CDC PROJECTS ON URBAN INDIAN HEALTH

The National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) is currently partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on several initiatives.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND RACIAL MISCLASSIFICATION

One initiative aims to identify barriers and solutions for funeral directors, medical examiners, and/or coroners to appropriately classify American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) on death certificates.  It is critical that this information is captured to ensure accurate morbidity data is being shared at the state and national level and appropriate resources and services are provided.

• NCUIH report on “The Role of Funeral Directors in Policy and Prevention”

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Another initiative is focused on assessing Urban Indian Health Program capacity to use epidemiology (data collection, analysis, and interpretation) to identify environmental health issues impacting AI/AN children.  Findings from this assessment will be used to identify UIHP’s needs for future resource development and information sharing.

BRAIN HEALTH

• CDC Brain Health

INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL

• Project Firstline

CDC’S PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATION RELATED TO ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS

• What is Alzheimer’s disease?
• Road Map for Indian County
• Road Map for State and Local Public Health
• Caregiving – A Public Health Priority 
• Caregiving for Family and Friends—Data for Public Health Action
• Data Portal—Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Aging