Health and Social Issues of Native American Women

This book serves as a much-needed source of information on the social and health issues that impact the health of Native American women in the United States accompanied by invaluable historical cultural and other contextual data about this sociocultural group.Health and Social Issues of Native American Women is the first book that specifically explores and discusses health and related social issues within the world of Native American women providing strong historical and cultural perspectives as well as other contextual information that is often missing or misrepresented in other works about Native American womenprising contributions from mostly Native American women scholars the work presents key background information on native women''s health health care delivery systems and sociocultural history and its chapters address the changing role of native women in Alaska and other parts of Indian country. Each author taps her specific area of expertise and knowledge to spotlight specific native women''s health problems such as nutrition aging domestic violence diabetes and substance abuse.