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Yvette Roubideaux of the Indian Health Service: NewPublicHealth Q&A

November 30, 2011 | New Public Health Post

NewPublicHealth spoke with Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH, director of the Indian Health Service (IHS) and a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, about innovative efforts to improve the health of Native Americans. NewPublicHealth: What is significant to y ...

Native American Tribes in Wisconsin Improve Health Care Delivery

January 1, 2007 | Program Result

The Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council developed and implemented a more coordinated, cost-effective approach to health care among Native American tribes in Wisconsin.

Programs to Improve the Health of Native Americans

January 1, 2002 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, Paul Brodeur, a veteran writer for The New Yorker and a frequent contributor to the Anthology series, examines these two programs. The first, Improving the Health of Native Americans, allowed grantees to develop projects addressing any type of health problem they chose. The second, Healthy Nations, focused on substance abuse. Both programs gave tribes and Indian organizations wide latitude in developing strategies consistent with their own values.

Developing a Model Program for Integrating Tribal Public Health into the Multijursidictional Public Health System for Infectious Diseases

January 4, 2011 | Report

Knowledge Asset: This document focuses on the importance of policies that include tribes in a comprehensive multijurisdictional public health system that can address infectious disease outbreaks.

Integrating Health Impact Assessemnts into the Federal Environmental Impact Process with a Focus on Alaska Native Communities

January 4, 2011 | Report

Knowledge Asset: The project involved a partnership between tribes, regulatory agencies and health professionals to incorporate a health impact assessment (HIA) into the environmental impact process for oil and gas development and mining in Alaska

Implications of Health Reform for American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

February 1, 2012 | Issue Brief

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has important implications for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN), including the expansion of Medicaid coverage to nearly 400,000 currently uninsured AI/AN individuals. This brief prepared by CHCS and NASHP out ...

Dental Health Aides and Therapists in Alaska

January 1, 2011 | Book

In this chapter of the Anthology, award-winning journalist Sara Solovitch chronicles the history of dental therapists and dental aides in Alaska.

Combating Alcohol Abuse in Northwestern New Mexico

January 1, 2003 | Book

This chapter of the Anthology focuses on one city trying to address what seemed like an intractable problem. In the 1970s and 1980s, Gallup, N.M. had a frighteningly high rate of alcohol abuse, mostly because of heavy drinking among Native Americans coming to town from the surrounding reservations.

Group Fights Back Against Alcohol Abuse in Native American Community in New Mexico

July 1, 2003 | Program Result

Northwest New Mexico Fighting Back worked to reduce the demand for alcohol and other drugs in San Juan, McKinley and Cibola counties, a 15,000 square mile region with a large Native American population.

Indian Community Health Profile Used to Assess and Monitor Health of Tribal Communities

July 11, 2008 | Program Result

The Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board worked to revise and pilot test a newly created Indian Community Health Profile, which local tribes can use to assess the health status of the tribal community and monitor its progress over time.

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