Health and social issues of native American women

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Health and social issues of native American women / Jennie R. Joe and Francine C. Gachupin, editors ; foreword by Judith Salmon Kaur, MD.

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction: Native American women, health, and social issues / Jennie R. Joe, Francine C. Gachupin -- Interpretation of changing and diverse roles of Native American women in light of twenty-first-century lived experience / Teresa D. LaFromboise, Bayley J. Marquez -- Alaska native women: 40 years of sociocultural change / Rosita Kaahani Worl -- The impact of federal government policies on American Indian and Alaska Native health care / Terry M. Maresca -- Health disparity: the morbidity and mortality picture / Linda Burbansstipanov -- Becoming an elder: Native Women and aging / Emily A. Haozous, R. Turner Goins -- Addressing food security and food sovereignty in Native American communities / Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan -- The struggle with the devastation of diabetes / Jennie R. Joe -- Domestic violence in American Indian communities: background, culture, and legal issues / Mary Rogers, Jennifer Giroux -- Native American women: HIV/AIDS risk and activism / Irene S. Vernon -- Differences in cancer patterns in American Indian and Alaska native women across the United States / Teshia G. Arambula Solomon, Carol Goldtooth-Begay -- Three native sisters: being young and the need to fit in / Nina S. Wampler, Larenda Belone -- Protections to consider when engaging American Indians/Alaska natives in human subject research / Francine C. Gachupin.