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Alaska Native Traditional Healing Project |
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Brian
Saylor, PhD, MPH The Southcentral Foundation, with the assistance of the University of Alaska Institute for Circumpolar Health Studies, investigated the attitudes and perceptions of Alaska Native people about traditional healing practices and techniques. The overall goal was to provide information that could support Foundation discussions about the organizational and programmatic characteristics of a traditional healing program. The findings
are shown in a detailed report. They are derived from reports
of focus groups and key informant interviews with Alaska Native
traditional healers, patients and administrators, as well as material
from published and unpublished reports. They reflect the impressions
and conclusions of the authors and, therefore, may not be totally
consistent with the opinions of all readers. The recommendations
for a traditional healing program, which could be sponsored by
the Southcentral Foundation, appear, in the opinion of the authors,
to follow logically from the findings. |
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