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Joyce DD, Tilburt JC, Pacyna JE, Cina K, Petereit DG, Koller KR, Flanagan CA, Stillwater B, Miller M, Kaur JS, Peil E, Zahrieh D, Dueck AC, Montori VM, Frosch DL, Volk RJ, Kim SP. The Impact of Within-Consultation and Preconsultation Decision Aids for Localized Prostate Cancer on Patient Knowledge: Results of a Patient-Level Randomized Trial. Urology 2023; 175:90-95. [PMID: 36898587 PMCID: PMC10239323 DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2023.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2022] [Revised: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of timing (either before or during initial consultation) on the effectiveness of decision aids (DAs) to support shared-decision-making in a minority-enriched sample of patients with localized prostate cancer using a patient-level randomized controlled trial design. METHODS We conducted a 3-arm, patient-level-randomized trial in urology and radiation oncology practices in Ohio, South Dakota, and Alaska, testing the effect of preconsultation and within-consultation DAs on patient knowledge elements deemed essential to make treatment decisions about localized prostate cancer, all measured immediately following the initial urology consultation using a 12-item Prostate Cancer Treatment Questionnaire (score range 0 [no questions correct] to 1 [all questions correct]), compared to usual care (no DAs). RESULTS Between 2017 and 2018, 103 patients-including 16 Black/African American and 17 American Indian or Alaska Native men-were enrolled and randomly assigned to receive usual care (n = 33) or usual care and a DA before (n = 37) or during (n = 33) the consultation. After adjusting for baseline characteristics, there were no statistically significant proportional score differences in patient knowledge between the preconsultation DA arm (0.06 knowledge change, 95% CI -0.02 to 0.12, P = .1) or the within-consultation DA arm (0.04 knowledge change, 95% CI -0.03 to 0.11, P = .3) and usual care. CONCLUSION In this trial oversampling minority men with localized prostate cancer, DAs presented at different times relative to the specialist consultation showed no improvement in patient knowledge above usual care.
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- Division of General Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ; Division of Health Care Policy and Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
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- Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Walking Forward Avera Health, Division of Research, Rapid City, SD
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- Cancer Care Institute at Monument Health, Rapid City, SD; Walking Forward Avera Health, Division of Research, Rapid City, SD
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- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Research Services, Anchorage, AK
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- Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Research Services, Anchorage, AK; Alaska Native Epidemiology Center, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK
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- Department of Urology, Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
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- Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
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- Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Department of Health Services Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
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- Division of Urology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO
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BACKGROUND Certain research principles, framed within an indigenous context, are helpful guideposts to practice ethical, relevant, and sensitive inquiries. It is essential to further adapt research approaches based on the unique geographical, sociopolitical, and cultural attributes of partnering tribal communities. These adaptations are largely shaped by trial and error. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this article is to offer the prospective novice nurse researcher lessons that we learned when entering Indian country to conduct research for the first time. As indigenous and nonindigenous researchers, we are not seeking to set down a methodology but rather offer a list of processes, environments, timelines, and barriers that we never learned in didactic, seminar, clinical, practicum, or any other academic setting. METHODS We organized a set of memories and thoughts through a series of semistructured iterative sessions specific to our first encounters as researchers in Indian country. We compiled our written responses and field notes from our dialogue, interpreted these data, and organized them into themes. We have reported what we felt would be the most surprising, frequent, or important information to note. RESULTS We identified three overarching themes in our collective experience: orientation and negotiation, situating ourselves and our work, and navigating our way. Subthemes included perceiving ourselves as outsiders, negotiating distance and time realities, relying on the goodness of gatekeepers, shaping research questions per community priorities, honing our cross-cultural and intercultural communication skills, discovering the many layers of tribal approval processes, and developing sensibilities and intuition. DISCUSSION Our previous experiences as novices leading research projects in Indian country have produced unique sensibilities that may serve to guide nurse researchers who seek to partner with tribal communities.
