Reducing Disparities in Adolescent Pregnancy Among US Tribal Youths.

Am J Public Health

Kendra King Bowes is with Native American Management Services, Inc., Reston, VA. Barri B. Burrus is with RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC. Sarah Axelson is with the Family & Youth Services Bureau, Washington, DC. Milagros Garrido is with Healthy Teen Network, Baltimore, MD. Adriana Kimbriel is with the California Rural Indian Health Board, Sacramento, CA. Lisa Abramson is with the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Sault Ste. Marie. Gwenda Gorman is with the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Phoenix. Angela Dancer is with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Hugo. Terrill White is from Tulsa, OK. PJ Beaudry is with the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen's Health Board, Rapid City, SD. Barri B. Burrus is also a Guest Editor for this supplement issue.

Published: February 2018

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