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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
4049.0: Tuesday, November 12, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | |||
Oral | |||
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| Despite persistent race and ethnic health disparities among US American Indians and Alaska Natives, AI/ANs, currently there are limited public health and research activities underway to address these disparities in Indian County. As the Indian Health Service transition health care and public health services to tribal and urban Indian health organization under the federal ’93-638’ legislation, MCH services for AI/AN women, infants and children are also in transition. In this context, the tribal and urban Indian health organizations and other health agencies presenting papers in this session will share their efforts to build capacity to use data to monitor AI/AN MCH health and to improve MCH programs serving the AI/AN MCH populations. The papers presented in this session will focus on several important MCH issues for this special population in the United States. The epidemiologic surveillance and research findings to be presented will highlight infant morality among AI/ANs in the US as a whole and in several regions. MCH program and data capacity building efforts by tribal and urban Indian health organizations through collaboration will then be highlighted with a description of the comprehensive perinatal services provided by an urban Indian health organization and a description of a partnership between an intertribal health organization and a state public health agency. The session will finish with a presentation about a tribal-university collaborative research project to assess obesity among children as a leading health concern in a tribal community. | |||
| Learning Objectives: 1) Describe important findings related to MCH health issues and health disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives in the US. 2) Outline specific follow-up research and surveillance issues that need further study from the findings presented. 3) Gain understanding about important roles of tribal and urban Indian health organizations in addressing MCH health issues and health disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives, the need to further build their MCH program service and epidemiologic capacity, and ways MCH epidemiologic data might be/has been used to enhance tribal and urban Indian health organizations MCH program activities. 4) Discuss the importance of tribal and urban Indian health organizations collaboration with local, federal, and state health agencies and universities, how such collaborations can be successful, and what potential barriers may currently exist that prevent them. | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | |||
| Jim Gaudino, MD,, MPH | |||
| Jim Gaudino, MD,, MPH | |||
| Birth Weight Specific Neonatal Mortality for Native Americans Crystal C. Tetrick, MPH, Jane Rees, MS, RD, CD, Darryl J. Holman, PhD | |||
| Epidemiology of American Indian infant mortality in Michigan: Implications for prevention efforts Elizabeth Knurek, MPH, Rick Haverkate, MPH, Sandra King, RN, BSN, Geradine Simkins, RN, CNM, MSN | |||
| Infant morality rate, IMR, trends among American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) in the Pacific Northwest: Good news and new challenges Jim Gaudino, MD, MS, MPH | |||
| Comprehensive Perinatal Services for an Urban Indian Population: The Seattle Indian Health Board Model Crystal C. Tetrick, MPH | |||
| A maternal and child health database project as a model for state health department and American Indian tribe partnership Charlanne FitzGerald, MPH, Alice Elm, BS | |||
| Prevalence of obesity in American Indian and non-American Indian children, ages 5-10 Christina A. Geithner, PhD, Cheryl A. Weixel, MS, Shannon R. Siegel, PhD, Carrie R. Lemieux, MS | |||
| Organized by: | Maternal and Child Health | ||
| Endorsed by: | American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Injury Control and Emergency Health Services; School Health Education and Services; Socialist Caucus | ||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work | ||