American Indians and Alaska Natives

Current Projects

  • Measuring Rural-Urban Differences in Indigenous American Indian and Alaska Native Health
    This project will describe rural-urban and regional differences in health and health care access for Indigenous American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people; measure disparities in health between AI/AN people and non-Indigenous white people; and assess whether disparities are greater in rural areas.
    Research center: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
    Topics: American Indians and Alaska Natives, Health disparities and health equity, Healthcare access, Rural statistics and demographics, Social determinants of health