Larenda Belone -- Protections to consider when engaging American Indians/Alaska natives in human subject research / Francine C. Gachupin