Advancing health equity for Native American youth : workshop summary

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Label

Advancing health equity for Native American youth : workshop summary

Title remainder

workshop summary

Statement of responsibility

Karen M. Anderson and Steve Olson, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities, Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice, Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine

Creator

• Anderson, Karen M

Contributor

• Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth (Workshop), 2014
• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities
• Olson, Steve, 1956-

Issuing body

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities

Subject

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings
• Equality -- Health aspects
• Equality -- Health aspects -- United States -- Congresses
• Health Equity
• Health Status Disparities
• Indian youth -- Education
• Indian youth -- Education -- United States -- Congresses
• Indian youth -- Health and hygiene
• Indian youth -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Congresses
• Indian youth -- United States -- Social conditions -- Congresses
• Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene
• Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- Congresses
• Indians of North America -- Medical care
• Indians of North America -- Medical care -- Congresses
• Resilience, Psychological
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations
• SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies
• Social Environment
• United States
• United States
• American Native Continental Ancestry Group

Genre

• Congresses
• Conference papers and proceedings

Language

eng

Summary

"More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emotional, and physical health concerns facing young people today are especially prevalent with Native youth (e.g., depression, violence, and substance abuse). Adolescent Native Americans have death rates two to five times the rate of whites in the same age group because of higher levels of suicide and a variety of risky behaviors (e.g., drug and alcohol use, inconsistent school attendance). Violence, including intentional injuries, homicide, and suicide, accounts for three-quarters of deaths for Native American youth ages 12 to 20. Suicide is the second leading cause of death--and 2.5 times the national rate--for Native youth ages 15 to 24. Arrayed against these health problems are vital cultural strengths on which Native Americans can draw. At a workshop held in 2012, by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, presenters described many of these strengths, including community traditions and beliefs, social support networks, close-knit families, and individual resilience. In May 2014, the Academies held a follow-up workshop titled Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth. Participants discussed issues related to (1) the visibility of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care as a national problem, (2) the development of programs and strategies by and for Native and Indigenous communities to reduce disparities and build resilience, and (3) the emergence of supporting Native expertise and leadership. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description

Cataloging source

EBLCP

Dewey number

305.235

Index

no index present

LC call number

E98.Y68

LC item number

A53 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography

NLM call number

WA 300. AA1

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