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Living with Morgellons Disease and Medical Dismissal
Christine Makosky Daley, PhD, MA, SMSean M. Daley, PHD, MARyan Goeckner, PHD, MA Routledge, Anticipated Release 2027 Morgellons Disease is labeled as “delusions of parasitosis” by the mainstream medical community, led by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This condition is characterized by the belief that there is something crawling under your…
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The Complexities of American Indian Identity in the Twenty-First Century
Between 2011 and 2015, over 700 Native Americans from across the United States participated in Native 24/7, a mixed-methods study that delved into modern-day American Indian identities through semi-structured interviews with accompanying surveys. Using the perspectives, voices, and stories of these participants, Daley and Daley document how contemporary Native peoples feel, define, and contribute to…
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Trust in Healthcare Providers Among American Indians in the Midwest
Prescription drug misuse disproportionately impacts American Indian communities, yet limited research explores how trust in healthcare settings affects behaviors related to prescription drug use. Using data from a 2017 cross-sectional survey of 781 American Indian adults in the Plains region, this study aims to examine the association between trust in health information provided by physicians…
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Developing and Pilot Testing a Culturally Appropriate Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Program for American Indians
Despite reductions in smoking rates across populations in recent years, American Indians continue to smoke at the highest rates of all racial/ethnic groups in the United States. To address this disparity, an individual telephone-based version of the successful culturally appropriate All Nations Breath of Life smoking cessation program was developed and pilot tested using community-based…
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Paranormal Tourism and Belief in Ghosts and Hauntings in Atchison
The Most Haunted Town in Kansas Paranormal tourism is one way Americans confront questions of the afterlife and history. As a key source of revenue in some communities, paranormal tourism’s success often requires reformation of community identities and paranormal mythologies. Atchison, Kansas provides an example of this phenomenon by basing much of its economic development…
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Indigenous Paranormal and Supernatural Phenomena in Pennsylvania
Four Phenomena of Religious and Spiritual Significance in Indian Country Indigenous peoples and their traditions have long been influential on mainstream American society. Indigenous religious and spiritual traditions, in particular, have had significant impacts on popular belief in the paranormal and supernatural. For example, Indigenous phenomena such as skinwalkers and wendigos have become objects of…
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Development of a Tobacco Health Literacy Instrument for American Indians
Low health literacy, an established risk factor of poor health outcomes, may be applied to better understand individual health related decisions and actions. Health literacy can help explain why and how people make prevention and treatment choices and is particularly salient in developing interventions among populations experiencing health disparities. American Indians experience the highest smoking…
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Native Spiritualities and Identities as Influences on Mental Health in American Indian Communities in the Midwest
Spirituality and individual identity are necessary factors to fully understand physical and mental health outcomes in many communities. However, limited research has been conducted to assess the impacts of these constructs within American Indian communities despite rampant health disparities. To begin addressing this gap, a cross-sectional survey (N=968) was conducted in urban and reservation communities…
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Beyond Skinwalkers and Indian Burial Grounds
Contemporary Belief in Anomalous Phenomena Among American Indians Presumptions about Native American spiritual belief frequently spill over into mainstream beliefs related to paranormal and supernatural phenomena. From the birth of the “Indian burial ground” trope in nineteenth century American literature to contemporary belief in skinwalkers among paranormal researchers, Native beliefs about anomalous phenomena continue to…
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Native College Students and Alternative Tobacco Products
AIHREA researchers recently published our findings from a study to understand how Native college students used and understood alternative tobacco products. We found that, overall, participants viewed electronic nicotine delivery systems and chewing tobacco as primary examples of alternative tobacco products and described a generational divide between alternative and conventional tobacco product use. Alternative tobacco…