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Culturally Congruent Access to Services

To address health disparities, high-quality, culturally congruent services must be available and accessible to Native Americans. The following section explores risk and protective factors related to accessing services.

Liddell, J., & McKinley, C. E. (2022). “They always took care of me”: The resilience, community and family support of U.S. Indigenous in the Gulf South in accessing healthcare. In H. R. Weaver (Ed.) The Routledge International Handbook of Indigenous Resilience. Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. 

Resilience, Community, &

Family Support in Healthcare Access

Moon, H., Lee, Yeon-Shim, Roh, S., & Burnette, C. E. (2018). Factors associated with American Indian and Alaska Native vs. Caucasian older adults’ mental health service use. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 5(4), 847-859. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-017-0430-5. PMC6121725

Mental Health Service Use

Liddell, J. L., Burnette, C. E., Roh, S., & Lee, Y. S. (2018). Healthcare barriers and supports for American Indian women with cancer. Social Work in Health Care, 57(8), 656-673. https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2018.1474837. PMC6108540

Healthcare Barriers & Supports for American Indian Women with Cancer

Burnette, C. E., Liddell, J., Roh, S., Lee, Y. S., & Yun Lee, H. (2021). American Indian women cancer survivors' perceptions and experiences with conventional and non-conventional mental health care for depressive symptoms. Ethnicity & Health, 26(2), 186–205. https://doi.org/10.1080/13557858.2018.1493439. PMC6314900

Conventional & Non-Conventional Mental Health Care

for Depressive Symptoms

Roh, S., Burnette, C. E., Lee, K., Lee, Y., & Martin, J. I. (2017). Predicting help-seeking attitudes toward mental health services among American Indian older adults: Is Andersen’s Behavioral Model a good fit? Journal of Applied Gerontology, 36(1) 94-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/033464814558875

Mental Health & Help-Seeking Attitudes among American Indian Older Adults

Roh, S., Burnette, C. E., Lee, K. H., Lee, Y., & Goins, R. T. (2016). Correlates of receipt of colorectal cancer screening among American Indians in the Northern Plains. Social Work Research, 40(2), 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1093/swr/svw006

Colorectal Cancer Screening Among American Indians

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