Advancing health equity for Native American youth : workshop summary / Karen M. Anderson and Steve Olson, rapporteurs ; Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities ; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice ; Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Karen M., rapporteur.

Contributor:

Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities.

Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice.

Health and Medicine Division, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine.

Anderson, Karen M., rapporteur.

Olsen, Steven, rapporteur.

Conference Name:

Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth (Workshop) (2014 : Albuquerque, N.M.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality--Health aspects.

Equality.

Equality--Health aspects--United States.

Health--Social aspects--United States.

Health.

Public health--Social aspects--United States.

Public health.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (75 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2016.

Summary:

"More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emotional, and physical health concerns facing young people today are especially prevalent with Native youth (e.g., depression, violence, and substance abuse). Adolescent Native Americans have death rates two to five times the rate of whites in the same age group because of higher levels of suicide and a variety of risky behaviors (e.g., drug and alcohol use, inconsistent school attendance). Violence, including intentional injuries, homicide, and suicide, accounts for three-quarters of deaths for Native American youth ages 12 to 20. Suicide is the second leading cause of death--and 2.5 times the national rate--for Native youth ages 15 to 24. Arrayed against these health problems are vital cultural strengths on which Native Americans can draw. At a workshop held in 2012, by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, presenters described many of these strengths, including community traditions and beliefs, social support networks, close-knit families, and individual resilience. In May 2014, the Academies held a follow-up workshop titled Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth. Participants discussed issues related to (1) the visibility of racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care as a national problem, (2) the development of programs and strategies by and for Native and Indigenous communities to reduce disparities and build resilience, and (3) the emergence of supporting Native expertise and leadership. This report summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Voices of native youth. Education and health

reaching out to others

health and the community

Gardening as the path to wellness

Exercise, health, and commitment

Information and support

The influence of social media

The role of grandmothers

The effects of money

The wisdom of youth

Contributors to resilience. Protective factors in nurturing environments

Protective factors and suicide

Health and well-being. Culturally based interventions for the prevention of substance use and abuse among Native American youth

The joys and challenges of helping Native youth tell their stories about health and wellness

Addressing health disparities through education. Valuing traditions and new pathways

Hope, enrichment, and learning

The combined B.A./M.D. degree program

Sheep, ceremony, and textbooks : a Native undergraduate's testimony

Tribal science : ensuring the evolution and practice of indigenous scientists and researchers in the 21st century and beyond

American Indians and the health professions : a growing crisis

Scholarship requirements.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 25, 2016).

ISBN:

0-309-37616-5

0-309-37614-9