[nativestudies-l] Yale Daily News: Prof. explains American Indian health disparities

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

YALE DAILY NEWS

Monday, September 19, 2011

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*Professor explains health disparities*

By: Ariel Flotte

Despite the high quality of American health care, the life expectancy of 
American Indians can be as much as 30 years shorter than the lifespan of 
an average American.

In front of an audience of 25 health professionals and members of the 
Yale community in the Sterling Hall of Medicine on Friday, professor 
Margaret Moss, director of the Nursing Management, Policy and Leadership 
Specialty at the Yale School of Nursing, described the history of 
federal Indian policy and the current state of American Indian health. 
The lecture, part of the Beaumont Medical Club lecture series, addressed 
the issues of historical trauma, sovereignty, dual citizenship and small 
population numbers that continue to cause discrepancy between American 
Indians and the rest of the country.

FULL ARTICLE @ 
http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/2011/sep/19/prof-explains-health-disparities/


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