IHS Fellows Program aimed at lowering injuries, deaths of American Indians, Alaska Natives.

Description: 

To obtain the trained staff needed to lower the toll of injuries among American Indians and Alaska Native, the Indian Health Service launched a fellowship training program in January 1987. The one-year program has several unusual features. The participants remain in their jobs except for 5-6 weeks of course-work. The courses are taught by school of public health faculty and injury specialists from both Tribes and the IHS. Each Fellow conducts a research project related to injury prevention or control during the fellowship year. Candidates for the fellowships must be employees of the IHS or be employed in a public health capacity by an Indian tribe, have a bachelor's degree in a health-related field and experience in community-based injury control programs.

People: 
American Indian, Alaska Native
Protocol: 
IHS Headquarters Offices Public Access
Community: 
IHS Headquarters Offices
Category: 
Miscellaneous
Original Date: 
1988
Creator: 
Smith RJ.
Rights: 
Records indicate that the UNM Health Sciences Library owns a copy of this item, but there may be a need to clear rights with a copyright holder prior to sharing with the public.
Source: 
Public Health Reports 103:1263-1269
Publisher: 
Indian Health Service, Office of Environmental Health.
Identifier: 
9701542
Subject: 
Accidents/Prevention & Control, Age Factors, Automobile Driving, Causality, Cause of Death, Community Health Planning, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Education, Statistical, Drinking Behavior, Epidemiology, Health Education, Morbidity, Risk Factors, Statistics, Multiple Trauma, Training Support, Vital Statistics, Wounds and Injuries/Prevention & Control
Type: 
Journal Article