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- Emily J Jones
- Emily J. Jones, PhD, RNC-OB, is Associate Professor, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Boston. Emily Haozous, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Senior Research Scientist, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation, Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Laura S. Larsson, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, Montana State University, College of Nursing, Bozeman. Margaret P. Moss, PhD, JD, RN, FAAN, is Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Teufel-Shone NI, Tippens JA, McCrary HC, Ehiri JE, Sanderson PR. Resilience in American Indian and Alaska Native Public Health: An Underexplored Framework. Am J Health Promot 2018; 32:274-281. [PMID: 27577566 PMCID: PMC6946120 DOI: 10.1177/0890117116664708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To conduct a systematic literature review to assess the conceptualization, application, and measurement of resilience in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) health promotion. DATA SOURCES We searched 9 literature databases to document how resilience is discussed, fostered, and evaluated in studies of AIAN health promotion in the United States. STUDY INCLUSION AND EXCLUSION CRITERIA The article had to (1) be in English; (2) peer reviewed, published from January 1, 1980, to July 31, 2015; (3) identify the target population as predominantly AIANs in the United States; (4) describe a nonclinical intervention or original research that identified resilience as an outcome or resource; and (5) discuss resilience as related to cultural, social, and/or collective strengths. DATA EXTRACTION Sixty full texts were retrieved and assessed for inclusion by 3 reviewers. Data were extracted by 2 reviewers and verified for relevance to inclusion criteria by the third reviewer. DATA SYNTHESIS Attributes of resilience that appeared repeatedly in the literature were identified. Findings were categorized across the lifespan (age group of participants), divided by attributes, and further defined by specific domains within each attribute. RESULTS Nine articles (8 studies) met the criteria. Currently, resilience research in AIAN populations is limited to the identification of attributes and pilot interventions focused on individual resilience. Resilience models are not used to guide health promotion programming; collective resilience is not explored. CONCLUSION Attributes of AIAN resilience should be considered in the development of health interventions. Attention to collective resilience is recommended to leverage existing assets in AIAN communities.
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- Nicolette I. Teufel-Shone
- Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Department of Health Promotion Sciences, Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Health Sciences Department, College of Health and Human Services, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, USA
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Saxton DI, Brown P, Seguinot-Medina S, Eckstein L, Carpenter DO, Miller P, Waghiyi V. Environmental health and justice and the right to research: institutional review board denials of community-based chemical biomonitoring of breast milk. Environ Health 2015; 14:90. [PMID: 26606980 PMCID: PMC4659157 DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0076-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 11/17/2015] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Recently, conflicts and challenges have emerged regarding environmental justice and research ethics for some indigenous communities. Alaska Community Action on Toxics (ACAT) responded to community requests for breast milk biomonitoring and conceived the Breast Milk Pilot Study (BMPS). Despite having community support and federal and private funding, the BMPS remains incomplete due to repeated disapprovals by the Alaska Area IRB (Institutional Review Board). In this commentary, we explore the consequences of years of IRB denials, in terms of health inequalities, environmental justice, and research ethics. We highlight the greater significance of this story with respect to research in Alaska Native communities, biomonitoring, and global toxics regulation. We offer suggestions to community-based researchers conducting biomonitoring projects on how to engage with IRBs in order to cultivate reflective, context-based research ethics that better consider the needs and concerns of communities.
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- Dvera I Saxton
- Department of Anthropology, College of Social Sciences, California State University, Fresno, 5242N. Backer Ave. Peters Business Building M/S 20, Fresno, CA, 93740, USA.
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- Northeastern University, Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute, 318 INV, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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- Alaska Community Action on Toxics, 505W. Northern Lights; Suite 205, Anchorage, AK, 99503, USA.
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- Alaska Community Action on Toxics, 505W. Northern Lights; Suite 205, Anchorage, AK, 99503, USA.
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- University at Albany, Institute for Health and the Environment, 5 University Pl., Rm. A217, Rensselaer, NY, 12144, USA.
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- Alaska Community Action on Toxics, 505W. Northern Lights; Suite 205, Anchorage, AK, 99503, USA.
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- Alaska Community Action on Toxics, 505W. Northern Lights; Suite 205, Anchorage, AK, 99503, USA.
