Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 2.10.1998

Research and Demonstration Projects for Indian Health

The Indian Health Service (IHS) announces the award of a cooperative agreement to the Center for Native American Health (CNAH), College of Medicine/Arizona Prevention Center, University of Arizona, for a demonstration project to build and expand on a unique collaborative partnership that currently exists among the CNAH, the IHS, and the Indian tribes located in the southwestern part of the country. The project is for a 2-year period, effective September 1, 1998, through August 31, 2000. Funding for the first year of the project is $243,075, plus an annual in-kind contribution by the University of $100,390. The award is issued under the authority of the Public Health Service Act, Section 301. A general program description is contained in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance, number 93.933. The specific goals of the project are to increase opportunities for sub-specialty medical care at reservation health care facilities, to increase the availability of telemedicine at reservation health care facilities, to enhance community health planning and prevention activities, to facilitate counseling of high school level Indian students for entry into health careers, and to investigate