Problematic alcohol use is a major health concern for many Native communities in both Canada and the United States (Spillane & Smith, 2007, 2010; Spillane, Smith, & Kahler, in press). Because health disparities related to alcohol use are pronounced in this population (Beauvais, 1996; Whitesell et al., 2007), it is important to study factors that may contribute to risk for this set of problems. ...

Eliminating disparities in health status and access to health services for all U.S. populations is one of the two overarching goals of the Healthy People 2010 national public health agenda, making it a top priority for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the public health community (3). Although health disparities have persisted in the United States for well over 100 years,...

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce Report “A Nation Online: How Americans are Expanding their Use of the Internet,” computer ownership and Internet use are rapidly becoming more equally distributed across households in the United States. The authors of “A Nation Online” use two statistical arguments to support this claim: 1) annual rates of increase for computer and Internet use are i...

Abstract This contribution outlines a case for reconsidering US history in the nineteenth century. The standard approach tells “story of nation” after 1783 from an internal standpoint that minimizes external connections. Historians empire, however, distinguish between formal and effective independence trace lines continuity lead one to other. If applied newly decolonized United States, this per...