- Native Village of Savoonga Tribal Member, St. Lawrence Island, AK, USA.
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Bassett D, Buchwald D, Manson S. Posttraumatic stress disorder and symptoms among American Indians and Alaska Natives: a review of the literature. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 2014; 49:417-33. [PMID: 24022752 DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0759-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) experience high rates of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We reviewed existing literature to address three interrelated questions: (1) What is the prevalence of PTSD and PTSD symptoms among AI/ANs? (2) What are the inciting events, risk factors, and co-morbidities in AI/ANs, and do they differ from those in the general U.S. population? (3) Are studies available to inform clinicians about the course and treatment of PTSD in this population? METHODS We searched the PubMed and Web of Science databases and a database on AI/AN health, capturing an initial sample of 77 original English-language articles published 1992–2010. After applying exclusion criteria, we retained 37 articles on prevalence of PTSD and related symptoms among AI/AN adults. We abstracted key information and organized it in tabular format. RESULTS AI/ANs experience a substantially greater burden of PTSD and related symptoms than U.S. Whites. Combat experience and interpersonal violence were consistently cited as leading causes of PTSD and related symptoms. PTSD was associated with bodily pain, lung disorders, general health problems, substance abuse, and pathological gambling. In general, inciting events, risk factors, and co-morbidities appear similar to those in the general U.S. population. CONCLUSIONS Substantial research indicates a strikingly high incidence of PTSD in AI/AN populations. However, inciting events, risk factors, and co-morbidities in AI/ANs, and how they may differ from those in the general population, are poorly understood. Very few studies are available on the clinical course and treatment of PTSD in this vulnerable population.
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Dickerson DL, Venner KL, Duran B, Annon JJ, Hale B, Funmaker G. Drum-Assisted Recovery Therapy for Native Americans (DARTNA): results from a pretest and focus groups. Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res 2014; 21:35-58. [PMID: 24788920 PMCID: PMC6064638 DOI: 10.5820/aian.2101.2014.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Drum-Assisted Recovery Therapy for Native Americans (DARTNA) is a substance abuse treatment intervention for American Indians/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). This article provides results from 1) an initial pretest of DARTNA provided to 10 AI/AN patients with histories of substance use disorders, and 2) three subsequent focus groups conducted among AI/AN DARTNA pretest participants, substance abuse treatment providers, and the DARTNA Community Advisory Board. These research activities were conducted to finalize the DARTNA treatment manual; participants also provided helpful feedback which will assist toward this goal. Results suggest that DARTNA may be beneficial for AI/ANs with substance use problems.
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Murtaugh MA, Ma KN, Greene T, Redwood D, Edwards S, Johnson J, Tom-Orme L, Lanier AP, Henderson JA, Slattery ML. Validation of a dietary history questionnaire for American Indian and Alaska Native people. Ethn Dis 2010; 20:429-436. [PMID: 21305833 PMCID: PMC3234169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE We assessed reliability and relative validity of a self-administered computer-assisted dietary history questionnaire (DHQ) for use in a prospective study of diet, lifestyle, and chronic disease in American Indians in the Dakotas and Southwestern US and Alaska Native people. DESIGN Reliability was assessed by one-month test-retest of the dietary history questionnaire. Validity was assessed by comparison of the weighted average of up to 12 monthly 24-hour recalls collected prospectively and a dietary history questionnaire completed in the 13th month. PARTICIPANTS Participants were recruited at the baseline visit of the Education and Research Toward Health Study in Alaska, the Northern Plains and the Dakotas. RESULTS Reliability (Pearson correlation) of the DHQ ranged from r = 0.43 for vitamin A density to r = 0.90 for energy intake. The association of nutrient and food estimates assessed by 24-hour recalls and the DHQ completed at the end of the year reflected no bias towards recent intake. Macronutrients expressed as density (nutrients per 1000 calories) did appear to be valid (r = 0.50-0.71) as did several micronutrients (range r = .22 to 0.59), fiber (r = 0.51), and servings of red meat (r = 0.67). However, the DHQ overestimated intake and gross amounts of nutrients were not strongly associated with the weighted average of the 24-hour recalls. CONCLUSIONS The DHQ developed for estimation of dietary intake in American Indians and Native people in Alaska is reliable. Estimates of nutrient density appeared to have acceptable relative validity for use in epidemiologic studies.
