National Alaska Native American Indian Nurses Association: Reducing health disparities within American Indian and Alaska native populations

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 16-23

  Parker, Judy Goforth ^a   Haldane, Sandra L ^b   Keltner, Bette Rusk ^c,f   June Strickland, C ^d   Tom Orme, Lillian ^e  

^a EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natl Alaska Native Amer Indian N   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFECTION; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING; PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES; AMERICAN INDIAN; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; ESKIMO; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ORGANIZATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS;

ALASKA; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MINORITY GROUPS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; SOCIETIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0036372917     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mno.2002.121482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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