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The Indian Health Services The IHS logo. The Indian Health Services (IHS) is a government organization created in 1955 to help combat poor health and living conditions of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. The IHS still exists in the United States, and is a blend of various organizations created to combat specific health problems for Native ...
The Indian Health Service ( IHS) is an operating division (OPDIV) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). IHS is responsible for providing direct medical and public health services to members of federally recognized Native American Tribes and Alaska Native people. IHS is the principal federal health care provider and ...
IHS isn’t an insurance plan. It provides care only at IHS facilities. That means you still need insurance if you have IHS. For Native Americans or Alaskan Natives who are ages 65 or older ...
Josephine Waconda (née Trujillo; February 5, 1935 – January 1, 2013) was an American nurse and an administrator of the Indian Health Service.She was a member of Pueblo of Laguna tribe and the first Native American to attain the rank of rear admiral of the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), when she was promoted in 1987 to head the regional Albuquerque office of the Indian ...
Mental health issues. Losing family members, past trauma, fear of future displacement, food insecurity, ethnic discrimination, and other issues can affect the mental health of Indigenous people.
Most breast cancers are diagnosed in women over age 50. Native American women are more likely than white women to be diagnosed earlier, before age 50. Your breast density. Breasts are made from ...
Women's health in India can be examined in terms of multiple indicators, which vary by geography, socioeconomic standing and culture. To adequately improve the health of women in India multiple dimensions of wellbeing must be analysed in relation to global health averages and also in comparison to men in India. Health is an important factor ...
In the ’60s and ’70s, the Indian Health Service sterilized as many as 1 in 4 Indigenous women without their consent. By 1976, up to half of all Indigenous women in the United States had ...