Community Healers: How Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority Leads in Health and Wellness
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Discusses how the Cherokee Indian Hospital Authority (CHIA) addresses the health needs of its community, by integrating Cherokee culture and Western medical care as a way to improve community health. Documents CIHA's work in promoting relationships between federal and state entities and Native Nations.
Author(s)
Hailey A. Baker, Mariana Tuttle, Katy Backes Kozhimannil
Date
12/2025
Organization
University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
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· Community and faith-based initiatives
· Culture
· Hospitals
· Networking and collaboration
· Tribal communities
· Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention
· North Carolina
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- University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center, view details