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Section 12
Demographic and Social Challenges in American Indian
and Alaska Native Children's Development

Question 12 | Test | Table of Contents

National Institute of Health 

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- Sarche, Michelle and Spicer, Paul. Poverty and Health Disparities for American Indian and Alaska Native Children: Current Knowledge and Future Prospects. National Institute of Health. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2008. pg. 1-6.
Reviewed 2023

Update
Development of "CULTURE FORWARD:
A Strengths and Culture-Based Tool
to Protect Our Native Youth from Suicide"

- Markham, C. M., Rushing, S. C., Manthei, J., Singer, M., Jessen, C., Gorman, G., Peskin, M. F., Hernandez, B. F., Sacca, L., Evans, G. S., Luna-Meza, C., Merritt, Z., & Shegog, R. (2022). The Healthy Native Youth Implementation Toolbox: Using Implementation Mapping to adapt an online decision support system to promote culturally-relevant sexual health education for American Indian and Alaska Native youth. Frontiers in public health, 10, 889924.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Gloppen, K., McMorris, B., Gower, A., & Eisenberg, M. (2018). Associations between bullying involvement, protective factors, and mental health among American Indian youth. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(4), 413–421. 

McAdams, D. P. (2019). Young men fight wars, and they do it for the tribe. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 25(4), 349–350. 

Mohatt, N. V., Fok, C. C. T., Burket, R., Henry, D., & Allen, J. (2011). Assessment of awareness of connectedness as a culturally-based protective factor for Alaska native youth. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 17(4), 444–455.

Mujica, C., Alvarez, K., Tendulkar, S., Cruz-Gonzalez, M., & Alegría, M. (2020). Association between patient-provider racial and ethnic concordance and patient-centered communication in outpatient mental health clinics. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 30(3), 423–439. 

Scott, W. D., Clapp, J., Mileviciute, I., & Mousseau, A. (2016). Children’s Depression Inventory: A unidimensional factor structure for American Indian and Alaskan native youth. Psychological Assessment, 28(1), 81–91.

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