 Alaska Natives
"Alaska Natives" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Persons having origins in any indigenous people of ALASKA and their descendants and who maintain tribal affiliation, or community or cultural attachment.
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D000072957
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.686.508.150.288
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| Concept/Terms |
Alaska Natives- Alaska Natives
- Alaska Native
- Native, Alaska
- Natives, Alaska
- Alaska's Indigenous People
- Alaska Indigenous People
- Alaska's Indigenous Peoples
- Alaskas Indigenous People
- Indigenous People, Alaska's
- Indigenous Peoples, Alaska's
- People, Alaska's Indigenous
- Peoples, Alaska's Indigenous
- Indigenous People of Alaska
- Alaska Indigenous Peoples
- Native Alaskians
- Alaskian, Native
- Alaskians, Native
- Native Alaskian
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| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2016 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2018 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2019 | 7 | 5 | 12 | | 2020 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2021 | 12 | 0 | 12 | | 2022 | 15 | 0 | 15 | | 2023 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2024 | 5 | 2 | 7 | | 2025 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alaska Natives" by people in Profiles.
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Goins RT, Shi Y, Corrada MM, Manson SM, O'Connell J, Jiang L. Longitudinal associations of depression and diabetes with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias risk among American Indian and Alaska Native peoples. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2025 Jul 24; 80(8).
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Henderson A, Schaefer K, Maclehose R, Manson SM, Buchwald D. Barriers to COVID-19 Testing Among American Indian and Alaska Native People: Comparing Perspectives of Patients and Providers. Public Health Rep. 2025 Sep-Oct; 140(5-6):514-521.
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Stotz SA, Hebert LE, Moore KR, Jiang L, McNulty M, Begay K, Hicks T, Austin G, Couture N, Garrow H, O'Banion N, Brega AG. "What Can I Eat?" Healthy Choices for American Indian and Alaska Native Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: Outcomes From a Randomized Waitlist-Controlled Trial of a Diabetes Nutrition Education Program. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2025 Aug; 57(8):746-758.
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Huyser KR, Brega AG, Reid M, Parker T, Steiner JF, Chang J, Jiang L, Fyfe-Johnson AL, Johnson-Jennings M, Hiratsuka VY, Tsosie N, Manson SM, O'Connell J. Impact of social determinants of health on obesity among American Indian and Alaska Native young adults. PLoS One. 2025; 20(5):e0322164.
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Ray L, Hiratsuka VY, Cheung K, Dillard DA, Tierney M, Manson SM. Making a Community Health Needs Assessment Participatory: A Case Study from an Alaska Native Health Care Organization. Am Indian Alsk Native Ment Health Res. 2025; 32(2):1-26.
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Stotz SA, Hebert LE, Scarton L, Begay K, Gonzales K, Garrow H, Charley M, Aspaas M, Charron-Prochownik D, Manson SM. Supporting Holistic Health and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Risk Reduction Among Young Native Females Prior to Pregnancy: A Qualitative Exploration. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 Dec 28; 22(1).
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Wesner CA, Around Him D, Ullrich JS, Martin L, Denmark N, Russette H, Lee K, Sarche M, Asdigian NL, Barnes-Najor J, Whitesell NR. Co-creating a conceptual model of Indigenous relational wellbeing in early childhood: Planting seeds of connectedness. Infant Ment Health J. 2025 Mar; 46(2):115-132.
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Ioannou S, Beecham A, Gomez L, Dauer R, Khakoo N, Pascual L, Quintero M, Lopez J, Leavitt JS, Solis N, Ortega M, Deshpande AR, Kerman DH, Proksell S, Torres EA, Haritunians T, Li D, Abreu MT, McGovern DPB, McCauley JL, Damas OM. Ancestral Diversity in Pharmacogenomics Affects Treatment for Hispanic/Latine Populations With Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 May; 23(6):1008-1018.e7.
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Reed ND, Bull S, Shrestha U, Sarche M, Kaufman CE. Combating Fraudulent Participation in Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Virtual Health Research: Protocol for Increasing Data Integrity in Online Research (PRIOR). JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 06 13; 13:e52281.
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Sereika SM, Moore KR, Stotz S, Chalmers LJ, Garrow H, Gonzales K, O'Banion N, Powell J, Knoki-Wilson U, Charron-Prochownik D. The Associations Between Health-Related Knowledge and Health Beliefs Regarding Risk for Gestational Diabetes in American Indian and Alaska Native Female Adolescents and Young Adults at Risk for Gestational Diabetes and Their Female Caregivers: A Cross-Sectional Dyadic Analysis. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2024 May-Jun; 69(3):383-393.
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