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American Indian/Alaska Native Health Disparities Selective Bibliography of Recent Reports

American Indian and Alaska Native Health Issue Paper . Kansas City , MO : National Rural Health Association, 2006, 9 p.
Available online at http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/index.cfm?objectid=3F9CB56A-1185-6B66-8843A2E479EC8794 Exit Disclaimer

Broken Promises:  Evaluating the Native American Health Care System. Washington , DC : U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2004.
Available online at http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/nahealth/nabroken.pdf [PDF | 1.7 MB]

Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Population : United States, 1999-2003 [Advance Data from Vital and Health Statistics, No. 356, April 27, 2005] . Hyattsville , MD : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics, 2005, 22 p.
Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf [PDF | 631 KB]

Health Disparities Affecting Minorities: American Indians and Alaska Natives . Atlanta , GA : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities (OMHD), 2006; 2 p., ill.
Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/omhd/Brochures/PDFs/AIAN.pdf [PDF | 408 KB]

Health Disparities Experienced by American Indians and Alaska Natives. [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Vol. 52, No. 30, August 1, 2003] . Hyattsville , MD : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics (CDC), 2003; 1 vol.
Available online at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5230a1.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5230.pdf [PDF | 340 KB]

Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Health Care for American Indian and Alaska Native Elders (Policy Brief) . Minneapolis , MN and Grand Forks , ND : Upper Midwest Rural Health Research Center , October 2007; 6 p.
Available online at http://www.uppermidwestrhrc.org/pdf/policybrief_native_elders.pdf [PDF | 165KB] Exit Disclaimer

The Health Status of Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives: An Analysis of Select Vital Records and Census Data Sources . Seattle , WA : Urban Indian Health Institute, 2004; vi, 32 p., includes appendices.
Available online at http://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/2004healthstatusreport.pdf [PDF | 1.25 MB] Exit Disclaimer

Invisible Tribes: Urban Indians and Their Health in a Changing World . Seattle , WA : Urban Indian Health Institute, 2007; 42 p.
Available online at http://www.rwjf.org/files/research/uihc2007report.pdf [PDF | 1.03 MB] Exit Disclaimer

Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity -- A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General . Rockville , MD : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services, 2001, 203 p.
Available online at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/cre/sma-01-3613.pdf [PDF | 1.61 MB]

Intercultural Cancer Council. American Indians/Alaska Natives & Cancer.
http://iccnetwork.org/cancerfacts/ICC-CFS2.pdf [PDF | 80 KB] Exit Disclaimer

Promises to Keep: Public Health Policy for American Indians and Alaska Natives in the 21st Century . Washington , DC : American Public Health Association (APHA), 2001; xxi, 311 p. http://www.apha.org/

A Quiet Crisis : Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country . Washington , DC : U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2003; xiv, 124 p. Includes glossary.
Available online at http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/na0703/na0731.pdf [PDF | 738 KB]

"The Rationing of Healthcare and Health Disparity for the American Indians/Alaska Natives", p. 558-551, In: Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care . Washington , DC : National Academies Press, Institute of Medicine , 2002 .

Reported Health and Health-influencing Behaviors Among Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives: An Analysis of Data Collected by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System . Seattle , WA : Urban Indian Health Institute, 2008, 35p., appendices.
Available online at http://www.uihi.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/health_health-influencing_behaviors_among_urban_indiansupdate-12102008.pdf [PDF | 1.05 MB] Exit Disclaimer

A Review of the Quality of Health Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives . New York , NY : Commonwealth Fund, 2004; 28 p.
Available online at http://www.cmwf.org/usr_doc/roubideaux_qualityhltcare_aians_756.pdf [PDF | 170 KB] Exit Disclaimer

Strategies for Cultural Competency in Indian Health Care . Washington , DC : American Public Health Association (APHA), 2006; vii, 155 p. http://www.apha.org/

Strong Heart Study Data Book: a Report to American Indian Communities . Bethesda , MD : NHLBI, 2001, 56 p.
Available online at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/docs/shs_db.pdf [PDF | 581 KB]

Urban Indian Health Organization Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit Aggregate Report, 2000-2005 . Seattle , WA : Urban Indian Health Institute, 2007; [16p.]
Available online at http://www.uihi.org/publications/reports/ Exit Disclaimer (see list of reports)

We the People: American Indians and Alaska Natives in the United States . Washington , D.C. , U.S. Census Bureau, 2006, 23 p.
Available online at http://www.census.gov/prod/2006pubs/censr-28.pdf [PDF | 752 KB]

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