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Mental Health In Diabetes Prevention And Intevention Programs In American Indian/Alaska Native Communities, Wynette Whitegoat, Jeremy Vu, Kellie Thompson, Jennifer Gallagher Jan 2015

Mental Health In Diabetes Prevention And Intevention Programs In American Indian/Alaska Native Communities, Wynette Whitegoat, Jeremy Vu, Kellie Thompson, Jennifer Gallagher

Buder Center for American Indian Studies Research

American Indian and Alaska Natives youth and adults experience higher rates of type 2 diabetes and mental health problems than the general United States population. Few studies have explored the relationship other than detail the two issues independently. The present review aims to identify programs that seek to prevent/treat type 2 diabetes and mental health disorders in the American Indian and Alaska Native population. Available programs were reviewed for AI/AN adults and youth who suffer with both. As part of the review process, databases were searched for peer reviewed published studies. It was found that very few programs effectively incorporate …


Parenting Stress Among White, Black, American Indian, And Hispanic Mothers, Yunju Nam, Nora Wikoff, Michael Sherraden Jan 2012

Parenting Stress Among White, Black, American Indian, And Hispanic Mothers, Yunju Nam, Nora Wikoff, Michael Sherraden

Center for Social Development Research

Parenting stress can have long-term effects on parents and children, but little is known about racial and ethnic differences in parenting stress. Using baseline survey data from a probability sample in the SEED for Oklahoma Kids experiment (N = 2,26), we examine parenting stress among White, Black, American Indian, and Hispanic mothers. This study employs OLS regressions and Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions. Parenting stress scores among Whites and American Indians were on average significantly lower than among Blacks and Hispanics. Regressions indicate that across all four groups, parenting stress is positively associated with maternal depression and negatively associated with social supports. Decomposition …


Saving For Post-Secondary Education In American Indian Communities, Amy Locklear Hertel, Mary Elizabeth Jäger Jul 2010

Saving For Post-Secondary Education In American Indian Communities, Amy Locklear Hertel, Mary Elizabeth Jäger

Center for Social Development Research

Saving for Post-Secondary Education in American Indian Communities


Saving For Post-Secondary Education In American Indian Communities: A Geospatial And Quantitative Analysis, Amy Locklear Hertel, Mary Elizabeth Jäger Jul 2010

Saving For Post-Secondary Education In American Indian Communities: A Geospatial And Quantitative Analysis, Amy Locklear Hertel, Mary Elizabeth Jäger

Center for Social Development Research

A college education is critical to achieving financial stability in the United States. Empirical evidence linking college completion to higher incomes supports this assertion (Bergman, 2006). Every child should have the opportunity to obtain a post-secondary education and achieve financial stability. However, little is known about the practices and behaviors of American Indians when it comes to saving for post-secondary education. This pilot study is the first in this regard. There are two objectives for this study. The first is to assess spatially NC 529 College Savings Plan (NC 529 Plan or Plan) awareness and ownership among American Indian participants …


Earned Income Tax Credit (Eitc) Utilization In Native Communities, Kristen Wagner, Amy Locklear Hertel Jan 2010

Earned Income Tax Credit (Eitc) Utilization In Native Communities, Kristen Wagner, Amy Locklear Hertel

Center for Social Development Research

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Utilization in Native Communities


Savings And Financial Services In Native Communities, Kristen Wagner, Kristen Wagner Jan 2010

Savings And Financial Services In Native Communities, Kristen Wagner, Kristen Wagner

Center for Social Development Research

Savings and Financial Services in Native Communities


Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (Vita) Sites In Native Communities, Kristen Wagner, Amy Locklear Hertel Jan 2010

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (Vita) Sites In Native Communities, Kristen Wagner, Amy Locklear Hertel

Center for Social Development Research

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Sites in Native Communities


Tribal Innovations In Children's Accounts, Miriam Jorgensen, Peter Morris Sep 2009

