@article{ref1,
title="Homicide among Indigenous females in North Carolina: a comparison of publicly generated data and violent death reporting system",
journal="Forensic sciences research",
year="2024",
author="Hudhud, Muhammad and Proescholdbell, Scott and Norwood, Tammy and Cavalier-Keck, Crystal and Bell, Ronny A.",
volume="9",
number="1",
pages="owad057-owad057",
abstract="Like other minoritized populations, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) females experience disparate morbidity and mortality outcomes to that of the general US population. This study identified discrepancies in reporting of AI/AN female decedents between the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System (NC-VDRS) and an online, user-generated database. Female AI/AN decedent data of all ages were collected from the NC-VDRS and compared against that of the publicly available North Carolina Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW NC) database for the study period, 2004-2019. Twenty-four of the 72 cases matched between data systems (33.3%). Substantive differences between the NC-VDRS and the MMIW NC database were found. Future efforts should be directed towards supporting Indigenous communities with the comprehensive data the NC-VDRS can provide. This paper highlights statewide public health systems like the NC-VDRS supporting community efforts to understand, advocate for, and disseminate information on MMIW.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2096-1790",
doi="10.1093/fsr/owad057",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owad057"
}