H2004-17-08

1) Her birthplace, childhood, and parent's background information.
birthplace\ McGrath, Alaska\ Kuskokwim River\ birthdate\ homestead -- location\ homestead -- parents\ homestead -- childhood\ income -- type of\ Vanderpool, Sophie -- mother\ Vanderpool, William T. -- father\ Montana\ parents -- meeting\ parents -- age difference\ Gold Rush days\ father -- traveler\ Anvik, Alaska\ transportation -- dog teams\ mail -- delivery\ road houses\ Salmon River\ food -- harvesting\ fishing\ children -- number of\ children -- survival\ tuberculosis -- effect of\ schoolmates -- affected by tuberculosis\ school -- location of\ weather -- changes in|

2) Her educational and marriage background.
school\ education -- level of\ Jessie Lee Home -- Methodist School\ Seward, Alaska\ Jessie Lee Home -- staff and students\ school -- experience\ Holy Cross -- Catholic Mission\ marriage -- age at\ education -- amount of\ personal -- self-esteem\ father -- deceased\ marriage -- first husband\ first husband -- meeting\ Jessie Lee Home -- original location\ first husband -- Mr. Hughes\ McGrath, Alaska -- return to\ McGrath -- enjoyment of\ divorce\ children -- number of\ employment -- types of\ job -- cook\ road houses\ military -- presence of\ airport -- military\ military -- shipments\ McGrath -- army base\ communications -- CCA (before FAA)\ weather bureau\ housing\ job -- waitress\ roadhouses -- names of\ McGrath -- relocation of\ McGrath -- flooding\ homestead -- location of\ ground -- high|

3) Becoming a Community Health Aide.
health aide -- involvement\ third husband -- deceased\ health aide -- becoming\ health aide -- impression of \ health facilities -- limited\ doctors -- traveling\ family -- health problems\ son -- personal story\ job -- health aide\ health assistant -- volunteer\ health assistant -- McGrath\ health -- knowledge of\ Holme, Ernie\ job -- recommended for\ children -- number of\ third husband -- good provider|

4) Why she worked as a Community Health Aide.
job -- health aide\ job -- income\ training -- sessions\ children -- care of\ relatives\ health aide -- interest in\ training -- travel\ Arctic Circle\ training -- type of lessons\ training -- location\ Anchorage\ treatments\ overdose -- story of\ procedures\ assistance\ Alaska Native Service -- authorization of\ Rosander, Julie -- registered nurse|

5) Accidents that she responded to and assisted with medical care on.
accidents -- response to\ accidents -- snowmachine\ public health nurses -- limited\ health aide -- solo\ McGrath\ health aide -- difficulties\ EMT -- training of\ doctors -- call for help\ patients -- evacuation of\ broken bones -- treatment of\ splints -- use of\ supplies -- availability\ accident -- falling off roof\ Federal Aviation Administration -- medical assistance\ organizations -- help from\ community -- caring for\ transportation -- authorization\ Alaska Native Service\ patient -- care\ patient -- eligibility\ patient -- non-Native\ care -- type of\ medical care -- Native vs. non-Native\ McGrath -- population\ public health nurse -- building\ public health nurses -- employment\ public health nurses -- responsibilities\ baby -- first immunization\ immunizations -- villagers|

6) The availability of health aides, clinics, and medical supplies, and how they handled issues of confidentiality in the early days of radio communication.
health aide -- reason for\ McGrath\ job -- health aide\ job -- location\ clinic -- lack of\ patient care -- use of home\ clinic -- development of\ confidentiality -- handling of\ medical supplies -- availability\ health aide -- personal responsibilities\ health aide -- on-call\ health aide -- solo\ children -- adolescents\ communications -- limited\ communication -- radio|

7) Traveling to other villages, and personal experiences she had as a health aide.
travel -- villages\ travel -- airplane\ airplane -- rough flights\ airplane -- comfort with\ baby -- delivery of\ public health nurse -- assistance from\ baby delivery -- solo\ Anchorage\ McGrath\ baby delivery -- help with\ baby delivery -- emergency\ Nikolai, Alaska\ public health nurse -- working with\ mid-wives -- presence of\ childbirth -- Native knowledge of\ baby delivery -- turning baby\ baby delivery -- breech|

8) How the western medical system did not incorporate local people's traditional medical knowledge, the types of equipment and medicines she used as a health aide, and the changes she saw in health aide work over the years of having the job.
medicine -- traditional\ traditional medicine -- practice of\ medical system -- modern\ traditional medicine -- avoidance\ traditional medicine -- knowledge of\ children -- raising\ childcare -- learning\ equipment -- health\ equipment -- training\ equipment -- use of\ medications -- supply\ Anchorage\ medications -- ordering\ medications -- types of\ job -- changes in\ health aide -- changes in\ training -- differences\ training -- amount of|