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| True of false: In the U.S. is substance abuse considered a crime rather than medical problem? |
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| True of false: The U.S. has a war on drugs? |
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| True of false: The number I drug of choice among young kids is prescription drugs. |
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| True of false: The highest suicide rate by professions is dentists, policeman, and psychologist. |
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| True of false:If you are feeling harassed by a police officer, get the batch number, time and place, and call the police chief. |
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| True of false: DARE Program did a very good job |
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| True of false: Prescription drugs are the numer one drug of choice among kids |
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| True of false: Most first sex experience relates to usage of drugs and alcohol |
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| True of false: Most alcoholics looks forward to a beer or sneak their alcoholic drinks |
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| True of false:a person that abuses alcohol usually end up with a DUI. |
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- it can be generally defines as the course of action or inaction taken by governmental entities with regard to a particular issue or set of issues
- it is courses of action, regulatory measures, laws, and funding priorties concerning a given topic
- Public policy is commonly embodied in constitutions, legislative act, and judicial decisions |
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| the risk factors for cardiovascular disease: |
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- lower rates of exercise
- increased rates of smoking
- obesity |
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| there are ___ Indian Health Service areas |
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| the Department of Health and Human Services has ___ regional offices |
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| the indian health service initiated a formal IRB approval process until _____ |
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| in 1832, US Supreme Court ruled that Indian tribes are "distinct political communities having territorial boundaries, within which their autonomy is exclusive" |
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| in 1832, US Supreme Court ruled that Indian tribes are "distinct polictical communities having territorial boundaries, whithin which their autonomy is exclusive" |
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| there are two IRB's in the country the are: |
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| a fee for services relationship between two parties |
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| The primary objective of IHS envrironmental health program is: |
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| To prevent death and illness from environmental related disease and injury |
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| any infectious disease that can be transmitted form non-human animals, both wild and domestic to humans or from humans to non-human animals |
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| the Navajo Nation's fundamental law or natural law is: |
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- 2nd leading cause of death for american indians
- 1st leading cause of death for Alaska Natives |
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| cancer survived among American Indian: |
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| AI/AN have the lowest five-year relative survival rate of all U.S. Populations |
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| the following is the princibles for the future healthcare for American Indians and Alaska Natives |
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tribal sovereignty
the federal trust responsibility
a government-to-government relationships |
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| Concerns for AI research partcipants included: |
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safety
privacy protection from intrusion
true confidentiality protection of identity
subjects understanding of "informed consent"
entrapment related to incentives |
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| The AIAN paid for their federal health care with more than 400 million areas of land in the United States, it is called: |
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| "the first pre-paid health plan" |
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| indigenous peoples concerns related to research in communities: |
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- process focuses on deficits and problems, not strengths and assets
- research results are not applied, "put into action" and do not directly benefit THE PEOPLE.
- PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH CAN PERPETUATE OPPRESSIVE, NEGATIVE STEROTYPES (GROUP HARM)
- UNREASONABLE EXPECTATIONS FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND "BUY - IN" |
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-DO NOTHING
- MARKET-DRIVEN HEALTH CARE
- MIXED PUBLIC/PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE SYSTEM |
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| A MORE SPECIFIC PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE AND DIRECTION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES. |
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| - THE STEPS YOU ARE GOING TO TAKE TO TEST YOU HYPOTHESIS AND WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN THE COURSE OF THE RESEARCH |
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- 39 GRAMS OF SUGAR
- APPROXIMATELY 9 3/4 TEASPOONS OF SUGAR |
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| IN 1975, THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION AND EDUCATION ACT ALLOWED TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS THE OPTION TO CONTROL HEALTH SERVICES AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, CONTRACTS, AND GRANTS AFFECTING AMERICAN INDIANS |
