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Access, relevance, and control in the research process: lessons from Indian countrySpero M Manson
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, Mail Stop F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
J Aging Health 16:58S-77S. 2004..To illustrate successful strategies in working with American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities in aging and health research by emphasizing access, local relevance, and decision-making processes...- Extending the boundaries, bridging the gaps: crafting Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity, a Supplement to the Surgeon General's Report on Mental HealthSpero M Manson
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Services Center, Aurora 80045 0508, USA
Cult Med Psychiatry 27:395-408. 2003..It describes the sometimes subtle, other times stark differences in assumptions and experience that sprang from disciplinary orientations, investigative methods, institutional affiliations, and personal histories and agendas... - Enhancing American Indian and Alaska Native health research: a multi-faceted challengeSpero M Manson
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
J Interprof Care 21:31-9. 2007..This paper describes the lessons learned from this recent progress, and highlights opportunities to promote further gains as well as continuing needs in developing our capacity to conduct policy relevant AIAN health research... - Social epidemiology of trauma among 2 American Indian reservation populationsSpero M Manson
American Indian Program, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora 80045 0508, USA
Am J Public Health 95:851-9. 2005..We examined the prevalence of trauma in 2 large American Indian communities in an attempt to describe demographic correlates and to compare findings with a representative sample of the US population... - Mental health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives: need, use, and barriers to effective careS M Manson
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Denver 80220, USA
Can J Psychiatry 45:617-26. 2000..These changes may herald similar trends among First Nations people to the immediate north... - Personal journeys, professional paths: persistence in navigating the crossroads of a research careerSpero M Manson
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Nativev Health, School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Mail Stop F800, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S20-5. 2009.... - Utilization of alcohol, drug, and mental health treatment services among American Indian adolescent detaineesD K Novins
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 38:1102-8. 1999..To describe the relationship between psychiatric status and the use of alcohol, drug, and mental health (ADM) services among a sample of American Indian (AI) juvenile detainees... - Unmet needs for substance abuse and mental health services among Northern Plains American Indian adolescentsD K Novins
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA
Psychiatr Serv 51:1045-7. 2000..Eight of the 25 youths with a psychiatric or substance use diagnosis who did not receive services reported that an adult had recognized a problem... - Childhood exposure to adversity and risk of substance-use disorder in two American Indian populations: the meditational role of early substance-use initiationNancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:971-81. 2009.... - Health-related quality of life and help seeking among American Indians with diabetes and hypertensionLuohua Jiang
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Qual Life Res 18:709-18. 2009.... - Childhood abuse and later parenting outcomes in two American Indian tribesAnne M Libby
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine, Denver, CO 80045 0508, USA
Child Abuse Negl 32:195-211. 2008..To examine the relationship of childhood physical and sexual abuse with reported parenting satisfaction and parenting role impairment later in life among American Indians (AIs)... - Commentary: quality of alcohol, drug, and mental health services for American Indian children and adolescentsD K Novins
Faculty of the National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80210
Am J Med Qual 15:148-56. 2000..We then consider the implications of these studies for improving the quality of care as well as its measurement and monitoring... - An economic evaluation of telehealth data collection with rural populationsJay H Shore
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:830-5. 2007..This study compared direct costs of conducting structured clinical interviews via real-time interactive videoconferencing (known as telehealth) versus standard in-person methods with American Indians in rural locations... - A program of research on spirituality and American Indian alcohol usePaul Spicer
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
South Med J 100:430-2. 2007..We then close with some speculation about possible next steps in this research program to address what remains one of the most compelling sources of health disparities in the first nations of the United States... - Traumatic brain injury and mental health among two American Indian populationsLonnie A Nelson
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
J Head Trauma Rehabil 22:105-12. 2007..Describes prevalence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and associated neuropsychiatric problems among two American Indian (AI) communities... - Cognitive impairment, psychiatric disorders, and problematic behaviors in a tribal nursing homeLori L Jervis
