Genetic polymorphism and American Indian health

Do American Indian mascots = American Indian people? Examining implicit bias towards American Indian people and American Indian mascots.

Empirical examinations of American Indian (AI) mascots have only recently entered into the discourse of mainstream psychology. The present studies examined implicit attitudes of non-AI people towards AI mascots and the extent to which they are related to attitudes towards AI people. Significant concordance was observed between negative bias toward AI mascots and AI people. Negative AI mascot bi...

American Indian health policy: historical trends and contemporary issues.

The United States has a trust responsibility to provide services to American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons. However, a long-standing history of underfunding of the Indian Health Service (IHS) has led to significant challenges in providing services. Twentieth century laws, including the Snyder Act, Transfer Act, Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, and Indian Healt...

Conference on american Indian science and health education.

Mental health and American Indian women's multiple roles.

The author's purpose in conducting this study was to identify the relationship of sex role orientation to indices of psychological well-being among 148 American Indian working women from the Midwest. Analyses revealed that the sex-typed group had significantly higher depression scores, higher role conflict scores, lower self-esteem scores and lower life satisfaction scores when compared with th...

Health beliefs and regimen adherence of the American Indian diabetic.

This study investigated relationships between demographic and medical variables, attitudes, perceived beliefs of others, coping methods and adherence to the regimen (diet, medications, activity, smoking and stress modification) of 30 controlled and 30 uncontrolled American Indian diabetics. At the time of the clinic visit, subjects completed a coping scale, Miller Attitude Scale, regimen adhere...