The Navajo Nation Healthy Dine Nation Act: A Description of Community Wellness Projects Funded by a 2% Tax on Minimal-to-No-Nutritious-Value Foods.

ABSTRACT:

Context

To promote the health of the Navajo people, the Navajo Nation passed the Healthy Diné Nation Act (HDNA) in 2014. The HDNA included a 2% tax on "minimal-to-no-nutritional-value" foods and waived 5% sales tax on healthy foods, the first such policy in the United States and any sovereign Tribal nation. Uniquely aligned with Tribal government structures, revenue was directly allocated to 110 small local government entities (Chapters) for self-determined wellness projects.

Objective

To characterize HDNA-funded wellness projects, test for variation in project type, and funding amount over time by region and community size.

Design

Longitudinal study assessing funded wellness projects from tax inception through 2019.

Setting

The Navajo Nation.

Participants</

SUBMITTER: Yazzie D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8589869 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature