The mission for the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (CAIANH) is to promote the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives, of all ages, by pursuing research, training, continuing education, technical assistance, and information dissemination within a biopsychosocial framework that recognizes the unique cultural contexts of this special population.
New Journal Issue
The new issue of American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research is now available! The current issue features work from researchers across the country and includes:
- A multi-method study examining the
potential relationship between sense of coherence and historical trauma among AI youth
- An examination of the factor structure of the Psychological Sense of School Membership scale in two samples of AI adolescents
- Evaluation of an evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment intervention used in three AI health clinics in Minnesota
- A study looking at differences for in-hospital mortality, length of stay, and discharge disposition between rural and urban AI/ANs