Conducting Health Research with Native American Communities
Alcohol Use among Native Americans Compared to Whites: Examining the Veracity of the 'Native American Elevated Alcohol Consumption' Belief a UA study, debunked stereotypes about Native Americans and Alcohol. The article published online Feb. 8, 2015, in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence, was conducted by James K. Cunningham, PhD, lead author, a U.S. Fulbright scholar and social epidemiologist with the UA Department of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) and the UA Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health; Teshia A. Solomon, PhD, (Choctaw), associate professor with the FCM and Community Medicine; and Myra Muramoto, MD, MPH, former department chair for FCM.