Advancing the Health of the American People: Addressing Various Public Health Needs : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Health, Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, June 27, 2001, 4. sējumsU.S. Government Printing Office, 2001 - 74 lappuses |
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7. lappuse - PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR., A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY Thank you, Mr.
71. lappuse - We expect that the 2000 census will show that over 60% of American Indians now live in urban areas. Like their reservation counterparts, urban Indians historically suffer from poor health and substandard health care services.
70. lappuse - STATEMENT OF HON. JIM MCDERMOTT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF WASHINGTON Mr. MCDERMOTT. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
72. lappuse - a responsibility to assist" urban Indians in achieving "a life of decency and self-sufficiency" and has acknowledged that "p]t is, in part, because of the failure of former Federal Indian policies and programs on the reservations that thousands of Indians have sought a better way of life in the cities. Unfortunately, the same policies and programs which failed to provide the Indian with an improved...
72. lappuse - Federal boarding schools for Indians. Some of these federal policies were designed to force assimilation and to break-down tribal governments; others may have been intended, at some misguided level, to benefit Indians, but failed miserably. One of the main effects of this "course of dealing," however, is the same: the creation of an urban Indian community.
46. lappuse - Founded in 1951, its members represent the American College of Physicians, American Society of Internal Medicine, the American College of Surgeons, the American Dental Association, the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the public, and the nursing profession. The Joint Commission engages in issues and activities concerning the advancement of health care safety and quality, including public policy initiatives...
71. lappuse - Final Report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission, Vol. 1, p. 436 (emphasis added). I. INTRODUCTION Honorable Chairman and Committee Members, my name is Robert Hall. I am the president of the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) and a member of the three affiliated tribes of North Dakota: Arikara, Mandan and Hidatsa.
69. lappuse - PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. JD HAYWORTH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ARIZONA...
71. lappuse - Indian Health Care Improvement Act. In 1976, Congress passed the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. The original purpose of this act, as set forth in a contemporaneous House report, was "to raise the status of health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives, over a seven-year period, to a level equal to that enjoyed by other American citizens.
2. lappuse - Brown for an opening statement. [The prepared statement of Hon. Michael Bilirakis follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF HON. MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, CHAIRMAN, SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH This hearing will now come to order.