Accomplishments of a Training Support Program for American Indian and Alaska Native Health Researchers

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-94
Author(s):  
Tosha Zaback ◽  
Thomas Becker ◽  
Jessica Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Health Program ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Academic Development ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Training Support ◽  
American Research

The Native American Research Centers for Health program was designed to foster research training and skill development for American Indian/Alaska Native trainees. Increasing the number of American Indian/Alaska Native researchers with advanced training in science is one strategy to help decrease health disparities in native peoples. Our NARCH program provided financial support and mentorship for professional and academic development of American Indian/Alaska Native award recipients. We report on an assessment of our NARCH training program that is directed toward increasing the number of qualified American Indian/Alaska Native researchers.

EVALUATION OF AN INTENSIVE SUMMER RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM FOR AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE HEALTH RESEARCHERS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grazia Cunningham ◽  
Thomas Becker ◽  
Caitlin Donald ◽  
Tanya Firemoon ◽  
Ashley Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Research Training Program

Northwest Native American Research Center for Health: A Summary of Fellowship Trainees’ Success Over 15 Years of Funding

2020 ◽  
pp. 237337992097438
Author(s):  
Grazia Cunningham ◽  
Thomas M. Becker ◽  
Tanya Firemoon ◽  
Ashley Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Native American ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Public Health Workforce ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
American Research

American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) continue to be severely underrepresented in biomedical research, particularly in principal investigator roles. Efforts to decrease health disparities have shifted to building research capacity and training highly skilled AI/AN health researchers who can conduct quality research within their tribal communities. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Indian Health Service, the Northwest Native American Research Centers for Health (NW NARCH) program has offered financial support and mentorship to 149 AI/AN biomedical and public health graduate students for the past 15 years. In 2018, trainees were surveyed to track their progress and career development. Survey results confirmed that the financial support and mentorship available via the NW NARCH program were instrumental to their professional advancement. Support to AI/AN biomedical graduate students should continue not only to diversify the public health workforce, but also to address risk factors and health conditions that disproportionately affect AI/AN people.

scholarly journals Prenatal alcohol exposure among Alaska Native/American Indian infants

2013 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 20973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Burhan A. Khan ◽  
Renee F. Robinson ◽  
Julia J. Smith ◽  
Denise A. Dillard
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Alcohol Exposure ◽  
Prenatal Alcohol

scholarly journals Native American Diabetes Prevention Intervention Programs

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-36
Author(s):  
Yue Dong ◽  
Maria Collado ◽  
Paul Branscum
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Diabetes Prevention ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Female Population

Background and Purpose: Diabetes is one of the biggest health problems for the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The purpose of this study was to review lifestyle based diabetes interventions from January 1995 to January 2015. Methods: The target population within this systematic review was adult American Indians and Alaska Natives. Four databases (Medline, Google Scholar, PsychINFO, and JSTOR) were used to find articles, of which nine articles met the inclusion criteria of being either an intervention or prevention program that reported at least one physiological or biological indicator of diabetes. Results: Among the nine articles reviewed, six articles showed significant changes of physiological indicators. Three of the studies only targeted the female population. Most of the programs lasted between 6 to 12 months. A major limitation among intervention or prevention programs was an inadequate use of a theoretical behavior change model. Conclusion: Overall, it was found that physical activities and diet -based methods have the potential for diabetes prevention and intervention programs among American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Recommendations for future research include using randomized controlled trial research design, and using theory to guide program development.

scholarly journals Steatosis and hepatitis C in an Alaska Native/American Indian population

2006 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Livingstone ◽  
Heike Deubner ◽  
Brian. McMahon ◽  
Dana Bruden ◽  
Carol Christensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Indian Population ◽  
American Indian Population

scholarly journals Tribal child welfare practice in the United States

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa Byers ◽  
Dallas Pettigrew
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Native American ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
The United States ◽  
Welfare Programs ◽  
Federal Policies ◽  
State Compliance ◽  
Tribal Nations

Tribal child welfare in what is now the United States encompasses hundreds of tribal nations engaged in a government-to-government relationship with the United States. Please note that tribal, native, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Native American are used interchangeably. Each tribe has distinct languages and customs. Within this diversity the factors that bind tribal nations to make a discussion of tribal child welfare meaningful are communal childrearing, colonization, trauma, contemporary disparities, sovereign status, and detrimental federal policies. Communal cultures provide children with multiple caregivers that assure the youngest are cared for daily. This web of relations combined with high levels of respect for children within the life cycle guarded against abuse and neglect prior to colonization. The establishment of the United States, and federal-level assimilation policies created immense trauma and cultural disruption for tribal nations and child welfare. Government-funded boarding schools and the practice of placing tribal children in non-native homes are two specific assimilation practices that explicitly targeted children. The ability of tribal nations to protect their children and maintain their cultures has been strengthened by a federal law designed to give tribal nation’s a stake in child welfare proceedings. Many tribes now have their own child welfare programs, courts, and other services. State compliance with the law is an ongoing issue. Increased collaboration, respect for the sovereign status of tribes, and evaluation with clear implications for noncompliance needs to ensue are necessary to fully empower tribal child welfare. In addition, truth and reconciliation related to the separation of children from family and culture based on past federal policy practices is necessary to foster communal and generational healing for American Indian and Alaska Native peoples.

scholarly journals Potential Disparate Impact CAEP Standard 3.2 on the Protected Classes of Alaska Native, American Indian, African American, and Latino Members of Descent

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (8) ◽  
pp. 151-160
Author(s):  
Roy Roehl
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Native American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
American Indians ◽  
Alaska Native ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Alaska Natives ◽  
Disparate Impact ◽  
Minority Teacher

CAEP Standard 3.2 has a demonstrated disparate impact on several protected classes of individuals, including African Americans, Alaska Natives, American Indians, and Latinos. The data from this study clearly shows a national policy that will have an unequal impact for future genrations of minority teacher candidates.

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