Alaskan Natives . comprehensive health and wellness policies and plans that Food include provisions to promote healthy eating, The National Nutrition Health disparities Congress of American Indians Policy Research Center Tribal Public Health Law project is one tool RDNs can use to find resources tailored to tribal governments working to develop 2212-2672/Published by Elsevier Jnc. on behalf of ...

The sickle gene is widespread among many tribal population groups in India with prevalence of heterozygotes varying from 1-40 per cent. Co-inheritance of the sickle gene with β-thalassaemia, HbD Punjab and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency has also been reported. Most of the screening programmes in India now use high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis although t...

The health of women is linked to their status in the society. The demographic consequence of the women has formed expression in various forms, such as female infanticide, higher death rate, lower sex ratio, low literacy level and lower level of employment of women in the non-agricultural sector as compared to men. Generally, at household level, cultural norms and practices and socio-economic fa...

Background—Oklahoma law pre-empts local governments from enacting smoking restrictions inside public places that are stricter than state law, but the sovereign status of Oklahoma’s 38 Tribal nations means they are uniquely positioned to stand apart as leaders in the area of tobacco policy. Purpose—To provide recommendations for employing university–Tribal partnerships as an effective strategy f...

The environmental health goals of many Native American tribes are to restore natural resources and ensure that they are safe to harvest and consume in traditional subsistence quantities. Therefore, it is important to tribes to accurately estimate risks incurred through the consumption of subsistence foods. This article explores problems in conventional fish consumption survey methods used in wi...

BACKGROUND Jharkhand, a state with substantial tribal population in Eastern India has very high rate of undernutrition. The study tries to understand the social determinants of inequities in under-nutrition (weight-for-age) among children aged less than 5 years, in Gumla District of the State. METHODS Cross sectional study of 1070 children from 32 villages of 4 Blocks of Gumla District. RES...

An ethnobotanical survey was conduction in 20 tribal villages of Panchamahals district of Gujarat, inhabited by various tribal groups. The present communication records 36 plant species belongings to 34 genera and 27 families used by them in the treatment of various diseases and ailments.

This paper provides two-stage estimates of the economic impact of Indian gaming on tribal members. Gaming increases income among tribal members in all areas and increases employment, by reducing the number of out of the labor force, in rural areas. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.