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Aronson, Benjamin D.; Sittner, Kelley J.; Walls, Melissa L. – Health Education & Behavior, 2020
Background: Medication adherence is negatively related to both diabetes distress (DD) and depressive symptoms (DS). Past research suggests gender differences in adherence, DD, and DS. A gap exists in determining if gender differences in adherence are mediated by DD and DS, or if gender moderates differences in adherence by DD/DS. Aims: This study…
Descriptors: Diabetes, Depression (Psychology), Gender Differences, Drug Therapy
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Simonds, Vanessa W.; Kim, Frances L.; LaVeaux, Deborah; Pickett, Velma; Milakovich, Jessica; Cummins, Jason – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: American Indian communities in the United States experience considerable health inequities, including increased exposure to environmental contaminants. Consequently, community members of the Apsáalooke (Crow) Nation identified the lack of water-related environmental knowledge among children as an area of concern. Aim: The purpose of…
Descriptors: Public Health, Tribes, American Indians, Children
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Siegler, Aaron J.; Mbwambo, Jessie K.; DiClemente, Ralph J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2013
This study applied the Dynamic Social Systems Model (DSSM) to the issue of HIV risk among the Maasai tribe of Tanzania, using data from a cross-sectional, cluster survey among 370 randomly selected participants from Ngorongoro and Siha Districts. A culturally appropriate survey instrument was developed to explore traditions reportedly coadunate…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Foreign Countries, Rural Areas, Risk
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Oetzel, John; Wallerstein, Nina; Solimon, Audrey; Garcia, Bruce; Siemon, Mark; Adeky, Sarah; Apachito, Gracie; Caston, Elissa; Finster, Carolyn; Belone, Lorenda; Tafoya, Greg – Health Education & Behavior, 2011
The purpose of this study was to develop a measure of community capacity for American Indian communities. The study included development and testing phases to ensure face, content, construct, and predictive validity. There were 500 participants in two southwest tribes who completed a detailed community profile, which contained 21 common items in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Physical Health, Predictive Validity, Factor Analysis
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Horn, Kimberly; McCracken, Lyn; Dino, Geri; Brayboy, Missy – Health Education & Behavior, 2008
Community-based participatory research provides communities and researchers with opportunities to develop interventions that are effective as well as acceptable and culturally competent. The present project responds to the voices of the North Carolina American Indian (AI) community and the desire for their youth to recognize tobacco addiction and…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Smoking, American Indians, Intervention
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Singer, Helen Harber; Kegler, Michelle Crozier – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
Network analysis is often cited as a method for assessing collaboration among organizations as an indicator of community capacity. The purpose of this study was to (1) document patterns of collaboration in organizational networks related to lead poisoning prevention in a Native American community and (2) examine measurement issues in using…
Descriptors: American Indians, Network Analysis, Poisoning, Educational Cooperation