Title:
Promises to keep : public health policy for American Indians and Alaska natives in the 21st century
JLCTITLE245:
edited by Mim Dixon and Yvette Roubideaux.
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : American Public Health Association, c2001.
Physical Description:
xxi, 311 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9780875530246
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Term:
Contents:
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.