Health Disparities Research with American Indian Communities: The Importance of Trust and Transparency. 2020

Monica C Skewes, and Vivian M Gonzalez, and Julie A Gameon, and Paula FireMoon, and Emily Salois, and Stacy M Rasmus, and Jordan P Lewis, and Scott A Gardner, and Adriann Ricker, and Martel Reum
Department of Psychology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.

American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities experience notable health disparities associated with substance use, including disproportionate rates of accidents/injuries, diabetes, liver disease, suicide, and substance use disorders. Effective treatments for substance use are needed to improve health equity for AI/AN communities. However, an unfortunate history of unethical and stigmatizing research has engendered distrust and reluctance to participate in research among many Native communities. In recent years, researchers have made progress toward engaging in ethical health disparities research by using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) framework to work in close partnership with community members throughout the research process. In this methodological process paper, we discuss the collaborative development of a quantitative survey aimed at understanding risk and protective factors for substance use among a sample of tribal members residing on a rural AI reservation with numerous systems-level barriers to recovery and limited access to treatment. By using a CBPR approach and prioritizing trust and transparency with community partners and participants, we were able to successfully recruit our target sample and collect quality data from nearly 200 tribal members who self-identified as having a substance use problem. Strategies for enhancing buy-in and recruiting a community sample are discussed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011795 Surveys and Questionnaires Collections of data obtained from voluntary subjects. The information usually takes the form of answers to questions, or suggestions. Community Survey,Nonrespondent,Questionnaire,Questionnaires,Respondent,Survey,Survey Method,Survey Methods,Surveys,Baseline Survey,Community Surveys,Methodology, Survey,Nonrespondents,Questionnaire Design,Randomized Response Technique,Repeated Rounds of Survey,Respondents,Survey Methodology,Baseline Surveys,Design, Questionnaire,Designs, Questionnaire,Methods, Survey,Questionnaire Designs,Questionnaires and Surveys,Randomized Response Techniques,Response Technique, Randomized,Response Techniques, Randomized,Survey, Baseline,Survey, Community,Surveys, Baseline,Surveys, Community,Techniques, Randomized Response
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072957 Alaska Natives Persons having origins in any indigenous people of ALASKA and their descendants. Alaskan Natives,Indigenous Alaskans,Native Alaskans,Alaska's Indigenous People,Indigenous People of Alaska,Alaska Indigenous People,Alaska Indigenous Peoples,Alaska Native,Alaska's Indigenous Peoples,Alaskan Native,Alaskan, Indigenous,Alaskan, Native,Alaskans, Indigenous,Alaskans, Native,Alaskas Indigenous People,Indigenous Alaskan,Indigenous People, Alaska's,Indigenous Peoples, Alaska's,Native Alaskan,Native, Alaskan,Natives, Alaska,Natives, Alaskan,People, Alaska's Indigenous,Peoples, Alaska's Indigenous
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D044467 American Indian or Alaska Native A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North, South and Central Americas, and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1997/10/30/97-28653/revisions-to-the-standards-for-the-classification-of-federal-data-on-race-and-ethnicity). In the United States it is used for classification of federal government data on race and ethnicity. Race and ethnicity terms are self-identified social construct and may include terms outdated and offensive in MeSH to assist users who are interested in retrieving comprehensive search results for studies such as in longitudinal studies. American Indians,American Indians or Alaska Natives,American Native Continental Ancestry Group,American Natives,Indians, American,Native Americans,Native Americans, Federally-Recognized,American Indian,American Native,American, Native,Federally-Recognized Native American,Federally-Recognized Native Americans,Native American,Native American, Federally-Recognized,Native, American

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