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Download full textFlorida State Board of Health, Jacksonville. – 1965
THIS ISSUE OF "FLORIDA HEALTH NOTES" DISCUSSES FLORIDA'S MIGRANTS AND THE MIGRANT HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH AND THE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS. THE FOLLOWING TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED--THEIR HOUSING AND SANITATION FACILITIES, THEIR LONG WORKING HOURS AND LOW WAGES, THEIR SUMMER MIGRATION PATTERNS, THEIR HEALTH…
Descriptors: Blacks, Church Programs, Day Care, Health Conditions
Public Health Service (DHEW), Washington, DC. Div. of Indian Health. – 1972
The American Indian Health Service (AIHS) is a component of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Health Services and Mental Health Administration. AIHS is responsible to 422,000 Indians belonging to more than 250 tribes and 53,000 Indians living in 300 Alaskan villages. The goal of the AIHS is to raise the health of the Indian and…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Eskimos
PDF pending restorationNarangwal Rural Health Research Centre (India). – 1971
This document reports progress made by the Narangwal Rural Health Research Center in understanding the interactions of nutrition and infection in India. As part of a longitudinal study, 11 Punjab villages were divided into groups and received health care, nurtitional supplements or a combination of both. A control group received only symptomatic…
Descriptors: Demography, Disease Control, Family Involvement, Health Personnel
Indian Health Service (PHS/HSA), Rockville, MD. – 1985
Comprehensive health care (preventive, curative, rehabilitative, and environmental) for more than 930,000 eligible American Indians and Alaska Natives is the responsibility of the Indian Health Service (IHS). Since 1955, this agency of the U.S. Public Health Service has made notable progress in raising the health status of Indians and Alaska…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Delivery Systems, Health Facilities
National Health Education Committee, Inc., New York, NY. – 1966
MAJOR CAUSES OF DEATH AND DISABILITY, RESULTS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, LIFE EXPECTANCY FIGURES, COST OF ILLNESS TO THE UNITED STATES, AND GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES IN MEDICINE AND HEALTH ARE PRESENTED TABULARLY AND GRAPHICALLY IN QUESTION AND ANSWER FORM. FOR EACH OF 14 MAJOR DISEASES, PERTINENT FACTS ARE LISTED ABOUT INCIDENCE, COST, DEATH RATE,…
Descriptors: Allergy, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy, Communicable Diseases
Frederick, Calvin J., Comp.; And Others – 1974
Designed to help alleviate some of the health problems among American Indians and Eskimos, this booklet covers suicide, homicide, and alcoholism. It can be used to provide: (1) "how-to" guidelines which describe ways for recognizing, handling, and preventing possible suicides among American Indians; and (2) survey data and literature for…
Descriptors: Aggression, Alcoholism, American Indians, Antisocial Behavior
