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ArticleJournal of ethnicity in substance abuse

Research with American Indian and Alaska Native populations: Measurement matters.

Melissa L Walls, Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesell, Allison Barlow, Michelle Sarche

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Article in Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Measuring Indigenous Cultural Strengths: a Systematic Review of a Decade of Approaches.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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  15. Community-Engaged Development of Strengths-Based Nutrition Measures: The Indigenous Nourishment Scales.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024
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  17. School Racial Composition as a Moderator of the Effect of Discrimination on Mental Health and Substance use Among American Indian Adolescents.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Melissa L Wallsa University of Minnesota Medical School , Duluth , Minnesota.
Nancy Rumbaugh Whitesellb Colorado School of Public Health , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , Colorado.
Allison Barlowc Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , Maryland.
Michelle Sarcheb Colorado School of Public Health , University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora , Colorado.

Funding

NIA NIH HHS HHSN271201400062CNIDA NIH HHS HHSN271201400063CNIDA NIH HHS HHSN271201400064C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research is an important tool in addressing myriad American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) health disparities; however, tensions exist between common empirical measurement approaches that facilitate cross-cultural comparisons and measurement specificity that may be more valid locally and/or culturally appropriate. The tremendous diversity of AIAN communities, small population sizes of distinct AIAN cultural groups, and varying cultural contexts and worldviews should influence measurement decisions in health research. We provide a framework for guiding measurement in collaboration with AIAN communities using examples from substance abuse research for illustration. Our goal is to build upon ongoing efforts to advance measurement validity for AIAN research by engaging community-researcher partnerships and critical thinking in the selection, adaptation, creation, and implementation of measures.

Indexed as

American Indian or Alaska NativeCross-Cultural ComparisonSubstance-Related DisordersCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchCooperative BehaviorHumansResearch DesignUnited StatesAmerican IndianculturemeasurementNative Americanresearch methods

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PMID28441113
PMCPMC7670846

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