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, Room 349, PO Box 6508, Mail Stop F800, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
J Aging Health 19:260-74. 2007..Residents' cognitive, psychiatric, and behavioral statuses were examined as part of a larger study of care in a nursing home (NH) owned and operated by a Northern Plains American Indian tribe... - Cultural aspects of telepsychiatryJay H Shore
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, 80045, USA
J Telemed Telecare 12:116-21. 2006..Future research should examine the effect of telepsychiatry on patient-provider relationships, patient attitudes towards care and, most importantly, patient outcomes... - Disparities in drug use and disorder: comparison of two American Indian reservation communities and a national sampleNancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 77:131-41. 2007..Findings suggest that disparities in drug use and disorder are complex, characterized by important variations across diverse American Indian tribal cultures... - Diagnostic reliability of telepsychiatry in American Indian veteransJay H Shore
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, Mail Stop F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Psychiatry 164:115-8. 2007.... - Illicit peyote use among American Indian adolescents in substance abuse treatment: a preliminary investigationAlexandra Fickenscher
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Science Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
Subst Use Misuse 41:1139-54. 2006..The results of this exploratory study suggest that illicit peyote use is uncommon among AI adolescents with serious substance abuse problems... - Suboptimal pharmacotherapy in a tribal nursing homeLori L Jervis
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Am Med Dir Assoc 8:1-7. 2007..NH residents tend to be older, suffer from multiple conditions, and take numerous medications, increasing their risk of serious complications. This article examines pharmacotherapy in a rural, tribally owned NH... - Marijuana initiation in 2 American Indian reservation communities: comparison with a national sampleNancy Rumbaugh Whitesell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1311-8. 2007..We examined disparities in age-related patterns of marijuana initiation in 2 culturally distinct American Indian reservation communities (from the Northern Plains and the Southwest) compared with a national sample... - Association between diabetes and mental disorders in two American Indian reservation communitiesLuohua Jiang
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045-0508, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2228-9. 2007 - Trauma-related nightmares among American Indian veterans: views from the dream catcherJay H Shore
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res 16:25-38. 2009..In order to improve culturally appropriate care, further research is needed to better understand the frequency, meaning, and context of nightmares in trauma and PTSD for AI populations... - Salivary cortisol among American Indians with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): gender and alcohol influencesMark L Laudenslager
University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, UCD and HSC Mail Code A011 09, Denver, CO 80220, USA
Brain Behav Immun 23:658-62. 2009..g., cardiac imaging, medical, dental exams, etc.), or concurrent depression... - Methods for measuring utilization of mental health services in two epidemiologic studiesDouglas K Novins
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado 80045, USA
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 17:159-73. 2008.... - Acceptability of telepsychiatry in American IndiansJay H Shore
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
Telemed J E Health 14:461-6. 2008.... - Telepsychiatry with rural American Indians: issues in civil commitmentsJay H Shore
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Behav Sci Law 26:287-300. 2008.... - Stress burden and diabetes in two American Indian reservation communitiesLuohua Jiang
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Denver, MS F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Diabetes Care 31:427-9. 2008..To examine the association between psychosocial stress and diabetes in two American Indian reservation communities (Northern Plains and Southwest)... - The Native Telehealth Outreach and Technical Assistance Program: a community-based approach to the development of multimedia-focused health care informationRhonda Wiegman Dick
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop F800, PO Box 6508Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res 14:49-66. 2007..At the conclusion of the 18-month program period, projects were disseminated throughout rural communities. The NTOTAP staff continues to evaluate the use of these projects and their benefits within the rural communities... - Racial disparities in health status: a comparison of the morbidity among American Indian and U.S. adults with diabetesJoan O'Connell
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Diabetes Care 33:1463-70. 2010..American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.3 times more likely to have diabetes than are individuals in the U.S. general population. The objective of this study was to compare morbidity among American Indian and U.S. adults with diabetes... - The influence of community-based participatory research principles on the likelihood of participation in health research in American Indian communitiesTim D Noe
University of Colorado Health Science Center, American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Ethn Dis 17:S6-14. 2007..However, to date, no systematic, empiric inquiry has been made into whether CBPR principles might influence an individual's decision to participate in research... - Help seeking for substance use problems in two American Indian reservation populationsJanette Beals
American Indian Program, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:512-20. 2006..This study also sought to understand the correlates of such help seeking, including measures of need, demographic characteristics, spirituality, and ethnic identity... - Use of biomedical services and traditional healing options among American Indians: sociodemographic correlates, spirituality, and ethnic identityDouglas K Novins
Med Care 42:670-9. 2004..The objective of this study was to describe the use of biomedical services and traditional healing options among a reservation-based sample of American Indians from 2 culturally distinct tribes.. - The prevalence of DSM-III-R alcohol dependence in two American Indian populationsPaul Spicer
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Univesity of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:1785-97. 2003.... - Childhood physical and sexual abuse and subsequent alcohol and drug use disorders in two American-Indian tribesAnne M Libby
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, Colorado, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:74-83. 2004.... - Cultural specificity and comparison in psychiatric epidemiology: walking the tightrope in American Indian researchJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop F800, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045-0508, USA
Cult Med Psychiatry 27:259-89. 2003..A goal of this paper is to challenge those invested in conducting culturally valid epidemiologic work in such populations to better articulate the nature of these efforts... - Screening for alcohol abuse among urban Native Americans in a primary care settingJay Shore
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA
Psychiatr Serv 53:757-60. 2002..Further research is warranted to help clinicians detect and treat alcohol abuse in this special population... - Tobacco use among American Indian adolescents: protective and risk factorsPamela L LeMaster
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80220, USA
J Adolesc Health 30:426-32. 2002..To determine the prevalence of, and identify protective and risk factors for, current tobacco use among American Indian adolescents... - The prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder among American Indian Vietnam veterans: disparities and contextJanette Beals
Department of Psychiatry, National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA
J Trauma Stress 15:89-97. 2002..Once logistic regressions controlled for differential exposure to war-zone stress, ethnicity was no longer a significant predictor of PTSD... - The American Indian veteran and posttraumatic stress disorder: a telehealth assessment and formulationJay H Shore
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045-0508, USA
Cult Med Psychiatry 28:231-43. 2004 - Challenges in operationalizing the DSM-IV clinical significance criterionJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora 80045 0508, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:1197-207. 2004..The American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Project (AI-SUPERPFP) offered a unique opportunity to examine the success of this effort... - Prevalence of DSM-IV disorders and attendant help-seeking in 2 American Indian reservation populationsJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:99-108. 2005..The American Indian Service Utilization, Psychiatric Epidemiology, Risk and Protective Factors Project (AI-SUPERPFP) estimated the mental health burden and associated help-seeking in select American Indian reservation communities... - Childhood physical and sexual abuse and subsequent depressive and anxiety disorders for two American Indian tribesAnne M Libby
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA
Psychol Med 35:329-40. 2005.... - A developmental model for rural telepsychiatryJay H Shore
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mail Stop F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
Psychiatr Serv 56:976-80. 2005..The model can guide the development of telepsychiatry services for American Indians specifically and rural populations in general... - Prevalence of major depressive episode in two American Indian reservation populations: unexpected findings with a structured interviewJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, MS F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1713-22. 2005..The prevalence of lifetime and 12-month DSM-III-R major depressive episode was compared between the AI-SUPERPFP and NCS samples... - Prevalence of mental disorders and utilization of mental health services in two American Indian reservation populations: mental health disparities in a national contextJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, MS F800, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045 0508, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1723-32. 2005.... - Different factor loadings for SF36: the Strong Heart Study and the National Survey of Functional Health StatusJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 59:208-15. 2006..To increase our understanding of the psychometric characteristics and factor structure of the SF36 in older American Indian populations... - Racial disparities in alcohol use: comparison of 2 American Indian reservation populations with national dataJanette Beals
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO, USA
Am J Public Health 93:1683-5. 2003 - Factors associated with suicide ideation among American Indian adolescents: does culture matter?D K Novins
