Social Determinants of American Indian Nutritional Health

Copyright

2019

Published By

Oxford University Press

In this journal article about the social determinants of American Indian Nutritional Health, the author discusses how the American Indian (AI) population suffers from significant health disparities, including nutrition-related chronic diseases (diabetes, cancer, and heart disease). Several risk factors for disease and social determinants of health have unique histories in the AI population, including historical trauma, boarding schools, adverse childhood experiences, poverty, federal food programs, and food deserts.