Advancing Health Equity for Native American Youth
By:"Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity and the Elimination of Health Disparities","Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice","Health and Medicine Division","National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine"
Published on 2016-06-22 by National Academies Press
More than 2 million Americans below age 24 self-identify as being of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Many of the serious behavioral, emotional, and physical health concerns facing young people today are especially prevalent with Native youth (e.g., depression, violence, and substance abuse). Adolescent Native Americans have death rates two to five times the rate of whites in the same age group because of higher levels of suicide and a variety of risky behaviors (e.g., drug and alcohol use, inconsistent school attendance). Violence, including intentional injuries, homicide, and suicide, accounts for three-quarters of deaths for Native American youth ages 12 to 20. Suicide is the second leading cause of deathâ€\
This Book was ranked 13 by Google Books for keyword health equity.
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