title: Alaska Native community assessment: health care services, knowledge of health issues, and health education.
abstract: This project gathered information from 32 Alaska Native communities in Bristol Bay, located in southwestern Alaska, regarding use of health care services and knowledge of health care issues. It also educated residents about health care and their role in improving health status, enabling participants to feel that their involvement in planning health care services is important. In conjunction with the University of Washington Community Development Program and the Alaska Center for Rural Health, a household survey was developed. A coordinator in each community was trained, and packets of surveys and health education materials were delivered to each household or post-office box. Completed surveys were returned, confidentially, to the village clinic. An English/Yup'ik cassette tape explaining the project was also available. Results were analyzed by the University of Washington. The findings were determined to be accurate with a 95% confidence level. Of surveys delivered to households, there was a 66% return rate and an overall return rate of 45%.
authors: Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation, Dillingham, Alaska, USA.
authors: C A
authors: CA
authors: DeCourtney
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000413:Alaska / Q000453:epidemiology; D001110:Arctic Regions; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006266:Health Education / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology