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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, ...

Cancer Care Access and Outcomes for American Indian Populations in the United States: Challenges and Models for Progress.

Seminars in radiation oncology
Low socioeconomic and health care access realities of being American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) in the United States combined with decades of data documenting poor cancer outcomes for this population provide a population nested within the United S...

Ways of Grieving Among Ojibwe Elders: "They're All Around Us. They're Always.".

Omega
Death, grief, and loss are common experiences for many individuals who identify as American Indian/Alaska Native, yet decidedly little is known about the lived experience of grieving in this population. To address this gap in the literature, research...