AIMC Topic: Indians, North American

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Mino-Bimaadiziwin and the Pursuit of Harmony.

Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
Academic AbstractTheories of well-being are heavily influenced by Western viewpoints; even when Majority World perspectives are incorporated, psychologists often fail to consider the rich cultural knowledge of the Indigenous peoples of North America....

Social Media Recruitment in Indigenous and Native American Populations: Challenges in the AI Age.

JMIR public health and surveillance
Using social media recruitment for public health research presents both opportunities and challenges. Despite its increased use, few studies have detailed the practical issues, challenges encountered, and alternative strategies available for social m...

Leveraging AI to improve disease screening among American Indians: insights from the Strong Heart Study.

Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)
Screening tests for disease have their performance measured through sensitivity and specificity, which inform how well the test can discriminate between those with and without the condition. Typically, high values for sensitivity and specificity are ...

Flexibility and resilience in equity-centered research: lessons learned conducting a randomized controlled trial of a family-based substance use prevention program for American Indian families.

Frontiers in public health
Meaningful and effective community engagement lies at the core of equity-centered research, which is a powerful tool for addressing health disparities in American Indian (AI) communities. It is essential for centering Indigenous wisdom as a source of...

Association of a Serum Protein Signature With Rheumatoid Arthritis Development.

Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)
OBJECTIVE: The pathophysiologic events that precede the onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) remain incompletely understood. This study was undertaken to identify changes in the serum proteome that precede the onset of RA, with the aim of providing new...

Motivational interviewing and culture for urban Native American youth (MICUNAY): A randomized controlled trial.

Journal of substance abuse treatment
To date, few programs that integrate traditional practices with evidence-based practices have been developed, implemented, and evaluated with urban American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) using a strong research design. The current study recruited u...

Disparities in the Treatment and Outcome of Stage I Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer in the 21st Century.

Clinical lung cancer
BACKGROUND: African American (AA) individuals are less likely to receive treatment and more likely to die from cancer compared with Caucasian (C) individuals. Recent advancements in surgery and radiation have improved outcomes in early stage non-smal...

Accurate Diabetes Risk Stratification Using Machine Learning: Role of Missing Value and Outliers.

Journal of medical systems
Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases in which blood sugar levels are too high. About 8.8% of the world was diabetic in 2017. It is projected that this will reach nearly 10% by 2045. The major challenge is that when machine learning-base...

Prevalence and Disparities in Tobacco Product Use Among American Indians/Alaska Natives - United States, 2010-2015.

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report
An overarching goal of Healthy People 2020 is to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve health among all groups.* Although significant progress has been made in reducing overall commercial tobacco product use, disparities persist, ...