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. 2019 Jan/Mar;42(1):1-7.
doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000205.

The Impact of Individual and Parental American Indian Boarding School Attendance on Chronic Physical Health of Northern Plains Tribes

Ursula Running Bear  1 , Zaneta M Thayer, Calvin D Croy, Carol E Kaufman, Spero M Manson; AI-SUPERPFP Team
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The Impact of Individual and Parental American Indian Boarding School Attendance on Chronic Physical Health of Northern Plains Tribes

Ursula Running Bear et al. Fam Community Health. 2019 Jan/Mar.

Abstract

This study investigated the relationship of American Indian boarding school attendance and chronic physical health. We hypothesized boarding school attendance would be associated with an increased number of chronic physical health problems. We also examined the relationship between boarding school attendance and the 15 chronic health problems that formed the count of the chronic health conditions. American Indian attendees had a greater count of chronic physical health problems compared with nonattendees. Father's attendance was independently associated with chronic physical health problems. Attendees were more likely to have tuberculosis, arthritis, diabetes, anemia, high cholesterol, gall bladder disease, and cancer than nonattendees.

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