Community Data, Kayenta Health Service Unit, December, 1966

Abstract

A description of the Kayenta Health Service Unit, a facility that was completed in 1959. The description includes information about the surrounding land, local highways, the facilities of the Health Service Unit itself. Also includes information about consultants who worked with the Unit and other health care facilities that provided services, lists of nearby motels and transportation providers and map of the area served by the Kayenta unit. 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