November is National American Indian Heritage Month. I actually did not know this until after I’d already decided to focus this week’s article about Indigenous Social Determinants of Health.
There are a lot of awareness days/months, but I’ll admit that not knowing about this one perturbed me-especially in light of Thanksgiving Day coming up, a day centered in controversy and relevant to the growing conversations on decolonization.
The latter warrants its own future article as it pertains to healthcare and public health, but this week we’re exploring one unique facet: Indigenous social determinants of health (ISDOH),