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An Alaska Native community's views on genetic research, testing, and return of results: Results from a public deliberation by Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y, Beans, Julie A, Blanchard, Jessica W, Reedy, Justin, Blacksher, Erika, Lund, Justin R, Spicer, Paul G

“…As genetic testing technology advances, genetic testing will move into standard practice in the primary care setting. Genetic research, testing, and return of…”
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Fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity, and functional fitness among older adults in urban Alaska by Mahanna, Allexis, Howell, Britteny M, Worthington, Amber K, Redmond, Leslie C, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y

“…Older adults often face barriers to obtaining recommended diet, physical activity, and fitness levels. Understanding these patterns can inform effective…”
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Using Indigenous Standards to Implement the CARE Principles: Setting Expectations through Tribal Research Codes by Carroll, Stephanie Russo, Garba, Ibrahim, Plevel, Rebecca, Small-Rodriguez, Desi, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y, Hudson, Maui, Garrison, Nanibaa' A

“…Biomedical data are now organized in large-scale databases allowing researchers worldwide to access and utilize the data for new projects. As new technologies…”
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Oral health beliefs and oral hygiene behaviours among parents of urban Alaska Native children by Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y., Robinson, Jamuir M., Greenlee, Robert, Refaat, Amany

“…American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) children have a prevalence rate of early childhood caries 5 times that of the overall US population. Oral hygiene and…”
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Data Management in Health-Related Research Involving Indigenous Communities in the United States and Canada: A Scoping Review by Woodbury, R Brian, Beans, Julie A, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y, Burke, Wylie

“…Multiple factors, including experiences with unethical research practices, have made some Indigenous groups in the United States and Canada reticent to…”
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Evidence-based screening, clinical care and health education recommendations for Alaska Native peoples with prediabetes living in southcentral Alaska: findings from the Alaska EARTH follow-up study by Koller, Kathryn R, Nash, Sarah H, Beans, Julie A, Day, Gretchen M, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y, Lin, Ai-Ling, Narayanan, Meera, Patten, Christi A, Hammock, Sherry A, Howard, Barbara V, Umans, Jason G

“…Pre-diabetes (pre-DM) is a strong predictor of diabetes (DM) over time. This study investigated how much of the recent increase in pre-DM identified among…”
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Agreement between self-reported and central cancer registry-recorded prevalence of cancer in the Alaska EARTH study by Nash, Sarah H., Day, Gretchen, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y., Zimpelman, Garrett L., Koller, Kathryn R.

“…Reliance on self-reported health status information as a measure of population health can be challenging due to errors associated with participant recall. We…”
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Community Perspectives on Communicating About Precision Medicine in an Alaska Native Tribal Health Care System by Woodbury, R Brian, Beans, Julie A, Wark, Kyle A, Spicer, Paul, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y

“…Precision medicine seeks to better tailor medical care to the needs of individual patients, but there are challenges involved in communicating to patients,…”
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Community Protections in American Indian and Alaska Native Participatory Research-A Scoping Review by Beans, Julie A, Saunkeah, Bobby, Brian Woodbury, R, Ketchum, Terry S, Spicer, Paul G, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y

“…Experiences with unethical research practices have caused some American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) individuals, organizations, and tribes to mistrust…”
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Response to the letter by Nash, Sarah H., Day, Gretchen, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y., Zimpelman, Garrett L., Koller, Kathryn R.

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Alaska Native people's perceptions, understandings, and expectations for research involving biological specimens by Hiratsuka, VanessaY, Brown, Jennifer K., Hoeft, Theresa J., Dillard, Denise A.

“…Objectives. Members of racially and ethnically diverse groups have been persistently underrepresented in biomedical research in general, possibly due to…”
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A Call for Solidarity in Bioethics: Confronting Anti‐Black Racism Together by Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y.

“…In this short piece, an Indigenous, community‐based public health researcher who supported the development of this special report describes this collection as…”
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Exploring the Term “Resilience” in Arctic Health and Well-Being Using a Sharing Circle as a Community-Centered Approach: Insights from a Conference Workshop by Healey Akearok, Gwen, Cueva, Katie, Stoor, Jon, Larsen, Christina, Rink, Elizabeth, Kanayurak, Nicole, Emelyanova, Anastasia, Hiratsuka, Vanessa

“…In the field of Arctic health, “resilience” is a term and concept used to describe capacity to recover from difficulties. While the term is widely used in…”
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Deliberative democracy and historical perspectives on American Indian/Alaska native political decision-making practices by Reedy, Justin, Orr, Raymond, Spicer, Paul, Blanchard, Jessica W, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y, Ketchum, Terry S, Saunkeah, Bobby, Wark, Kyle, Woodbury, R Brian

“…Public deliberation has risen to the forefront of governance as a technique for increasing participation in policy making. Scholars and practitioners have also…”
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Discovering unique tobacco use patterns among Alaska Native people by Dilley, Julia A., Peterson, Erin, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y., Rohde, Kristen

“…Alaska Native people are disproportionately impacted by tobacco-related diseases in comparison to non-Native Alaskans. We used Alaska's Behavioral Risk Factor…”
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Views on electronic cigarette use in tobacco screening and cessation in an Alaska Native healthcare setting by Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y., Avey, Jaedon P., Trinidad, Susan B., Beans, Julie A., Robinson, Renee F.

“…American Indian (AI) and Alaska Native (AN) communities confront some of the highest rates of tobacco use and its sequelae. This formative research project…”
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Health-Related Participatory Research in American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: A Scoping Review by Woodbury, R Brian, Ketchum, Scott, Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y, Spicer, Paul

“…A scoping review was conducted to assess the state of the literature on health-related participatory research involving American Indian and Alaska Native…”
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Guideline concordant detection and management of depression among Alaska Native and American Indian people in primary care by Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y., Smith, Julia J., Norman, Sara M., Manson, Spero M., Dillard, Denise A.

“…A tribal health organization in Alaska implemented a primary care depression screening, detection and management initiative amongst 55,000 Alaska…”
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Use of Cognitive Interviews in the Development of a Survey Assessing American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Perspectives on Genetics and Biological Specimens by Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y, Beans, Julie A, Byars, Christie, Yracheta, Joseph, Spicer, Paul G

“…The cognitive interview process is a method to validate a survey instrument's face validity and enhance confidence in item interpretation, as well as a method…”
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Genetic research within Indigenous communities: Engagement opportunities and pathways forward by Barton, Krysta S., Porter, Kathryn M., Mai, Thyvu, Claw, Katrina G., Hiratsuka, Vanessa Y., Carroll, Stephanie Russo, Burke, Wylie, Garrison, Nanibaa’ A.

“…Against a historical backdrop of researchers who violated trust through lack of benefit sharing, transparency, and engagement, efforts are underway to develop…”
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