Open AccessThe Navajo Nation Healthy Diné Nation Act: A Description of Community Wellness Projects Funded by a 2% Tax on Minimal-to-No-Nutritious-Value Foods
Author(s) -
Del Yazzie,
Kristen Tallis,
Caleigh Curley,
Priscilla R. Sanderson,
Regina Eddie,
Sonya Shin,
Timothy K. Behrens,
Carmen George,
Ramona Antone-Nez,
Shirleen Jumbo-Rintila,
Gloria Ann Begay,
Hendrik D. de Heer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of public health management and practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.771
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1550-5022
pISSN - 1078-4659
DOI - 10.1097/phh.0000000000001371
Subject(s) - navajo , government (linguistics) , population , context (archaeology) , revenue , economic growth , business , health equity , political science , environmental health , medicine , geography , health care , economics , finance , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
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.