Abstract The Indigenous peoples of North America are heirs to the shattering legacy of
European colonization. These brutal histories of land dispossession, military conquest …

Background Community health needs and assets assessment is a means of identifying and
describing community health needs and resources, serving as a mechanism to gain the …

Beginning in 2009, Detroit's urban American Indian health center entered into a
collaborative and participatory partnership with a university research team. The purpose of …

American Indians suffer from disproportionately high rates of mental health problems.
Professional therapies may not meet the specific mental health needs of American Indians …

Background Despite rich cultural, lingual, and tribal assets, American Indian and Alaska
Native (AIAN) children experience suboptimal educational outcomes that start before …

This study explores behavioral health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
(AIANs) at six Urban Indian Health Programs (UIHPs). Interviews and focus groups with …

Background: Individuals often report concurrent social risk factors such as food insecurity,
unstable housing, and transportation barriers. Comparing relative changes between pairs of …

Using a nationally representative dataset (Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort)
and bioecological-cumulative disadvantage framework, the present study investigated the …

This article discusses a community-based participatory research project with university
researchers, an urban inter-tribal center, and other community partners to develop …

This qualitative interpretive study aimed to describe the experiences of 13 American Indians
living in urban settings and their use of traditional healing and biomedical health services for …