Beyond health equity: Achieving wellness within American Indian and Alaska native communities

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages S376-S379

  Jernigan, Valarie Blue Bird ^a   Peercy, Michael ^b   Branam, Dannielle ^c   Saunkeah, Bobby ^b   Wharton, David ^c   Winkleby, Marilyn ^d   Lowe, John ^e   Salvatore, Alicia L ^a   Dickerson, Daniel ^f   Belcourt, Annie ^g   D'Amico, Elizabeth ^h   Patten, Christi A ⁱ   Parker, Myra ^j   Duran, Bonnie ^j   Harris, Raymond ^j   Buchwald, Dedra ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Health Services Division   (United States)

^c Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^h RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

ⁱ MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INUIT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 84937406151     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302447     Document Type: Editorial

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