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Promises to keep : public health policy for American Indians and Alaska natives in the 21st century / edited by Mim Dixon and Yvette Roubideaux ; foreword by Michael E. Bird.

Dixon, Mim. (Added Author). Roubideaux, Yvette. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0875530249
  • ISBN: 9780875530246
  • Physical Description: xxi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association, c2001.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Legal and historical basis of Indian health care / Brett Lee Shelton -- The unique role of tribes in the delivery of health services to native Americans / Mim Dixon -- Economic and organizational changes in health care systems / Mim Dixon et. al.--Challenges of serving the growing population of urban Indians / Ralph Forquera -- The elder population and long term care / Dave Baldridge -- Behavioral health services for American Indians: need, use, and barriers to effective care / Spero M. Manson -- Diabetes in American Indians / Yvette Roubideaux and Kelly Acton -- Cardiovascular disease / Yvette Roubideaux -- Cancer: a growing problem among American Indians and Alaska natives / Linda Burhansstipanov -- Health surveillance, research, and information / Yvette Roubideaux and Mim Dixon.
Subject:
Indians of North America > Health and hygiene.
Indians of North America > Medical care.
United States. Indian Health Service.
Delivery of Health Care > Alaska.
Delivery of Health Care > United States.
Indians, North American > Alaska.
Indians, North American > United States.
Public Health > Alaska.
Public Health > United States.
Health Policy > Alaska.
Health Policy > United States.

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  • 1 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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