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- SOVEREIGNTY AS FEDERAL POLICY
- PL 93-638 |
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| THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF CANCER AMONG AMERICAN INDIAN MEN IN ARIZONA ARE: |
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- PROSTATE
- COLORECTAL
- KIDNEY
- LUNG
- STOMACH |
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I = THE INDIAN HEALT SYSTEM
T = TRIBALLY - OPERATED PROGRAMS
U = URBAN INDIAN CLINICS |
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| THE DEFINITION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT IS: |
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| - IT IS BOTH THE ACTIVITY AND PRODUCT OF COLLECTING DATA ON AND SETTING PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF A DEFINED PROPULATION |
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| HEALTH PROMOTION IS DEFINED AS: |
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| - IT IS BOTH ACTIVITY AND PRODUCT OF COLLECTING DATA ON AND SETTING PRIORITIES FOR IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF A DEFINED POPULATION |
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| LIMITATIONS OF THE NATIONAL DATA ARE THE RESULT OF: |
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- RACIAL MISLASSIFICATION
- UNDERCOUNTNG
-CODING ERRORS
- NOT ENOUGH NUMBERS TO FORM A CONCLUSION
- CANNOT BE GENERALIZED TO PEOPLES OF OTHER AREAS |
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| A RESEARCH QUESTION IS A : |
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| STATEMENT OR QUESTION THAT INDENTIFIES THE PHENOMENON TO BE STUDIED A BROAD BASED INQUIRY |
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| FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE, AMERICAN INDAIN DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS ARE OF PARTICULAR INTEREST FOR INTERVENTION. THESE ARE USUALLY INCLUDED. |
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- THEY ARE COMMON AND HAVE SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES
- RISK OF SUICIDE
- DECREASED WORK PRODUCTIVITY |
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| THE FOUNDATION FOR CONGRESSIONAL POLICIES GOVERNING INDIAN HEALTH CARE FOR THE PAST THREE DECADES INCLUDE: |
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- TRIBAL EMPOWRMENT IN THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION ACT
- THE HEALTH STATUS OF AI/AN SHOULD BE "RAISED TO THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL" THROUGH THE INDIAN HEALT CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT |
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| THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE IS AND ALL OTHER HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS. THESE ARE CONSIDERED A FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCE: |
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- THE ABSENCE OF A DEFINED BENEFIT PACKAGE
- INCLUSION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
- FEDERAL RESTRICTION ON FACILITIES FUNDING |
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| THE BALANCED BUDGET ACTS IS DEVASTATING FOR INDIAN HEALTH. THESE ARE ALSO CONSIDERED DEVASTATING FOR INDIAN HEALTH: |
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-IHS IS NOT AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM, IT DOES NOT AUOMATICALLY GET MORE FUNDS WHEN IT HAS TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE
- THE GOVERNMENT SETS ITS ANNAL INCREMENTS IN BUDGETING ON THE LOWER OVERALL INFLATION RATE, WHILE THE IGS IS EXPERIENCING HIGHER MEDICAL INFLATION RATE AND FALLS FURTHER BEHIND IN REAL SPENDING
- THE HUGE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS SALLOW MORE OF THE BUDGETARY PIE AS MEDICAL INFLATION INCREASES, SO THERE IS LESS AVAILABLE TO THE NON-ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS |
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| THE IHS AND TRIBALLY OPERATE HOSPITALS DEVELOPED "CONTRACT HEALTH SERVICE" WITH PRIVATE SECTOR. THESE ARE THE REASONS: |
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- IHS AND TRIBALLY OPERATED HOSPITALS HAVE A LIMITED RANGE OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES ON STAFF
- THE SALARIES ARE TOO LOW TO RECRUIT PHYSICIANS IN MOST SUBSPECIALTIES
- THE IHS IS UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPECIALTY MEDICAL SERVICES DUE TO LOW FUNDING. |
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| THE IHS HAD DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF MAKING PRIMARY CARE AVAILABLE TO AI/AN COMMUNITIES. THESE MODELS WERE PIONEERED BY IHS: |
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- MID-LEVEL PRACTITIONERS SUPERVISED B PHYSCIANS LOCATED IN REGIONAL CENTERS
- PARAPROFESSIONALS SUCH AS COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES
- LOVAL INDIVIDUALS AS COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTIONERS |
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| - IHS CONTRACTS WITH THE TRIBE TO USE THE FUNDS TO PLAN, CONDUCT, AND ADMINISTER PROGRAMS TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF TRIBAL MEMBERS |
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| AS A PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY MAKER IN INDIAN COUNTRY, WHICH BASIC BELIEFS GUIDES TRIBAL DECISION-MAKING: |
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- HOLISTIC SOLUTIONS GO BEYOND THE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
- A SEPERATE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM IS NEEDED FOR AMERICAN INDIANS
- TRIBES MUST ACT TO PRESERVE THE FEDERAL TRUST RESPONSIBILITY |
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| THE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING UNDER THE REAUTHORIZATION OF THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT INCLUDES AREAS ALSO NATIONAL ORGANIZATION. |
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- a multi-layered process of dissemination information about the issue and gathering comments and suggestion from tribes
- distribution of the unified plan to every federally recognized tribe for review and comment |
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