NATIVE HEALTH DATABASES: NATIVE HEALTH HISTORY DATABASE (NHHD)

• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Indian; First Nations; Alaska
• Online Access: http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimsapi.dispdetail?deid=132626

The Native Health Databases contain bibliographic information and abstracts of health-related articles, reports, surveys, and other resource documents pertaining to the health and health care of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Canadian First Nations. The databases provide information for the benefit, use, and education of organizations and individuals with an interest in health-related issues, programs, and initiatives regarding North American indigenous peoples. There are two databases that make up the Native Health Database. These are the Native Health History Database and the Native Health Research Database. The Indian Health Service (IHS), the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center (HSC) entered a partnership to develop the Native Health History Database. The NHHD is a centralized, nationally accessible, computerized information resource containing complete bibliographic information and abstracts on historical American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) medical/health research reports. The database contains about 3,000 entries that cover a time period from 1652 to 1966.