SMOKING IN AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE PEOPLE WITH DIABETES REVISITED

Diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

Chronic Disease Risk Factors Among Alaska Native and American Indian People, Alaska, 2004-2006

INTRODUCTION The Alaska Education and Research Towards Health (EARTH) Study is being conducted to determine the prevalence of clinically measured chronic disease risk factors in a large population of American Indian/Alaska Native people (AI/AN). We report these estimates and compare them with those for the overall US population, as assessed by the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surve...

The Epidemic of Extreme Obesity Among American Indian and Alaska Native Adults With Diabetes

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of obesity among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults with diabetes and to examine the temporal trends for class I, II, and III obesity in this high-risk group during a 10-year period. METHODS We used data on body mass index (BMI) from the annual Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit to estimate the prevalence of cla...

Substance abuse prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

In this article we review three categories of American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) substance abuse prevention programs: (1) published empirical trials; (2) promising programs published and unpublished that are in the process of development and that have the potential for empirical trials; and (3) examples of innovative grassroots programs that originate at the local level and may have promise f...

ADHD Symptoms in American Indian/Alaska Native Boys and Girls.

Despite the commonality of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the diagnostic criteria are based largely on research with European American boys. Much less research is available regarding the prevalence of ADHD in other groups, specifically American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children. Moreover, research on sex differences in ADHD has typically not included AI/AN children. The cu...