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Peer reviewedKlarman, Herbert E. – Public Interest, 1974
Discusses what was expected of a health program, what happened in the course of its implementation, how major departures from what was expected are being explained, and what some implications are for public policy of the actual results, expected or unexpected. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Financial Policy, Government Role, Health Facilities
Fabio, Cyril L. – Black World, 1973
Emphasizes the low priorities that the Administration's planners of Health Maintenance Organizations have assigned toward correcting the maldistribution of health delivery and community/consumer participation, and reviews some of the health bills already submitted to Congress. (JM)
Descriptors: Black Community, Community Involvement, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Download full textPublic 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
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Office of Technology Assessment. – 1990
Health needs and health services in rural America are key issues directly related to education as well as community well-being. This report examines rural America's access to basic health care services and discusses options for congressional consideration. The focus is on trends in availability of primary and acute rural health care and on factors…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
Public Health Service (DHEW), Arlington, VA. – 1969
As reported in this publication, about 410,000 Alaskan Indians, Eskimos, and Aleuts receive a full range of curative, preventive, and rehabilitative health services--including hospitalization, outpatient medical care, public health nursing, maternal and child health care, dental and nutrition services, and health education. The U.S. Public Health…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, American Indians, Cultural Influences, Demography
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Energy and Commerce. – 1986
Health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives eligible for medical and health-related services from the federal government, specifically the Indian Health Service (IHS), is assessed. The basic population eligible for IHS services consists of "persons of Indian descent belonging to the Indian community served by the local facilities and…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Birth Rate
Ahearn, Mary C. – 1979
Nonmetropolitan and totally rural areas have greater unmet health needs and fewer health resources than urban areas. Blacks, American Indians, migrants, and Appalachians have specialized rural health care needs as a result of cultural isolation, poverty, and discrimination. The reversal of the rural to urban population migration has increased the…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Government Role, Health Facilities, Health Needs
