Table I.
Summary of studies on SRH in indigenous populations
| Author, year | Indigenous population | SRH measure | SRH as outcome or predictor |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGee et al., 1999 (9) | Native Americans | Dichotomous | Predictor |
| Veenstra, 2009 (13) | Aboriginal Canadians | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Wu and Schimmele, 2005 (15) | Aboriginal Canadians | Scale | Outcome |
| Veenstra, 2011 (28) | Aboriginal Canadians | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Atchinson et al., 1996 (46) | Native Americans | Scale | Outcome |
| Zahran et al., 2005 (47) | AI/AN | Ordinal | Outcome |
| Liao et al., 2011 (48) | AI | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Newbold, 1997 (49) | Aboriginal Canadians | Dichotomous | Outcome/predictor |
| Orchard et al., 2010 (50) | Aboriginal Canadians | Ordinal | Predictor |
| FN Centre, 2002–2003 (51) | Canadian FN/Inuit | Ordinal | Outcome |
| Health Canada, 2009 (52) | Canadian FN/Inuit | Ordinal | Outcome |
| Young et al., 1998 (53) | Canadian FN/Inuit | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Statistics Canada, 2009 (54) | Canadian Métis | Ordinal | Outcome |
| Blum et al., 1992 (55) | AI/AN | Ordinal | Outcome |
| Parker, 2004 (56) | AI | Scale | Outcome |
| Grossman et al., 1991 (57) | AI/AN | Dichotomous | Predictor |
| Ritchie and Reading, 2003 (58) | Aboriginal Canadians | Dichotomous | Predictor |
| Okoro et al., 2007 (59) | AI/AN | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Bell et al., 2005 (60) | Native Americans | Dichotomous | Predictor |
| Ruthig et al., 2009 (61) | Native American | Scale | Outcome |
| Fischer et al., 1999 (62) | AI | Dichotomous | Predictor |
| Garroutte et al., 2006 (63) | AI | Scale | Outcome |
| Chae and Walters, 2009 (64) | AI/AN | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Sibthorpe et al., 2001 (65) | Aboriginal Australians | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Wiseman, 1999 (66) | Aboriginal Australians | Review | Outcome |
| Stevens and Young, 2009 (67) | Aboriginal Australians | Ordinal | Predictor |
| Spurling and Hayman, 2010 (68) | Urban indigenous people | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Harris et al., 2006 (69) | New Zealand Maori | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Pinhey et al., 1994 (70) | Guamanian Chamorros | Scale | Outcome |
| Curtis et al., 2002 (71) | Greenland Inuit | Dichotomous | Outcome |
| Chen et al., 2008 (72) | Taiwanese Aborigines | Dichotomous | Predictor |
| Yen et al., 2009 (73) | Taiwanese Aborigines | Scale | Predictor |
| Hansen et al., 2010 (74) | Norwegian Sami | Dichotomous | Outcome |
Notes: SRH Measure: Ordinal scale consisting of 4 or 5-item response: “excellent”, “very good”, “good”, “fair”, “poor” (or equivalent); Dichotomous response: “poor” and “fair” vs. all others combined.
AI, American Indians; AN, Alaska Natives; FN, First Nations.