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TUBERCULOSIS AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS

TUBERCULOSIS AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS: AN AGGREGATE ANALYSIS

This paper consists of an aggregate analysis of tuberculosis in Native American populations and a planned nursing response to the problem. To this end, the paper provides an overall description and assessment of the aggregate and their risk for tuberculosis. This assessment utilizes principals and concepts of both Orem's Self-Care Nursing Theory and the Natural History of Disease model.

Following the provided assessment, a nursing plan for dealing with the problem of tuberculosis in Native American populations is developed. This section of the paper includes a delineation and discussion of nursing diagnoses, prioritization of these diagnoses, basic program goals, and the implementation of the planned program with levels of prevention. The final section of the paper describes and defends methods of program evaluation.

1. American Indians - The aggregate being studied is that of Native Americans, sometimes called "American Indians." According to the American Indian Culture Resources Center (1998), American Indians are descendants of the Native people who had been living on the American continent for at least 30,000 years when Columbus "discovered" America. Five hundred years after Columbus discovered America, the Native people were divided into groups by the U.S. Government. These groups, still recognized today, are:

* Federally Recognized Tribes - (550 tribes) tribes of Native people recognized by the U.S. Government, descendants of American Indians who have been living in American for at least 30,000 years.

* Non-Federally Recognized Tribes - Tribes of American Indians who have been living in America for at least 30,000 years, but who are not recognized by the federal government at the same time other tribes were recognized.

* Reservation Indians - American Indian people who have been living in America for at least 30,000 years who today live o...

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