Introduction: Misclassification of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) peoples exists across various databases in research and clinical practice. Oral health is associated with cancer incidence and survival; however, misclassification adds another layer of complexity to understanding the impact of poor oral health. The objective of this literature review was to systematically evaluate and analyze publications focused on racial misclassification of AI/AN racial identities among cancer surveillance data.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Oral health disparities related to access persist for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities compared to the general population, especially in rural areas of the United States. The objective of this study was to better understand community perspectives of oral health, how rurality impacts access to care, and attitudes towards the implementation of dental therapists in Oklahoma, particularly among the AI/AN population.
Methods: A descriptive, observational study design was utilized.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities
February 2024
Objective: Understanding the oral health workforce representing and serving American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities is vital to improving community dental health outcomes. No systematic review of recent published literature on the oral health workforce among this population has been completed.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of published literature examining the oral health workforce representing and serving AI/AN communities in the USA.
Oklahoma an ethnically, financially and geographically diverse population has unique oral health care challenges. These challenges include poor overall oral health, inadequate oral health coverage, significant physical access to care barriers and a shortage of oral health care workers. Just as the oral health care barriers are diverse, so are the potential solutions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Health care providers (HCPs) serving American Indian (AI) populations are critical stakeholders in promoting healthy weight-related behaviors of young AI children. The purpose of this study is to develop an understanding of how HCP perceive their role in the healthy development of young AI children, and how they envision working with early care and education teachers and parents to enhance children's health.
Method: Twenty HCP that serve young AI children in Oklahoma participated in individual interviews.
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to develop an understanding of how stakeholders, specifically early care and education (ECE) teachers, perceive their role in the development of young American Indian children, and envision working with health care providers and parents in order to enhance children's health.
Methodology: Twenty tribally affiliated ECE teachers from Oklahoma participated in interviews. Thematic analysis was conducted, and three main themes, each with two to three subthemes, emerged.
The toxicity data of chemicals common to both the Poecilia reticulata mortality assay and the Tetrahymena pyriformis growth impairment assay were evaluated. Two chemicals were not toxic at saturation in the T. pyriformis assay.
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