Annual Report, FY 1973, U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, Navajo Area Indian Health Services, 1973

Abstract

The annual report for fiscal year 1973, of the Environmental Health Services for the Navajo Nation. Topics include: Navajo-Hopi disputed lands; Reservation- wide water and sewage operation and maintenance study; facilities construction; sanitation goals; occupational health and injury control; environmental health services; and statistical reports on health services and accident and injury experience. Also includes reviews of goals accomplished and new goals for fiscal year 1974. Areas assessed on the Navajo Reservation include: Chinle, Crowpoint, Fort Defiance, Gallup, Kayenta, Shiprock, Tuba City, and Winslow. This collection pertains to Public Health Nursing among Native American people, with emphasis on the Navajo Tribe. This collection consists of correspondence, a manuscript, a questionnaire and responses, personal reminiscences, articles, essays, government documents and pamphlets, as well as photographs (see Photographic Collection), which depict Reservation life through the eyes of Public Health nurses, Native Americans, and government officials, and includes a wealth of statistical material and government data. Spanning roughly sixty-five years, this collection offers insights into many facets of Public Health Nursing on Native American Reservations. One will find many personal reminiscences, interesting essays and stories, newspaper articles, and innumerable US Government documents, statistics, and memoranda pertaining to Reservation life