Health care experiment at Many Farms: a technological misfit of health care and disease pattern existed in this Navajo community.

Description: 

Medicine and other health professions are parts of a total health care system. This study attempts to measure the impact of this type of system on the endemic disease pattern of a rural and traditional tribal society in am attempt to set up a more effective medical care system.

People: 
Navajo
Location Description: 

Arizona AZ

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Miscellaneous
Original Date: 
1972
Creator: 
McDermott W., Deuschle KW., Barnett CR.
Rights: 
Please contact the UNM Health Sciences Library to inquire about access to this item.
Source: 
Science Jan 7;175(17):23-31.
Publisher: 
Department of Public Health, Cornell University Medical College, New York.
Identifier: 
9705614
Subject: 
Birth Rate, Child/Preschool, Community Health Services, Diarrhea/Epidemiology, Female, Impetigo/Epidemiology, Infant, Infant Mortality, Infant/Newborn, Male, Measles/Epidemiology, Mortality, Otitis Media/Epidemiology, Pneumonia/Epidemiology, Rural Health, Sex Ratio, Vital Statistics
Type: 
Journal Article