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Ravindran, Neeraja; Myers, Barbara J. – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2012
This conceptual paper considers the role of culture in shaping family, professional, and community understanding of developmental disabilities and their treatments. The meanings of health, illness, and disability vary greatly across cultures and across time. We use Bronfenbrenner's ecological model to provide a theoretical framework for examining…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Health
Haller, Edwin W., Ed.; Myers, Ruth A., Ed. – 1986
This document contains edited versions of tape-recorded speeches given at a conference titled "American Indians and Alaskan Natives in Biomedical Research." The proceedings is divided into two sections: "Research in the Biomedical Sciences: American Indians Speak Out" that includes presentations on aspects of biomedical careers and their federal…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indians