Author: Jennie R. Joe
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN: 0313397139
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Department of Health and Human Services reported that Native American women are second only to African American women in terms of death rate due to homicide and drug abuse. Psychiatric disorders such as depression and obesity-related diseases like diabetes are also common among Native populations. Not surprisingly, poverty, limited access to preventive health care, and some cultural barriers are at the heart of many of these persistent health disparities.