National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver 80220, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 29:332-46. 1999..Suicide prevention and screening programs may be difficult to adapt from one tribe to another... - American Indian adolescents in substance abuse treatment: diagnostic statusDouglas K Novins
The National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 30:275-84. 2006..These diagnostic patterns suggest that emerging practices for treating substance-abusing adolescents that have been developed for use with non-AI adolescents warrant consideration for use with AI youths... - Comparative use of biomedical services and traditional healing options by American Indian veteransD Gurley
Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80220, USA
Psychiatr Serv 52:68-74. 2001..CONCLUSIONS: When the full array of options is examined, service use functions according to need for health care, but the kind of services used varies according to availability... - Latent class analysis of substance use: comparison of two American Indian reservation populations and a national sampleNancy R Whitesell
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Nighthorse Campbell Native Health Building, Mail Stop F800, P O Box 6508, Aurora, Colorado 80045 0508, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:32-43. 2006..We sought to identify characteristic patterns of use-both across and within samples-that could be used to inform intervention efforts aimed at reducing disparities... - Characteristics associated with reservation travel among urban Native American outpatientsDorothy A Rhoades
American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Seattle, WA 98199, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 16:464-74. 2005..05). This research begins to augment the paucity of information on such travel and its relationship to health status and use of health services among urban AI/ANs... - American Indians/Alaska natives and dementiaLori L Jervis
Division of American Indian and Alaska Native Programs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Colorado 80220, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 16:S89-95. 2002..It concludes that much work remains to be done on dementia in the Native population, and suggests directions for future research... - Traumatic events and alcohol use disorders among American Indian adolescents and young adultsAlison J Boyd-Ball
Child and Family Center, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
J Trauma Stress 19:937-47. 2006..This study's findings yield important insights into the risks in American Indian adolescents and young adults that may result from early trauma, as well as implications for the timing and possible settings for intervention... - Ethnic minority older adults participating in clinical research: developing trustGina Moreno-John
University of California at San Francisco, 400 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0320, San Francisco, CA 94143 0320, USA
J Aging Health 16:93S-123S. 2004..A significant barrier to participation in research is mistrust of the scientific community and institutions. The aims of this article are to discuss the lack of representation of ethnic minorities in clinical research... - Health differences among Lumbee Indians using public and private sources of careAlfred Bryant
School of Education, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC, USA
J Rural Health 20:231-6. 2004..More targeted research into health similarities and differences arising from access to public and private sources of care is warranted... - Spirituality and attempted suicide among American IndiansEva Marie Garroutte
Department of Sociology, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, 02467, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA
Soc Sci Med 56:1571-9. 2003..These results are consistent with anecdotal reports suggesting the effectiveness of American Indian suicide-prevention programs emphasizing orientations related to cultural spirituality... - Relation between the level of American Indian and Alaska Native diabetes education program services and quality-of-care indicatorsYvette Roubideaux
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85716, USA
Am J Public Health 98:2079-84. 2008.... - Culturally competent research with American Indians and Alaska Natives: findings and recommendations of the first symposium of the work group on American Indian Research and Program Evaluation MethodologyJoyce Y Caldwell
First Nations Behavioral Health Association, Babb, MT 59411, USA
Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res 12:1-21. 2005..We discuss the major findings of the first American Indian Research and Program Evaluation Methodology national symposium, and articulate a set of 20 guiding principles for conducting research and program evaluation... - The prevalence of suicidal behaviors among Northern Plains American IndiansPamela L LeMaster
Tri Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 34:242-54. 2004..Results underscore the importance of effective and acceptable alcohol, drug, and mental health services in reducing the rates of suicidal behaviors in American Indian communities... - Psychiatric disorders in detaineesChristine Wilson Duclos
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:127. 2003
Research Grants
- Wounded Spirits, Ailing Hearts: PTSD and CVD in IndiansSpero Manson; Fiscal Year: 2006..Strategies for preventing PTSD, initiation of early treatment, and the identification of factors that mediate its potentially cardio-toxic effects could reduce morbidity and mortality from CVD. ..