Mashkiki Old Medicine Nourishing the New

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ISBN: 9780819185563 | 0819185566
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/12/1992

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This book contains the proceedings of the second conference held at the University of Minnesota-Duluth that focused on the career choices for American Indian/Alaska Native students in the health professions, especially in the areas of health research. Contents: Introduction; Disease States and Important Research Areas for American Indians/Alaska Natives; Cardiology; Drug-Related and Behavioral Disorders; Metabolic Disorders; The Compromised Immune System; Training Methods and Opportunities: American Indian Students; Panel Discussions: Student Research Presentations; Abstracts of Presented Papers: Conference Summation.

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction	p. 1
Welcome	p. 1
Conference Focus: Research and Training Opportunities for American Indian/Alaska Native Students	p. 3
Keynote Address: The Choice of a Career: The Hidden Indian Scientist	p. 7
Public Lecture: Health, Science, and the American Indian: Responsibility of the University	p. 19
Disease States and Important Research Areas for American Indians/Alaska Natives
Introduction	p. 25
Cardiology
Introduction: Vasa Vasorum and Neovascularization of Atherosclerotic Plaques in Human Coronary Arteries	p. 27
Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians: Research Directions	p. 29
The Impact of Lifestyle on Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians	p. 39
Drug-Related and Behavioral Disorders
Introduction	p. 53
American Indian Alcohol Use and Abuse: Patterns and Epidemiology	p. 55
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and American Indians: A Positive Challenge in Public Health and Prevention	p. 61
Treatment and Prevention of Suicide Among American Indians	p. 69
Depression and Related Mental Illnesses Among American Indians: The Current State of the Art in Treatment	p. 81
Metabolic Disorders
Introduction	p. 93
Obesity and Diabetes in American Indians and Their Interrelationships Among the Pima Indians of Arizona	p. 95
Historical Approach to Diet and Community Support Systems for Chronic Disease	p. 107
The Compromised Immune System
Introduction	p. 115
Cancer Death Rate Rises in Native Americans with Assimilation and as More Live Longer	p. 119
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)	p. 125
AIDS: A View from a Community Nurse	p. 131
Training Methods and Opportunities
Introduction	p. 135
American Indian Students
Background, Training, and Careers: Where We Have Come From, What We Seek	p. 137
Preserving the Circle	p. 141
Panel Discussions
Acculturation of the American Indian/Alaska Native Student to the College and University Environment	p. 149
The Traditional American Indian Approach to Learning and Knowledge in the Formal College and University Setting	p. 157
Recruitment, Retention, and Support of American Indian/Alaska Native Students	p. 165
Student Research Presentations
Introduction	p. 175
Abstracts of Presented Papers
Presence of anti-rickettsial antibodies in selected members of the Navajo population	p. 176
SH and S-S concentration in sperm of mice with different proportions of malformed cells	p. 177
Isolation procedures for obtaining pathogens from environmental sources	p. 178
An approach to the solid-phase synthesis of 2',5'-linked oligoadenylates	p. 179
Family focused self-help group: Dually disabled	p. 180
Transfer of antibiotic resistance from Shigella to other enterics	p. 181
Ge-We-Tah-Kaa-Mi-Gook-Quay	p. 182
Sequencing of the dengue virus type-4, strain H-241 envelope glycoprotein using polymerase chain reaction products	p. 183
Conference Summation
Science and the Indian Student: Educating the Indian Student in Colleges and Universities	p. 185
Conference Participants and Contributors	p. 189
Index	p. 193
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