@article{ref1,
title="Health behaviors and risk factors among American Indians and Alaska Natives, 2000-2010",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2014",
author="Cobb, Nathaniel and Espey, David and King, Jessica",
volume="104",
number="Suppl 3",
pages="S481-9",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs. We provided contextual risk factor information for a special supplement on causes of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs). We analyzed 11 years of Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data for AI/AN respondents in the United States. <br><br>METHODS. We combined BRFSS data from 2000 to 2010 to determine the prevalence of selected risk factors for AI/AN and White respondents residing in Indian Health Service Contract Health Service Delivery Area counties. Regional prevalence estimates for AI/AN respondents were compared with the estimates for White respondents for all regions combined; respondents of Hispanic origin were excluded. <br><br>RESULTS. With some regional exceptions, AI/AN people had high prevalence estimates of tobacco use, obesity, and physical inactivity, and low prevalence estimates of fruit and vegetable consumption, cancer screening, and seatbelt use. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. These behavioral risk factors were consistent with observed patterns of mortality and chronic disease among AI/AN persons. All are amenable to public health intervention. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print April 22, 2014: e1-e9. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.301879).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2014.301879",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2014.301879"
}