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National Resource Center on Native American Aging Publications

The National Resource Center on Native American Aging produces a variety of publications. On this page, you will find:

  • Journal of Native Aging and Health
  • Native Aging Visions
  • Native Aging Fact
  • Testimony
  • Reports
  • Peer Reviewed
  • Non-Peer Reviewed
  • Resources

Journal of Native Aging and Health

The NRCNAA supports The Journal of Native Aging and Health, which contains peer-reviewed articles that address Native aging, health and related issues. Pamela J. Kalbfleisch from the University of North Dakota School of Communication is the editor. To subscribe or submit an article, please visit http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/scomm/jnah.html, email Yearbook@und.edu, or call (701) 777-2673.

Native Aging Visions

The NRCNAA creates and disseminates the Native Aging Visions newsletter, which provides information on current aging issues and activities of the Center. We are always looking for articles from Native elders regarding health and social programs, ideas or special people in your community.

Please feel free to mail, fax, or e-mail us your information. Also, if you would like to be added to the mailing list, please contact: (800) 896-7628 or: kruliffson@medicine.nodak.edu

The publication is disseminated to over 3,500 Native elders, aging organizations tribes (including pueblos and Rancherias), villages, homelands, and others interested.

Native Aging Facts

Fact Sheets are produced and distributed with the Native Aging Visions. They include analysis of the national data from the Identifying our Needs: A Survey of Elders to point report the trends and offer recommendations.

Testimony

Reports

Resources

Non-Peer Reviewed

Peer Reviewed

  • Body Mass Index and Cancer Screening in Older American Indian and Alaska Native Men,
    Journal of Rural Health, Winter 2009
    Regular screenings are important for reducing cancer morbidity and mortality. There are several barriers to receiving timely cancer screening, including overweight/obesity. No study has examined the relationship between overweight/obesity and cancer screening among American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs).
  • Native American Elders' Health Congruence: The Role of Gender and Corresponding Functional Well-being, Hospital Admissions, and Social Engagement, Vol 13(8) 1072–1081 2008
    Addressing the need to explore how Native American (NA) elders’ subjective health (SH) compares to their objective health (OH; chronic disease conditions), we examined whether: congruence between 8191 NA elders’ SH and OH parallels that of non-NA elders; health optimism (SH > OH) is protective and health pessimism (SH < OH), is detrimental; and whether gender moderates links between health congruence and health-related outcomes. Results comparing health optimists and pessimists to realists in functioning, hospitalizations, and social engagement showed optimists experienced better outcomes; pessimists had poorer outcomes; the role of health congruence differed by gender. Findings suggest implications for improving health-related outcomes among NA elders.