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May 17, 2012 | Program Result
The membership organizations for local, state, and tribal health departments provided technical assistance and funding to health departments participating in the public health accreditation beta test.
April 11, 2012 | Program Result
The Mvskoke Food Sovereignty Initiative in rural Oklahoma brings together tribal decisionmakers, health experts and farmers to help overhaul the local food system, address obesity among native people and reconnect with traditional tribal practices.
March 1, 2012 | Journal Article
In 2003, the Institute of Medicine called for an examination of the feasibility of accrediting public health departments. Subsequently, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Exploring Accreditation Project began and the Public He ...
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 ...
December 5, 2011 | Story
Redesigning a health care system to increase access and quality in a state facing some of the greatest insurance coverage issues in the nation is a former Health Policy Fellow's latest challenge.
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 ...
September 14, 2011 | News Release/Video
The goal of PHAB’s accreditation program, is to protect and improve Americas’ health by advancing the quality and performance of all of the nation’s public health departments.
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.
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
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.