Core Determinants of Health in Native American Community

Core determinants of health
In native American
community

Community demographics
Social determinants Stats of native American community
Employment The rate of unemployment in this community was 69% in 2014,
compared to 6.7% of the national rate
Education Less than 5% of the community members have acquired graduate
degree and the national rate is 10%.
Physical environment 32.2% of Native Americans were associated with smoking and in
that 23.1% of the youth were associated. 17.8% pregnant women
were associated with smoking.
Child development The children of this community were provided with chicken pox,
polio, rubella, mumps, measles, Hib and others.
Social environment The social structure of the society was inclusive of family households
as 68.5% of people were living in family and 31.5% of non family
households.
Culture The culture of this community was associated with Mississippian
culture, Adena culture, hohokam culture, Iroquois culture.

Community demographics
Social status Stats of native American community
Gender Gender distribution in native American families are equal and in
3.1 million of native Americans which indicates 0.9% of the total
American population
Health service The health service for native Americans is developed by the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Service and this service is
termed as the Indian Health services.
Coping skills The community does not believe in contemporary health services
and were completely associated with traditional healthcare
services of the community.
Social support Several social support networks were developed by the U.S.
government so that their mental health, healthcare literacy and
coping skills could be targeted.
Genetic endowment Genetic endowment determined that majority of the native
Americans were suffering from risk of cardiovascular diseases
and due to this, their healthcare and well-being strategies
required revision.