In order to ensure wellness, there is need for good preventive and mitigative measures to protect the health of American Indian population. Conducting of a health campaign to the natives should be done at the community level using all available resources as well as the strategically focused approach (Gohdes te al., 2016). This will help equip most of the natives with the required knowledge on how some of these chronic and other related diseases can be avoided or dealt with at an early stage. Partnering with the traditional herbalist, Indian health services and pharmacist would also help reach out more to most of the target population that is at higher risk of getting infected especially with chronic diseases. This will, therefore, reduce in general the amount of disease for infection being treated as compared to the initial situation.
The second most important things to do would be improving the distribution of medical services in the regions that have a high risk of disease breakout (Smedley,2018). Both the state and national government should prioritize such areas in the budgetary allocation to ensure in case of medical assistance the natives will have easy access. Enhanced public campaign on personal hygiene is also an important part of preventive measures against disease infections that should be thoroughly conducted in the area.
In conclusion combining public wariness on personal hygiene, enhancing medical services reach out by partnering with traditional herbalists, Indians health facilities, as well as pharmacists, will help in providing effective prevention and response to any disease outbreak in the region. This will, in turn, improve the quality of life of the natives.
- Gohdes, D., Harwell, T. S., Cummings, S., Moore, K. R., Smilie, J. G., & Helgerson, S. D. (2016). Smoking cessation and prevention: an urgent public health priority for American Indians in the Northern Plains. Public Health Reports.
- Smedley, A. (2018). Race in North America: Origin and evolution of a worldview. Routledge.
