Advancing Suicide Prevention research with rural American Indian and Alaska Native populations

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 891-899

  Wexler, Lisa ^a   Chandler, Michael ^b   Gone, Joseph P ^c   Cwik, Mary ^d   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a   La Fromboise, Teresa ^e   Brockie, Teresa ^f   O'Keefe, Victoria ^g   Walkup, John ^h   Allen, James ⁱ  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALASKA; AMERICAN INDIAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; INUIT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE;

ALASKA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84926674090     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302517     Document Type: Article

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