NIH R01 · 2025
Project Summary/ Abstract There is an urgency to address disparities in coronary heart disease (CHD) among Yup’ik Alaska Native People living remote, frontier communities in the Yukon Kuskokwim Delta Region (YKD). Well-intentioned mainstream interventions in Native communities have fallen short of their intended goals, largely because they focus too narrowly on changing dietary behaviors without addressing the deeper root cause of CHD, i.e., the lasting harms of colonization and historical trauma and disruption of traditional food systems. Consistent with a robust body of research, Yup’ik tribal leaders and Elders recognize that this limited perspective is ineffective and potentially…
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