by Jeffrey Lisse, MD, Chief of Rheumatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Interim Director, University of Arizona Arthritis Center; and Gail Kershner Riggs, MA, CHES, Research Specialist, Principal, University of Arizona Arthritis Center, Tucson, Arizona
The IHS Primary Care Provider, November 2005 Volume 30 Number 11
Format Web journal article
This article gives some background information on the incidence of arthritis in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people, as well as rheumatology clinical activities on the reservations and the importance of identifying needs and creating partnerships. The University of Arizona Medical School in Tucson is dedicated to maintaining and expanding the clinical and educational outreach to the reservations. As well, the University of Arizona’s Native American Research and Training Center identified the need for more preventative education about arthritis for AI/AN people and has developed patient education brochures about arthritis that are culturally specific to Arizona’s AI/AN people.
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