Culturally Rooted Health: Empowering Native Communities through Tobacco Prevention and Diabetes Awareness

1. Health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

a) True
b) False

2. Currently approximately 16 million Americans suffer from a smoking-related illness.

a) True
b) False

3. Health outcomes related to a person’s social determinants of health include life expectancy, health care expenditures and health status.

a) True
b) False

4. The following is/are aspects of social determinants of health:

a) Economic stability
b) Physical environment
c) Education
d) Food
e) All of the Above

5. Cigarette smoking is more common amount American Indian and Alaska Natives than almost any other racial group.

a) True
b) False

6. The following is/are recommendation(s) to address traditional tobacco use:

a) Respect the sovereignty of Tribal Communities
b) Value and support the cultivation of traditional practice
c) Look to leverage both youth and elder leadership
d) Support relevant and culturally appropriate messaging and strategies
e) All of the Above

7. The risk of developing diabetes is 30-40% higher for smokers compared to nonsmokers.

a) True
b) False

8. The following is/are aspects of the Indigenous Worldview:

a) Lifeways rooted in culture
b) Respect for all living things
c) Sustainable
d) All of the above

9. The difference between traditional tobacco use and commercial tobacco use is that traditional tobacco is used to honor the Creator and is governed by cultural protocols for spiritual, ceremonial, and cultural uses; whereas, commercial tobacco use causes sickness, disease and death in our communities and is governed by marketing protocols of addiction.

a) True
b) False