i
A health survey of Klamath Indian elders 30 years after the loss of tribal status.
Details:
-
Alternative Title:Public Health Rep
-
Description:Federal recognition of the tribal status of the Klamath Indians of Oregon was terminated by Congress in 1954, along with all health, education, and welfare services. In the winter and spring of 1985 a health status and health care needs assessment was conducted among 202 Klamath Indians ages 40 years and older with the use of a shortened version of the Older Americans Resources and Services (OARS) instrument. Twenty percent of the Klamaths surveyed reported having diabetes, and more than 30 percent reported having arthritis, rheumatism, or hypertension, or having had their gallbladder removed. The data were compared with those of national surveys of Indian and non-Indian elders that also used the OARS instrument. Even though the Klamaths surveyed were younger than the comparison groups, their health status was no better than that of other Indians and was worse than that of the non-Indian population. Moreover, among these Klamath adults, health insurance coverage was lower, and perceived unmet needs for medical care were higher than in either of the comparison groups.
-
Subjects:
-
Pubmed ID:3128833
-
Pubmed Central ID:PMCnull
-
Document Type:
-
Collection(s):
-
Main Document Checksum:urn:sha256:f0566a1a59ae37d9fe9cd2c908539eda1a6c8825099e22d471937601a922bf0b
-
Download URL:
-
File Type:
Supporting Files
-
No Additional Files
More +
Related Documents
-
Personal Author:Holden, J A ;Christoffel, T1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):153-161Description:Health professionals are key to any progress in reducing motor vehicle injury and death, yet they have been slow to recognize their role in this impor...Personal Author:McCombie, S C ;Worrell, R D...1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):162-166Description:An outbreak of measles occurred in Tucson, AZ, in 1985; 112 of the 225 cases were among students at two large high schools. A review of the immunizati...Personal Author:Baron, Roy C. ;Dicker, Richard C....1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):120-128Description:The Centers for Disease Control receives weekly reports of mortality due to all causes and to pneumonia and influenza from 121 cities and counties in ...Personal Author:Platt, L J ;Benford, M S1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):147-153Description:The Maternal and Child Health Information Network--MATCH--was begun in 1984 as a demonstration project with support from the Division of Maternal and ...Personal Author:Garthright, W E ;Archer, D L...1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):107-115Description:The incidence of acute episodes of intestinal infectious diseases in the United States was estimated through analysis of community-based studies and n...Personal Author:Stockwell, E G ;Swanson, D A...1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):135-142Description:Infant mortality differentials in a metropolitan aggregate of eight Ohio cities were examined for the years 1979-81. The primary analytical unit was t...Personal Author:Petersen, L R ;Helgerson, S D...1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):115-120Description:A Connecticut insurance company adopted a policy prohibiting smoking in all work areas. Three months later, the authors assessed smoking behavior chan...Validation of maternally reported birth weights among 46,637 Tennessee WIC program participants.CitePersonal Author:Gayle, H D ;Yip, R...1988 Mar-Apr | Public Health Rep. 103(2):143-147Description:To assess the accuracy of maternally reported birth weights, we compared birth weights reported by mothers in the Tennessee Women, Infants, and Childr...Personal Author:Connell, C M ;Crawford, C O03/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(2):189-195Description:A sample of 182 respondents to a mail survey in two Pennsylvania counties, one rural, one urban, provided information on the sources of their health i...Personal Author:Winder, A E ;Stanitis, M A...03/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(2):128-135Description:On April 26, 1986, a reactor unit at the Soviet Union's Chernobyl Power Station exploded, and substantial amounts of radioactive material were release...Personal Author:Neal-Cooper, F ;Scott, R B03/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(2):174-178Description:Beginning in 1970, a cohort of 74 sickle trait-carrying couples was identified who risked producing children with sickle cell anemia or other serious ...Personal Author:Simpson, C E ;Aronoff, R03/01/1988 | Public Health Rep. 103(2):178-184Description:There was a substantial increase in the number of black and Hispanic physicians between 1970 and 1985. During the next 15 years, 1985 to 2000, the inc...
More +
You May Also Like
Checkout today's featured content at stacks.cdc.gov