Various models of community research have been employed to assess community health
needs and address community health problems. Infant mortality remains a problem in urban …

The 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles highlights the need for social work mental health
researchers to treat racial and ethnic relations in urban settings as serious areas of inquiry …

Describes the structure and functions of the Indian Health Service, which is responsible for
providing mental health services to approximately 500,000 American Indian and Alaska …

METHODS In 1999, the University of New Mexico Masters of Public Health Program
received a 3-year grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of a …

American Indians and Alaska Natives continue to experience significant disparities in health
status compared with the US general population and now are facing the new challenges of …

Although a variety of health concerns have been documented, little is presently known about
the mental health challenges facing Samoan Americans in Southern California. This …

Developing evidence for practice is particularly difficult when attempting to accurately
capture the experiences of diverse communities. In American Indian communities, the lack of …

The West Indian Family: Treatment Challenges Page 1 Shirley Thrasher and Gary Anderson
The West Indian Family: Treatment Challenges The authors discuss the culture-specific …

The clash between Western and Indigenous ways of knowing has been epitomized by the
“parachuting model” of the Western researcher who drops onto the reservation, collects …

With the growth of the Asian American population in the Southern region of the United
States, mainstream and Asian American community must be aware of both informal and …