Health and social issues of native American women

Acknowledgements Foreword Judith Salmon Kaur 1: Introduction Jennie R. Joe and Francine C. Gachupin 2: Changing and Diverse Roles of Women in American Indian Culture Teresa D. LaFromboise and Bayley J. Marquez 3: Alaska Native Women: Forty Years of Sociocultural change Rosita Kaahani Worl 4: The Impact of Federal Government Policies on American Indian and Alaska Native Health Care Terry M. Maresca 5: Health Disparity: The Morbidity and Mortality Picture Linda Burhanisstipanov 6: Becoming an Elder: Native Women Aging Emily A. Haozous and R. Turner Goins 7: Addressing Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Native American Communities Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan 8: The Struggle with the Devastation of Diabetes Jennie R. Joe 9: Domestic Violence in American Indian Communities: Background, Culture, and Legal Issues Mary Rogers and Jennifer Giroux 10. Native American Women: HIV/AIDS Risk and Activism Irene S. Vernon 11. Differences in Cancer Patterns in American Indian/Alaska Native Women Across the U.S. Teshia G. Arambula Solomon and Carol Goldtooth-Begay 12. Three Native Sister: Being Young and the Need to Fit-in Nina S. Wampler and Lorenda Belone 13. Protections to Consider when Engaging American Indians/ Alaska Natives in Human Subject Research Francine C. Guchapin 14. Contributors' Biographies