Tribal Innovations In Children's Accounts, Miriam Jorgensen, Peter Morris

Center for Social Development Research

An important frontier in savings policy and research is the effectiveness of accounts at birth. This paper presents ideas and initial findings from the experience of American Indian nations—America’s first asset-builders—with such policies. It describes the motivations for creating “minors’ accounts,” which are offered by approximately 70 tribes. These tribes are the only jurisdictions in the nation to offer universal, unrestricted accounts for children. Increasingly, they also are using conditions and incentives to promote their policy goals. Their experiences and ideas offer important insights for mainstream policy makers and program managers (in the US and elsewhere) about how to design …


Dialogues On Assets In Native Communities: Recording A Native Perspective On The Definition And Benefits Of Retaining And Building Assets, Amy Locklear Hertel, Kristen Wagner, John Phillips, Karen Edwards, Jessica Hale Jul 2008

Dialogues On Assets In Native Communities: Recording A Native Perspective On The Definition And Benefits Of Retaining And Building Assets, Amy Locklear Hertel, Kristen Wagner, John Phillips, Karen Edwards, Jessica Hale

Center for Social Development Research

Dialogues on Assets in Native Communities: Recording a Native Perspective on the Definition and Benefits of Retaining and Building Assets


Eitc In Indian Country: Moving Beyond The Safety Net To Asset Building, Kristen Wagner, Amy Locklear Hertel Jul 2008

Eitc In Indian Country: Moving Beyond The Safety Net To Asset Building, Kristen Wagner, Amy Locklear Hertel

Center for Social Development Research

EITC in Indian Country: Moving Beyond the Safety Net to Asset Building


Contributions Of The Earned Income Tax Credit To Community Development In Indian Country, Kristen Wagner, Karen Edwards, Miriam Jorgensen, Dana Klar Jul 2006

Contributions Of The Earned Income Tax Credit To Community Development In Indian Country, Kristen Wagner, Karen Edwards, Miriam Jorgensen, Dana Klar

Center for Social Development Research

The earned income tax credit (EITC) has become a central element in a suite of programs and polices that promote “asset building” for the poor. Increasingly, it has become a way not only for individuals but also communities to turn their economic circumstances around. The Center for Social Development in collaboration with Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies engaged ten Native community organizations currently providing free tax preparation services in a study that examined uptake and potential uses of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) income by Native people. Through community surveys we learned that a majority of survey …


Asset-Building In Tribal Communities: Generating Native Discussion And Practical Approaches, Sarah Hicks, Karen Edwards, Mary Kate Dennis, Christy Finsel Jul 2005

Asset-Building In Tribal Communities: Generating Native Discussion And Practical Approaches, Sarah Hicks, Karen Edwards, Mary Kate Dennis, Christy Finsel

Center for Social Development Research

Asset-Building in Tribal Communities: Generating Native Discussion and Practical Approaches


Exploration And Use Of Individual Development Accounts By Three American Indian Tribes In Oregon, Christina Finsel, Jennifer Russ Jul 2005

Exploration And Use Of Individual Development Accounts By Three American Indian Tribes In Oregon, Christina Finsel, Jennifer Russ

Center for Social Development Research

Exploration and Use of Individual Development Accounts by Three American Indian Tribes in Oregon


Rural Wealth Building: Native Americans, Eric Henson, Anna Lee, Luxman Nathan Jul 2005

Rural Wealth Building: Native Americans, Eric Henson, Anna Lee, Luxman Nathan

Center for Social Development Research

Rural Wealth Building: Native Americans


American Indian Tribal Communities And Individual Development Account (Ida) Policy, Juliet King, Sarah Hicks, Karen Edwards, Alisa Larson Jul 2003

American Indian Tribal Communities And Individual Development Account (Ida) Policy, Juliet King, Sarah Hicks, Karen Edwards, Alisa Larson

Center for Social Development Research

American Indian Tribal Communities and Individual Development Account (IDA) Policy