Wellness

This topic page provides a brief overview of the Center for Rural Health’s activities relating to Wellness. This page contains a list of projects, key staff, and information pulled from the publications, presentations, events, news, and maps section of the CRH web site.

Projects

Carol M. White Grant Evaluation -- Evaluation of the after school recreation program in 18 Northwestern Minnesota school districts.
Healthcare Needs of North Dakota American Indian Veterans -- The purpose of this project was to conduct a statewide assessment of health status, healthcare access, and health risk of AI veterans residing on North Dakota’s four reservations and one Indian service area
National Resource Center on Native American Aging -- Improving the quality of life for Native elders through research, training and technical assistance.
State Epidemiological Outcomes Workgroup -- To utilize relevant state, tribal, and local data to guide substance use prevention planning, programming and evaluation.
State Office of Rural Health -- A federal-state partnership to help rural communities build their health care services through public and private partnerships and initiatives in rural health development.

Staff

Presentations

Obesity in American Indian and Alaska Native Elders
Presented by Muus, K., McDonald, L., Ludtke, R., & Allery, A. on Apr 6, 2006 at the American Indian Research Forum, Grand Forks, ND.

Publications

The Elders’ Obesity Challenge, McDonald, L., Ludtke, R., Allery, A., & Muus, K., Fall, 2005
Obesity is an increasingly prominent threat to good health among all Americans, contributing to an estimated 400,000 deaths annually and costing about $122.9 billion, a figure that is comparable to the economic costs of cigarette smoking.
Healthy Traditions: Recipes of our Ancestors, Goodwin, J. & Hall, J., November, 2004
A compilation of recipes gathered through the National Resource Center on Native American Aging's traditional recipe project.

Maps

Center for Rural Health Activities in North Dakota, 2003-2007 -- Displays the location of the Center for Rural Health's activites, from 2003 - 2007, in North Dakota.