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- Maureen A Murtaugh
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, 295 Chipeta Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84132, USA.
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O'Malley SS, Robin RW, Levenson AL, GreyWolf I, Chance LE, Hodgkinson CA, Romano D, Robinson J, Meandzija B, Stillner V, Wu R, Goldman D. Naltrexone alone and with sertraline for the treatment of alcohol dependence in Alaska natives and non-natives residing in rural settings: a randomized controlled trial. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 2008; 32:1271-83. [PMID: 18482155 PMCID: PMC2746027 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00682.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Access to specialty alcoholism treatment in rural environments is limited and new treatment approaches are needed. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy of naltrexone alone and in combination with sertraline among Alaska Natives and other Alaskans living in rural settings. An exploratory aim examined whether the Asn40Asp polymorphism of the mu-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1) predicted response to naltrexone, as had been reported in Caucasians. METHODS Randomized, controlled trial enrolling 101 Alaskans with alcohol dependence, including 68 American Indians/Alaska Natives. Participants received 16 weeks of either (1) placebo (placebo naltrexone + placebo sertraline), (2) naltrexone monotherapy (50 mg naltrexone + sertraline placebo) and (3) naltrexone + sertraline (100 mg) plus nine sessions of medical management and supportive advice. Primary outcomes included Time to First Heavy Drinking Day and Total Abstinence. RESULTS Naltrexone monotherapy demonstrated significantly higher total abstinence (35%) compared with placebo (12%, p = 0027) and longer, but not statistically different, Time to First Heavy Drinking Day (p = 0.093). On secondary measures, naltrexone compared with placebo demonstrated significant improvements in percent days abstinent (p = 0.024) and drinking-related consequences (p = 0.02). Combined sertraline and naltrexone did not differ from naltrexone alone. The pattern of findings was generally similar for the American Indian/Alaska Native subsample. Naltrexone treatment response was significant within the group of 75 individuals who were homozygous for OPRM1 Asn40 allele. There was a small number of Asp40 carriers, precluding statistical testing of the effect of this allele on response. CONCLUSIONS Naltrexone can be used effectively to treat alcoholism in remote and rural communities, with evidence of benefit for American Indians and Alaska Natives. New models of care incorporating pharmacotherapy could reduce important health disparities related to alcoholism.
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- Stephanie S O'Malley
- Yale University School of Medicine, Connecticut Mental Health Center, S202, 34 Park Street, New Haven, CT 06519, USA.
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Potter P. I am but mad North-northwest: when the wind is southerly I know a hawk from a handsaw. Emerg Infect Dis 2008. [PMID: 18309583 PMCID: PMC2600173 DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.000000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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- Polyxeni Potter
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Breastfeeding provides valuable immunologic, nutritional, and psychological advantages to infants and is the most desirably complete diet for the infant during the first 6 months of life. The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine the prevalence of breastfeeding in a group of Alaskan Inupiat Eskimos, who live in northern Alaska. A convenience sample of 36 women making up three age cohorts was utilized (women ages 18 to 25, N=11; ages 26 to 40, N=14; ages 41 to 60, N=11). Data collected from these women on their choice of infant-feeding method contributed to measuring the prevalence of breastfeeding. Prevalence was also measured by categorizing the children of these women into three age groups and further classifying them as to how they were fed when they were infants. Statistical analysis was performed utilizing 95% confidence intervals. Results revealed that, in this sample and over the past 20 years, a substantial decline has occurred in the percentage of Inupiat infants exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months or longer. Data also indicated a downward trend in the percentage of mothers between the ages of 26 and 39 who initiate breastfeeding; however, among the mothers aged 18 to 25, data reflected a rising trend.
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- S Cutting
- S ummer C utting is a Family Nurse Practitioner in Anchorage, Alaska
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