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Urban Native American HIV Testing Survey, Houston Texas (2002)

In the fall of 2001, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a grant to The Houston Regional HIV/AIDS Resource Group, Inc., and Sage Associates, Inc., to study the HIV risk behaviors of urban Native American/Alaska Natives as part of a special populations study. While Native Americans/Alaska Natives comprise 0.83% of the Houston

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Native Americans and the HIV Prevention Community Planning Group Process (2002)

In July 2002, a total of 35 telephone interviews were conducted, 24 with appointed or elected community planning group (CPG) co-chairs and eleven with Native CPG members, in thirteen states in order to complete a needs assessment for Natives involved in HIV prevention planning. States included in the study were: Alaska, Arizona, California, Minnesota, Montana,

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Social Capital with the Cherokee Nation (2001)

During 2001, 352 members of the Cherokee History Class, sponsored by Cherokee Nation participated in a survey to not only measure knowledge of Cherokee history but to also gauge the intensity of community involvement, or social capital, defined as “…those specific processes among people and organizations, working collaboratively in an atmosphere of trust, that lead

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