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Publications

The Center for Rural Health (CRH) produces publications of several types, including maps and presentations.

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2012

Fall Incidents and Native American Elderly
Presents the results of Identifying Our Needs: A Survey of Elders that was conducted between 2008 and 2011, by tribal members for over 300 American Indian tribes, Alaskan villages, and Hawaiian homesteads throughout Indian Country.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): Gray, J., & Schlafmann, S.
Date: March 2012
Type: Fact Sheet
Native Aging Visions, Winter 2012
Newsletter developed by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Date: February 2012
Type: Newsletter

2011

Native Aging Visions, Winter 2011
Newsletter developed by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Date: February 2011
Type: Newsletter

2010

Dementia Care Services Project: Supporting Caregivers in North Dakota
Author(s): Muus, K., Volkov, B., Klug, M., Mueller, J., & Haley-Franklin, H.
Date: December 2010
Type: Policy Brief
Native Aging Visions, Spring 2010
Newsletter developed by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Date: May 2010
Type: Newsletter
Congestive Heart Failure
The study examined congestive health failure among American Indian and Alaska Native elders. Covers the prevalence of CHF among American Indian/Alaska Native elders, assessing gender and age patterns of CHF prevalence, determining other disorder that are commonly found among American Indian/Alaska Native elders with CHF, and examining the relationship between CHF, physical activity, and body mass index.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): Muus, K.
Date: February 2010
Type: Fact Sheet

2009

An Environmental Scan of Health and Healthcare in North Dakota: Establishing the Baselines for Positive Health Transformation
The Environmental Scan of Health and Healthcare in North Dakota was conducted from December 2008 to February 2009. This report provides an overview of selected health and healthcare issues in North Dakota.
Author(s): Volkov, B., Gibbens, B., & Wakefield, M.
Date: March 2009
Type: Report
Native Aging Visions, Spring 2009
Newsletter developed by the National Resource Center on Native American Aging.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Date: March 2009
Type: Newsletter
Body Mass Index and Cancer Screening in Older American Indian and Alaska Native Men
The study looked at the prevalence of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing among American Indian and Alaska Native men within the past year by age and rurality and determined if body mass index (BMI) was associated with cancers screening.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): Muus, K., Baker-Demaray, T., McDonald, L., Ludtke, R., Allery, A., Andy Bogart, A., Goldberg, J., Ramsey, S., & Buchwald, D.
Publication: The Journal of Rural Health, 25(1), 104-108
Date: January 2009
Type: Journal Article

2008

Native American Elders' Health Congruence: The Role of Gender and Corresponding Functional Well-being, Hospital Admissions, and Social Engagement
Addressing the need to explore how Native American (NA) elders' subjective health (SH) compares to their objective health (OH; chronic disease conditions), we examined whether: congruence between 8191 NA elders' SH and OH parallels that of non-NA elders; health optimism (SH > OH) is protective and health pessimism (SH < OH), is detrimental; and whether gender moderates links between health congruence and health-related outcomes.
Project: National Resource Center on Native American Aging
Author(s): Ruthig, J., & Allery, A.
Publication: Journal of Health Psychology, 13(8), 1072-1081
Date: November 2008
Type: Journal Article