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Healthy Aging and Ethnogeriatrics

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Health Promotion Strategies

Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health is an urgent goal for Alaska Native older adults. Culturally appropriate health screening may assist in bridging the gap. For example, screening for weight gain, undernutrition, cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, depression, cancer, and cognitive changes would help with early diagnosis of cardiovascular, metabolic, and mental illness.

There are no screening tools for depression and cognitive changes that have been designed and tested for Alaska Native elders. With the nationwide emphasis on preparedness programs, flu immunization and pneumococcus vaccine may help strengthen the Alaska Native elder’s immunity, particularly for those living in urban regions.

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Alaska Native

  • Description
  • Learning Objectives
  • Updated Summary
  • Introduction and Overview
    • Terminology
    • Geography
    • Demographics
    • Native Cultures
      • Athabascan
      • Yup’ik and Cup’ik
      • Inupiaq
      • Aleut and Alutiiq
      • Southeastern Tribes
    • Historical Background
      • Historical Trauma
      • Decade Value Development
      • Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill
      • Land Claims
  • Patterns of Health Risk
    • Causes of Death
      • Cancer
      • Diabetes
      • Trauma-Falls
      • Suicide
      • Elder Abuse

Culturally Appropriate Care

  • Fund of Knowledge
    • Cohort Analysis
      • Cohort Experiences
    • Cultural Values
      • Health Care Impact
    • Communication Patterns
      • Presentation of Self
      • Distribution of Talk
      • Contents of Talk
    • Traditional Healing
    • Important Cultural Issues
  • Assessment
    • Respect and Rapport
    • Communication
    • Standardized Instruments
    • Client Background
    • Clinical Assessment
      • Health History
      • Physical Examination
      • Cognitive and Affective Status
      • Functional Status
      • Home and Family
      • Community and Neighborhood
      • End-of-Life Preferences
    • Eliciting Perspectives
  • Cancer Care

Access & Utilization

  • Patterns of and Barriers to Utilization
  • Models of Service
  • Health Care Policy
  • Health Promotion Strategies
    • Alcohol and Substance Abuse
    • Issues in Treatment
    • Blending Biomedicine and Tradition
    • Long Term Care
    • Adult Day Programs

Learning Resources

  • Instructional Strategies
    • Case Study 1
    • Case Study 2
  • List of References
  • Searchable Reference Database
  • Glossary
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