The Alaska education and research towards health (EARTH) study: Cancer risk factors

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages

  Lanier, Anne P ^a   Redwood, Diana G ^a   Kelly, Janet J ^a  

^a ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska native; Cancer; Chronic disease; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ESKIMO; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALASKA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL MARKETING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863721159     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-012-0333-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (28)

1. National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Chronic disease overview. www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/overview.htmAccessed 4 Oct 2010.
2. Eyre H, Kahn R, Robertson RM, Clark NG, Doyle C, Hong Y, Gansler T et al (2004) Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes:a common agenda for the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association, and the American Heart Association. Circulation 109(25):3244-3255. doi:10.1161/01.CIR. 0000133321.00456.00.
3. Day GE, Provost E, Lanier AP (2009) Alaska Native mortality rates and trends. Publ Health Rep 124(1):54-64.
4. Alaska Native Epidemiology Center (2009) Alaska native health status report. http://www.anthc.org/chs/epicenter/dd.cfm Accessed 7 Oct 2010.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2003) Health status of American Indians compared with other racial/ethnic minority populations- selected states, 2001-2002.MMWRMorbMortalWkly Rep 52(47):1148-1152. doi:mm5247a3.
6. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)*Stat Database: Mortality-All COD, Aggregated With State, Total U.S. (1990-2007) . June 2010. National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch. www.seer.cancer.gov.
7. Perdue DG, Perkins C, Jackson-Thompson J, Coughlin SS, Ahmed F, Haverkamp DS, Jim MA (2008) Regional differences in colorectal cancer incidence, stage, and subsite among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1999-2004. Cancer 113(5 Suppl):1179- 1190. doi:10.1002/cncr.23726.
8. Wiggins CL, Espey DK, Wingo PA, Kaur JS, Wilson RT, Swan J, Miller BA, Jim MA, Kelly JJ, Lanier AP (2008) Cancer among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States, 1999-2004. Cancer 113(5 Suppl):1142-1152. doi:10.1002/cncr.23734.
9. US Department of Health and Human Services (2000) Healthy People 2010, chapter 3: cancer. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
10. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services (2005) Alaska behavioral risk factor surveillance system. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, Juneau.
11. Slattery ML, Schumacher MC, Lanier AP, Edwards S, Edwards R, Murtaugh MA, Sandidge J et al (2007) A prospective cohort of American Indian and Alaska Native people: study design, methods, and implementation. Am J Epidemiol 166(5):606-615. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm109.
12. Slattery ML, Murtaugh MA, Schumacher MC, Johnson J, Edwards S, Edwards R, Benson J, Tom-Orme L, Lanier AP (2008) Development, implementation, and evaluation of a computerized selfadministered diet history questionnaire for use in studies of American Indian and Alaskan native people. J Am Diet Assoc 108 (1):101-109. doi:10.1016/j.jada.2007.10.008.
13. Edwards SL, Slattery ML, Murtaugh MA, Edwards RL, Bryner J, Pearson M, Rogers A, Edwards AM, Tom-Orme L (2007) Development and use of touch-screen audio computer-assisted selfinterviewing in a study of American Indians. Am J Epidemiol 165(11):1336-1342. doi:10.1093/aje/kwm019.
14. Redwood DG, Lanier AP, Johnston JM, Asay ED, Slattery ML (2010) Chronic disease risk factors among Alaska Native and American Indian people, Alaska, 2004-2006. Prev Chronic Dis 7(4):A85.
15. Rom WN, Markowitz SB (2006) Environmental and occupational medicine, 4th edn. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia.
16. Slattery ML, Murtaugh MA, Lanier AP, Ma KN, Ferucci ED, Etzel RA, Edwards S (2009) Family health history and health behaviors in Alaska native and American Indian people. J Health Care Poor Underserved 20(3):678-694. doi:10.1353/hpu.0.0191.
17. US Census Bureau (2000) Census 2000 American Indian Alaska Native Summary File. http://factfinder.census.gov Accessed 28 Apr 2006.
18. Harvard Report on Cancer Prevention (1996) Volume 1: causes of human cancer. Cancer Causes Control 7(Suppl 1):S3-S59.
19. Byers T, Nestle M, McTiernan A, Doyle C, Currie-Williams A, Gansler T, Thun M (2002) American Cancer Society guidelines on nutrition and physical activity for cancer prevention: reducing the risk of cancer with healthy food choices and physical activity. CA Cancer J Clin 52(2):92-119.
20. Michael H (1967) Lieutenant Zagoskin's Travels in Russian America, 1842-1844. Translation from Russian sources, No. 7. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
21. Murphy NJ, Schraer CD, Bulkow LR, Boyko EJ, Lanier AP (1992) Diabetes mellitus in Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimos and Athabascan Indians after 25 yr. Diabetes Care 15(10):1390-1392.
22. Slattery ML, Ferucci ED, Murtaugh MA, Edwards S, Ma KN, Etzel RA, Tom-Orme L, Lanier AP (2010) Associations among body mass index, waist circumference, and health indicators in American Indian and Alaska Native adults. Am J Health Promot 24(4):246-254. doi:10.4278/ajhp.080528-QUAN-72.
23. National Institute of Health Consensus Development Program (2010) NIH State-of-the-Science Conference. In: Enhancing use and quality of colorectal cancer screening. Bethesda, Maryland.
24. US Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2002) Screening for colorectal cancer: recommendations and rationale. US Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville.
25. Redwood DG, Ferucci ED, Schumacher MC, Johnson JS, Lanier AP, Helzer LJ, Tom-Orme L, Murtough MA, Slattery ML (2008) Traditional foods and physical activity patterns and associations with cultural factors in a diverse Alaska Native population. Int J Circumpolar Health 67(4):335-348.
26. Bersamin A, Zidenberg-Cherr S, Stern JS, Luick BR (2007) Nutrient intakes are associated with adherence to a traditional diet among Yup'ik Eskimos living in remote Alaska Native communities: the CANHR Study. Int J Circumpolar Health 66(1):62-70.
27. Johnson JS, Nobmann ED, Asay E, Lanier AP (2009) Dietary intake of Alaska Native people in two regions and implications for health: the Alaska Native Dietary and Subsistence Food Assessment Project. Int J Circumpolar Health 68(2):109-122.
28. Murphy NJ, Schraer CD, Theile MC, Boyko EJ, Bulkow LR, Doty BJ, Lanier AP (1997) Hypertension in Alaska Natives: association with overweight, glucose intolerance, diet and mechanized activity. Ethn Heal 2(4):267-275.