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Resources by Topic: Racial and ethnic groups

Housing in the Border Colonias
Details the social, economic, and housing characteristics of the border colonias region. Describes the development of the dominant housing provision along the U.S.-Mexico border and includes information on housing quality.
Date: 08/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Housing Assistance Council
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Overview of Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG) Supportive Services
Describes the academic and individual/family supportive services offered by the Tribal Health Profession Opportunity Grants grantee programs to participating students. Types of services discussed include tuition assistance, mentoring, tutoring, housing, childcare, and other types of support designed to meet the needs of American Indian/Alaska Native students being trained to work in healthcare.
Author(s): Michael Meit, Sara Levintow, Heather Langerman, et al.
Date: 07/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
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Stakeholder Recommendations for Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services
Provides guidance for California's mental health and substance use services with stakeholder input. Addresses rural issues related to delivering and financing services, including workforce shortages and Medicare rates. Highlights telemedicine as a potential solution and the importance of coordinating primary and mental healthcare. Summarizes project reports from the California Reducing Disparities Project for various ethnic and minority groups, including rural data for Native Americans.
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: California Department of Health Care Services
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Health Literacy, Health Communication Challenges, and Cancer Screening among Rural Native Hawaiian and Filipino Women
Details a study based on 6 focus groups with Native Hawaiian and Filipino women in rural Hawaii. Breaks down participants' data by cancer screening history, family and personal history with cancer, self-reported health literacy, and demographic information, such as race, age, educational attainment, and marital status, among others. Also discusses cultural competency and language barriers.
Author(s): Tetine Sentell, May Rose Dela Cruz, Hyun Hee Heo, Katheryn Braun
Citation: Journal of Cancer Education, 28(2), 325-334
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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A Church-Based Diet and Physical Activity Intervention for Rural, Lower Mississippi Delta African American Adults: Delta Body and Soul Effectiveness Study, 2010–2011
Study of 6-month-long interventions in 8 self-selected churches in 4 counties. Features statistics including sex, weight group, smoking status, employment, types of chronic disease and medication use, and levels of physical activity.
Author(s): Lisa Tussing-Humphreys, Jessica L. Thomson, Tanyatta Mayo, Emanuel Edmond
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 06/2013
Type: Document
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Cooperative Strategies to Develop Effective Stroke and Heart Attack Awareness Messages in Rural American Indian Communities, 2009-2010
Describes implementation of culturally specific public awareness media campaigns designed by the Montana Cardiovascular Health Program and two tribal health departments to improve early recognition of heart attack and stroke warning signs.
Author(s): Carrie S. Oser, Dorothy Gohdes, Crystelle C. Fogle, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 10
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Elder Abuse in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities
Analyzes utilization rates of elder abuse prevention programs and tribal programs among American Indian and Alaskan Native communities as an indicator for those at risk of abuse.
Author(s): Jacob Davis
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
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Stress, Depression, and Coping among Latino Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
Presents the findings of three focus groups and a quantitative survey of farmworkers in North Carolina. Working conditions were found to be related to both physical and mental stress, as well as lack of resources, family issues, and documentation status.
Author(s): Sloane Burke Winkelman, Elizabeth H. Chaney, Jeffrey W. Bethel
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 10(5), 1815-1830
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Sequestration: The Impact on the Most At-Risk Population - Native Youth
Describes agencies and programs providing services to Native American youth regarding health programs and services, education, housing, juvenile justice, child welfare, and social services. Covers the effects of sequestration on those services and shares impact stories from the perspective of Native American youth.
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Aspen Institute
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The State of the Border Report: A Comprehensive Analysis of the U.S.-México Border
Examines the management of the U.S.-Mexico border and border region according to four core areas: trade and economic development, security, sustainability, and quality of life.
Author(s): Erik Lee, Christopher E. Wilson, Francisco Lara-Valencia, et al.
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, North American Center for Transborder Studies, Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute
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