Culturally Appropriate Care for Native Americans

Modern medicine teaches a rigid, scientific approach to disease prevention. Yet practitioners like Dr. Donald Warne argue that to be effective, health care programs must be locally controlled and responsive to the needs and beliefs of diverse individuals and groups. For Native Americans in particular, role models and interventions must come from within the community.

This video is a Web-exclusive supplement to "Bad Sugar," Episode 4 of "UNNATURAL CAUSES: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?" This ground-breaking documentary series looks at how the social, economic and physical environments in which we are born, live, and work profoundly affect our longevity and health. The series broadcast nationally on PBS in spring 2008, and can be bought on DVD from California Newsreel, www.newsreel.org

Visit www.unnaturalcauses.org to learn more.

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• prevention
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[jaker2880]

I work like a dog and I can't afford healthcare.I'm not native but my European ancestors on both my mother and father's side have been here long before this was a USA. And we never owned slaves. The same rich that put the natives on reservations are still screwin all us poor today.Only industrialized western country without universal healthcare,with a lower life expectancy than most. Shame! And no,i'm not putting much faith in Obama either.

[cinderskenney]

this doctore has the right ideas. this is what i want to do.

[gmphill1]

I'd like to use this video in class - what is the source?