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What Is President Obama Doing to Improve Indian Health Care? (And Is It Enough?)
As of September 2009, three-quarters of the way through President Obama's first year in office, how many of his promises to First Americans are actually being kept?
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Yes Nurses Can
Minority Nurse's open letter on healthcare to newly elected President Barack Obama.
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IHS Receives Research Grants and a New Headquarters
The Indian Health Service (IHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), both agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services, recently agreed to continue their partnership initiative to include American Indians and Alaskan Natives (AIs/ANs) as participants in and beneficiaries of the research and training supported by the NIH.
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Without Reservation
Native Nurse Leads the Nation's Indian Health
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Indian Health Service Joins Fight Against Hearing Loss in American Indians/Alaskan Natives
The Indian Health Service (IHS) has announced an effort to protect the hearing...
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Tribal Head Start Programs Get a Boost From Indian Health Services
To intensify and expand its effort to assist tribal Head Start programs, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has named...
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Tribes Know Best
To provide effective health care to Indian populations, nurses must understand the complexities of tribal governance
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Mobile Mammograms Serve AI/NA Women
The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently launched a new digital mammography unit, the Mobile Breast Care Center (MBCC), which will improve access to mammography services for American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women.
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Breast Cancer Treatment Options: Do Minority Women Have a Choice?
A nurse researcher’s study of American Indian breast cancer patients uncovers some troubling disparities
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American Diabetes Association Supports Increase in Indian Health Service Funding
Diabetes has reached epidemic proportions among Native Americans, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Over 12% of all Indian populations in the United States suffer from type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. The Pima Indians in Arizona have the highest rate of diabetes in the world—about half of adults between the ages of 30 and 64 are diagnosed with the disease.
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Resources Available for Fighting SIDS in Native American Communities
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New Kidney Disease Detection Guidelines Target Minority Patients
According to the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), one in nine adults in the U.S. has chronic kidney disease (CKD), yet most of them are undiagnosed and are not receiving medical treatment.
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“Getting to the Heart” of Culturally Competent Care
There are currently some 500 American Indian tribes in the U.S., each with its own unique cultural beliefs, customs and traditions...
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Researching With Respect
Nurses conducting research in American Indian communities must learn to be more culturally sensitive to tribes’ unique needs
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Where There’s Smoke
Individually and collectively, nurses can play a unique leadership role in reducing tobacco use in minority communities. Here’s how you can get involved.
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Careers in the Indian Health Service
Whether you’re a Native American nurse who wants to improve the health of your people or any minority nurse who wants to make a difference helping underserved communities, the IHS
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Healing a Wounded Past
Centuries of genocide, cultural destruction and prejudice have left Native Americans an ongoing legacy of serious health problems. Indian nurses can play a crucial role in helping patients begin the process of healing from historical trauma.
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Careers in Rural Minority Health
From the Mississippi Delta to remote Indian reservations, rural communities of color are among the most medically underserved in the nation--and the need for more nurses is especially acute
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Fighting Diabetes Disparities in Communities of Color
From Indian reservations and U.S./Mexico border communities to major urban centers, minority nurses are finding that culturally competent interventions and community outreach are beginning to make a difference in closing the diabetes gap.
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Lessons from My Father
American Indian nurse scientist John Lowe wanted to know why his Cherokee father had managed to avoid the health problems so often found in Indian communities. Today the answer to that question continues to inspire Lowe’s pioneering research on culturally competent solutions to Native American health disparities.
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