'Identifying Protective Factors to Promote Health in American Indian and Alaska Native Adolescents: A Literature Review'

'Abstract\nphoto to cling toive factors, conditions that protect against the circumstance of an un preferred outcome or promote the occurrence of a desirable outcome inside an juveniles environment, can value healthy juvenile behaviors and reduce mature morbidity and mortality. Yet, teeny is known just about the nature and gist of preventative factors on the corroborative sociable and health outcomes among American Indian and Alaska native-born (AIAN) adolescents. We conducted a check of the literature to see the protecting(prenominal) factors associated with demonstrable health outcomes among AIAN adolescents. We consulted Elsevier apprehension Direct, ERIC EBSCOhost, PubMed, and the Web of science databases. A complete of 3421 articles were encountered. Excluded publications were those that did non focal point on AIAN adolescents (n = 3341), did not identify protective factors (n = 56), were not headmaster research studies (n = 8), or were not write in the slope language. We identified cab aret categories of protective factors positively associated with health and accessible outcomes, including: current and/or future aspirations, face-to-face wellness, positive self-image, self-efficacy, non-familial connectedness, family connectedness, positive opportunities, positive tender norms, and cultural connectedness. such(prenominal) factors positively influenced adolescent alcohol, tobacco, and substance aim; delinquent and lashing behavior; randy health including depression, suicide attempt; resilience; and academic success. safety-related factors spanned multiple domains of the socio-ecological model. Strengths-based health promotion efforts that supplement local, innate protective factors and work with AIANs to take a shit environments rich in protective factors are key to improve the health and public assistance of AIAN adolescents.\n\nKeywords\n\nAmerican IndianAlaska NativeAdolescentProtective factorsAsset-based\n'