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Conducting a Formative Evaluation of an Intervention Promoting Mammography Screening in an American Indian Community: The Native Women's Health Project
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Tolma, Eleni L.; Stoner, Julie A.; Thomas, Cara; Engelman, Kimberly; Li, Ji; Dichkov, Aleksandar; Neely, Norma – American Journal of Health Education, 2019
Background: Breast cancer is an important public health issue among American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women. However, there are very few published studies describing the evaluation of breast health promotion programs among AI/AN women. Purpose: To describe the formative evaluation of a multicomponent intervention to promote mammography…
Descriptors: American Indians, Females, Cancer, Public Health
Creating a Culturally Appropriate Web-Based Behavioral Intervention for American Indian/Alaska Native Women in Southern California: The Healthy Women Healthy Native Nation Study
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Gorman, Jessica R.; Clapp, John D.; Calac, Daniel; Kolander, Chelsea; Nyquist, Corinna; Chambers, Christina D. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2013
Health disparities in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) are of high importance to American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. We conducted focus groups and interviews with 21 AI/AN women and key informants in Southern California to modify a brief, Web-based program for screening and prevention of prenatal alcohol use. This process…
Descriptors: Females, Alaska Natives, American Indians, Internet
Culture and Self in Career Development: Working with American Indians
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Juntunen, Cindy L.; Cline, Kara – Journal of Career Development, 2010
The career development concerns of American Indians continue to receive limited attention in the vocational or career literature. To address this deficit, the current article will apply the cultural formulation approach to career counseling with American Indians. This article presents information on factors related to cultural and self-identity…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Counseling, Career Development, Cultural Influences
Intimate Partner Violence in American Indian and/or Alaska Native Communities: A Social Ecological Framework of Determinants and Interventions
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Oetzel, John; Duran, Bonnie – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research The Journal of the National Center, 2004
This essay synthesizes the research on intimate partner violence (IPV) in American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities using a social ecological framework. The review of literature demonstrates that American Indian and/or Alaska Native women are at an elevated risk for IPV compared to non-American Indian women and thus this essay describes…
Descriptors: Cultural Relevance, Females, Alaska Natives, American Indians
From User to Counselor: Char's Story of Transformation.
Merritt, Judy – Winds of Change, 1996
Relates how a Native American single mother and former drug user turned her life around and went to college to become a substance abuse therapist. During therapy groups with other Native Americans, she promotes healing by stressing the importance of family, parenting, self-esteem, and relationships, as opposed to focusing on the participant's…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indian Culture, American Indians, Cultural Relevance
Handbook of Career Counseling for Women. 2nd Edition. Contemporary Topics in Vocational Psychology Series
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Walsh, W. Bruce, Ed.; Heppner, Mary, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2006
The goal of this book is to give career counselors knowledge awareness, and skills to work with diverse girls and women to make their lives as authentic, meaningful, and rewarding as they can possibly be. It is designed to help career counselors work with diverse girls and women as they pursue the ever widening choices in their lives. In addition,…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Females, Career Development, History