Field Surveys of diabetes and other non communicable disease (NCD) (hypertension, coronary heart disease) are increasingly being performed in both developed and developing countries [1]. Recent studies have shown that the prevalence of diabetes is very high among migrant Asian Indians [2] and is also rising very rapidly within the Indian sub continent [3]. Indeed, recent World Health Organisati...

This study examines characteristics and problems of, and services received by Indian psychiatric patients in an urban community care setting in Canada. A census of patients of a community mental health service showed 25 Canadian Indian patients out of 2,652 patients in care, or 0.9%; whereas Canadian Indians are estimated to comprise somewhere between 1.6% and 4.8% of the general population. A ...

W hen Judith Salmon Kaur , M.D., wants to get a little laugh from an audience of oncologists, she talks about her maiden Choctaw Cherokee surname. “I tell them it’s very appropriate to be a salmon and going into cancer re search and cancer prevention because you’re always swimming upstream.” But that’s not so true nowadays, given the recent recognition of Kaur’s research. After decades of study...

Approximately 346 million individuals worldwide and 25.8 million individuals in the U.S. have diabetes (1,2). The high prevalence of diabetes results in a persistently increased prevalence of diabetic nephropathy, which is the leading cause of kidney failure and premature cardiovascular mortality (3). In the U.S., diabetic nephropathy is represented disproportionately in several minority popula...

In recent years, Bollywood has expanded into a global, trans-textual phenomenon, consumed by large audience-base worldwide. Existing research shown how offers Indians – both home an...

A preliminary review of substance abuse treatment admission data from 2001-2005 was conducted to explore the use of methamphetamine among American Indians in treatment programs funded by Los Angeles County. Comparisons were made between primary methamphetamine users and users whose primary drug was a substance other than methamphetamine. In that period, the number of American Indians reporting ...

Colorectal cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer among American Indians and is also the second leading cause of cancer death. We used a community-based participatory approach to conduct a mixed methods study to examine colorectal cancer screening behaviors. Here we report on the screening behaviors of our focus group participants (n=153). There were signifi cant gender diff erences in the ...

This study identified perceived physical activity (PA) enablers and barriers among a racially/ethnically and geographically diverse group of older adults. Data were from 42 focus groups conducted with African Americans, American Indians, Latinos, Chinese, Vietnamese, and non-Hispanic Whites (hereafter Whites). Constant-comparison methods were used to analyze the data. Common barriers were healt...

The cultural identity and tribal connectedness of American Indians are commonly believed to have been negatively affected by the urbanization process in which American Indians have been involved during the past half century. This phenomenological study examined the processes through which cultural identity was formed and maintained by a group of American Indians who had lived since childhood in...

The rapid increase of diabetes prevalence in the US population and across all westernized world has been associated with environmental changes that promote obesity. However, studies conducted in various ethnic groups within the US population have pointed out differences in susceptibility to diabetes within the same environmental pressure. Of particular interest is the growing evidence that Asia...