IPHY 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Dental Plaque, Cervical Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease
15 Aug 2016
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Oral health and cardiovascular disease on pine ridge reservation. Pine ridge: demographics: oglala lakota (sioux) reservation, located in southwest corner of south dakota, 8th largest reservation in the nation. Larger than delaware and rhode island combined. Social issues: poorest reservation in the country. Unemployment rate: 83 85: casino = main source of income, school dropout rate = 70, school funding by us bureau of education in the bottom 10, housing extremely poor. Average of 17 people per home, small trailers known to house up to 30 people. Estimated 60% of homes infested with potentially fatal black mold. No federal program exists to help replace or upgrade homes. Nutritional choices: commodities program, sioux nation grocery store: only grocery store on the reservation. 8/10 families affected by alcoholism (despite being a dry reservation) Nearest liquor store located 400 yards off rez in a city with 14 residents. Despite this, cells 4,100,000 cans of beer per year for a.
