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IHS

IHS

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A US government agency that gives health care to American Indian and Alaska Native people
  • proper noun
  • US
: IHS
  • Her youngest daughter still refuses to use the IHS for any type of medical care.
  • Indian Health Service
  • Health Service
  • Service (IHS)

Examples

  • The number of IHS doctors increased from 125 in 1965 to 600 in 1980.

    Academic text (2000)

  • First, the IHS area offices failed to follow the HEW regulations pertaining to sterilization procedures.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Native American tribes have taken over many IHS facilities and have started their own health services.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Court rulings have played an important role in federal family planning policies that influence IHS family planning programs.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The majority of Indians living on reservations are using the medical services of the IHS as their primary caregiver.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Debra is from Montana, and an IHS physician sterilized her in the spring of 1975.

    Academic text (2000)

  • "Diane has never returned to the IHS facility in Claremore and sees a private physician in Tulsa."

    Academic text (2000)

  • The information she gathered revealed that IHS facilities singled out full-blood Indian women for sterilization procedures.

    Academic text (2000)

  • His first assignment was as a field sanitarian with the Indian Health Service (IHS) in Ft. Defiance, Arizona.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Many Native American communities rely on the IHS for access to essential health care services.

Surface Forms

IHS main

Etymology

IHS stands for Indian Health Service, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native American and Alaska Native people, so in a U.S. medical context IHS names that federal health service.