 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 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2018 | 9 | 7 | 16 | | 2019 | 6 | 6 | 12 | | 2020 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2021 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Alaska Natives" by people in Profiles.
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Mason M, Schultz K, Zhang S, Ivanich JD. Understanding Substance Use in Alaska Native Youth- A Social Network Perspective. BMC Public Health. 2026 05 09; 26(1).
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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 08; 57(8):746-758.
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Bitterfeld L, Hill L, Bondurant J, Dailey-Vail J, Brega AG, Loresto F, Rael CT. Systems, Social, and Individual Factors Influencing Glycemic Control Among American Indian/Alaska Native Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 04; 13(2):1115-1134.
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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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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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Niu X, Chang J, Corrada MM, Bullock A, Winchester B, Manson SM, O'Connell J, Jiang L. The Relationship between All-Cause Dementia and Acute Diabetes Complications among American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2024 04 18; 21(4).
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Maestre G, Hill C, Griffin P, Hall S, Hu W, Flatt J, Babulal G, Thorpe R, Henderson JN, Buchwald D, Manson S, Cicero E, Gilmore-Bykovskyi A, Gamaldo A, Glover C, Barnes L, Kind A, James B, Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Wharton W, Caramelli P, Szanton S, Whitmer R, Benn Torres J, Deters K, Okonkwo O, Das R, Martinez-Gonzalez K, Carrillo M. Promoting diverse perspectives: Addressing health disparities related to Alzheimer's and all dementias. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 04; 20(4):3099-3107.
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Johnson-Jennings MD, Reid M, Jiang L, Huyser KR, Brega AG, Steine JF, Manson SM, Chang J, Fyfe-Johnson AL, Hiratsuka V, Conway C, O'Connell J. American Indian Alaska Native (AIAN) adolescents and obesity: the influence of social determinants of health, mental health, and substance use. Int J Obes (Lond). 2023 04; 47(4):297-305.
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