Publications & Maps

• The Indian Healthcare Improvement Act: Implications for North Dakota Tribes
  Policy brief providing an overview of healthcare issues facing American Indians in North Dakota, with discussion of the impact of the Indian Healthcare Improvement Act.
  Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
  Author(s): McDonald, F.
  Date: November 2004
  Type: Policy Brief
• North Dakota Health Professions: Nursing
  Facts on the supply and demand for nurses in North Dakota. Includes data for registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs).
  Author(s): Moulton, P.
  Date: November 2004
  Type: Fact Sheet
• North Dakota's Uninsured and Uncompensated Care: Costs and Coverage Options
  Policy brief on health insurance coverage and the uninsured in North Dakota. Discusses the financial impact of uncompensated care on the healthcare system and describes several methods for expanding health insurance coverage.
  Author(s): Kruger, G.
  Date: November 2004
  Type: Policy Brief
• North Dakota Nursing Needs Study: Licensed Nurse Survey – Year 2
  Reports licensed nurse survey results including the topics of demographic statistics, income, pursing a faculty role, part-time employment, primary and secondary employment settings, direct patient care, retirement plans, workplace environments, and nursing shortage solutions.
  Author(s): Moulton, P., Wakefield, M., & Bennett, C.
  Date: July 2004
  Type: Report
• Nursing Faculty Focus Group Results
  Reports results from a survey of nursing faculty focus groups. Covers demographics, workload, use of technology to teach on-line courses, faculty recruitment and retention, shortage solutions, and focus group discussion results. These topics include expanding clinical sites, alternative clinical site scheduling, lab space and equipment, use of information technology to outreach courses, student recruitment issues, recruitment of qualified faculty, barriers to obtaining full professor status, preventing faculty loss due to retirement, and encouraging students to pursue faculty roles.
  Author(s): Moulton, P., & Speaker, P.
  Date: July 2004
  Type: Report
• North Dakota Nursing Needs Study: Student Survey Results
  Reports results from a survey of students covering demographics, factors in choosing a nursing career or nursing education program, clinical experience, areas of nursing expertise, post-graduation plans, future nursing faculty role plans, nursing shortage solutions, recommendation of nursing profession to relatives, and additional comments about nursing education or practice.
  Author(s): Moulton, P., & Speaker, K.
  Date: June 2004
  Type: Report
• Health Literacy Review: Promoting Wellness in American Indian Communities; Addressing Health Disparities and Health Literacy; Communicating with our Clients
  
  Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
  Author(s): National Resource Center on Native American Aging
  Date: May 2004
  Type: Resource
• Healthcare Facility Survey Results: 2004
  Reports on a survey of registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) in hospitals and long-term care facilities in North Dakota. Covers recruitment, salary and staffing issues along with suggested solutions for the nursing shortage.
  Author(s): Moulton, P., Evenson, D., & Wakefield, M.
  Date: April 2004
  Type: Report
• Depression in Northern Plains Indians is Associated with Physical Health and Fitness, Dietary Intakes, Food Insecurity and Cultural Identification
  This study examined the relationships between depression and physical health and fitness, dietary intakes, food insecurity and cultural identification among Northern Plains American Indians.
  Author(s): Penland, J.G., Gray, J.S., Lambert, P., Gonzalez, J., Wilson, E.L., & Lukaski, H.C.
  Publication: The FASEB Journal, 18(4), A516
  Date: March 2004
  Type: Journal Article
• Informal Caregivers: Challenges in Providing Care
  Family caregiving is experiencing significant growth as the U.S. population ages. Care is also shifting away from institutions to home and community based care. Family-based care is an important component in the array of services available to the aged.
  Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
  Author(s): McDonald, L., & Ludtke, R.
  Date: 2004
  Type: Fact Sheet