Beyond health equity: achieving wellness within American Indian and Alaska Native communities

Affiliations

¹ Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan and Alicia L. Salvatore are with the College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa. Michael Peercy and Bobby Saunkeah are with the Health Services Division, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Ada. Dannielle Branam and David Wharton are with the Health Services Division, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Talihina. Marilyn Winkleby is with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. John Lowe is with the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Gainesville. Daniel Dickerson is with the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles. Annie Belcourt is with the Department of Health Services, University of Montana, Missoula. Elizabeth D'Amico is with the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. Christi A. Patten is with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Myra Parker and Bonnie Duran are with the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle. Raymond Harris and Dedra Buchwald are with the Partnerships for Native Health, University of Washington.

Editorial

Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan et al. Am J Public Health. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;105 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):S376-9.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302447. Epub 2015 Apr 23.

¹ Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan and Alicia L. Salvatore are with the College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Tulsa. Michael Peercy and Bobby Saunkeah are with the Health Services Division, Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Ada. Dannielle Branam and David Wharton are with the Health Services Division, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Talihina. Marilyn Winkleby is with the Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, CA. John Lowe is with the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Gainesville. Daniel Dickerson is with the Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California School of Medicine, Los Angeles. Annie Belcourt is with the Department of Health Services, University of Montana, Missoula. Elizabeth D'Amico is with the RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. Christi A. Patten is with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Myra Parker and Bonnie Duran are with the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, University of Washington, Seattle. Raymond Harris and Dedra Buchwald are with the Partnerships for Native Health, University of Washington.

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