Indian Health Service Regional Differences in Indian Health, 2002-2003 Edition.

摘要

Since 1955, the Indian Health Service (IHS) has had the responsibility for upholding the Federal Governments obligations to promote healthy American Indian and Alaska Native people, communities, and cultures, while honoring and protecting each Tribes inherent sovereign rights. The IHS mission is to raise the physical, mental, social, and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level. Regional Differences in Indian Health provides narrative, tables, and charts that describe IHS programs and the health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Report presents a structural overview of the Agency, along with demographic data on American Indians and Alaska Natives and patient care delivery services. Current regional differences are detailed and comparisons made to the U.S. population at large, where appropriate.