Full Description
This book serves as a much-needed source of information on the social and health issues that impact the health of Native American women in the United States, accompanied by invaluable historical, cultural, and other contextual data about this sociocultural group.
Health and Social Issues of Native American Women is the first book that specifically explores and discusses health and related social issues within the world of Native American women, providing strong historical and cultural perspectives as well as other contextual information that is often missing or misrepresented in other works about Native American women.
Comprising contributions from mostly Native American women scholars, the work presents key background information on native women's health, health care delivery systems, and sociocultural history, and its chapters address the changing role of native women in Alaska and other parts of Indian country. Each author taps her specific area of expertise and knowledge to spotlight specific native women's health problems, such as nutrition, aging, domestic violence, diabetes, and substance abuse.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Judith Salmon Kaur
1: Introduction
Jennie R. Joe and Francine C. Gachupin
2: Changing and Diverse Roles of Women in American Indian Culture
Teresa D. LaFromboise and Bayley J. Marquez
3: Alaska Native Women: Forty Years of Sociocultural change
Rosita Kaahani Worl
4: The Impact of Federal Government Policies on American Indian and Alaska Native Health Care
Terry M. Maresca
5: Health Disparity: The Morbidity and Mortality Picture
Linda Burhanisstipanov
6: Becoming an Elder: Native Women Aging
Emily A. Haozous and R. Turner Goins
7: Addressing Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Native American Communities
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan
8: The Struggle with the Devastation of Diabetes
Jennie R. Joe
9: Domestic Violence in American Indian Communities: Background, Culture, and Legal Issues
Mary Rogers and Jennifer Giroux
10. Native American Women: HIV/AIDS Risk and Activism
Irene S. Vernon
11. Differences in Cancer Patterns in American Indian/Alaska Native Women Across the U.S.
Teshia G. Arambula Solomon and Carol Goldtooth-Begay
12. Three Native Sister: Being Young and the Need to Fit-in
Nina S. Wampler and Lorenda Belone
13. Protections to Consider when Engaging American Indians/
Alaska Natives in Human Subject Research
Francine C. Guchapin
14. Contributors' Biographies
