Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Different Perspective on Environmental Health

Type

Literature

Health

Organization

Environmental Health Perspectives

Description

Many persistent health disparities exist between Native Americans and other racial groups in the United States.1 As part of a broader effort to address these shortfalls and their root causes, the authors of a new commentary in Environmental Health Perspectives highlight the value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to Tribal epidemiology and medicine.2

Geography

National

Website

https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/EHP2391

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