Health

Drawing bloodMISSION

“To provide health, education, prevention services, living assistance, and cultural and spiritual gatherings to community members. These endeavors are accomplished through health programs, workshops, community events, publications, and outreach provided by well-informed staff, elders and consultants.”

Our goals are to maintain sobriety, honor our culture, and to live like our ancestors in modern times.

The Hualapai Health Education and Wellness Department has been in operations since the early 80’s and has expanded to provide the following services:

SPECIAL PROJECTS

  • Injury Prevention
    • The project is to develop an injury prevention program on the Hualapai Indian Reservation. The first project was to evaluate car seat usages among adults and children and elderly fall prevention.
  • Maternal Child Health Program (description)
  • Native American Research Center for Health (NARCH) Project (description)
  • Strategic Framework Project
    • The project is the first step in developing a plan to address underage drinking by collecting data and evaluating resources to address the problem

Unless otherwise noted, the majority of the programs are located at the Hualapai Health Department building on Rodeo Way in Peach Springs.  The Hualapai Health Department serves Hualapai Tribal members and other Native Americans living within the area. The user level for the Indian Health Service was 2,506 in 1999 and projected to be 3,084 in the year 2010.

STAFF

  • Sandra Irwin, Director, Health Department,  sirwin@hualapaitribe.org [bio]
  • Darlene Bender, Secretary/Receptionist
  • Peggy Crozier, Receptionist PT

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