Physical pain among urban Native American emerging adults: Socio-cultural risk and protective factors.
Shaddy K SabaAnthony RodriguezDaniel L DickersonLynette MikeKurt SchweigmanVirginia Arvizu-SanchezGeorge FunmakerCarrie L JohnsonRyan A BrownNipher MalikaElizabeth J D'AmicoPublished in: Psychosomatic medicine (2024)
Socioeconomic disadvantage may, in part, drive pain disparities among AI/AN emerging adults and act as a barrier to benefitting from visiting tribal lands. Results support a biopsychosocial approach to targeting pain in this population, including addressing socioeconomic challenges and developing culturally informed, strengths-based interventions.