THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF URBAN INDIAN HEALTH’S FIVE-YEAR PUBLIC HEALTH JOURNEY
A SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
National Council of Urban Indian Health
1 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Suite 800-D
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.544.0344
Accomplishments:
Over the past five years (2019-2024), the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH) has achieved many successes in strengthening public health efforts and partnerships for quality, accessible, and culturally competent health services for urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people. NCUIH has partnered with Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs) to maximize our public health impact across many areas including:
- Emergency Preparedness
- Technical Assistance
- Health Information Technology (HIT)
- Electronic Case Reporting (eCR)
- Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP)
- Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRC)
- Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)
- Racial Misclassification
- Data into Action
- COVID-19
Key Accomplishments and Outcomes:
- Developed and put in place Comprehensive Emergency Management Plans for three Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs).
- Assisted over 20 unique UIOs in improving their Health Information Technology (HIT) capacity and addressing HIT concerns.
- Awarded six unique UIOs with funds to implement Electronic Case Reporting (eCR) on their Electronic Health Record (EHR) platforms.
- Created a series of ten products describing Racial Misclassification and distributed the materials to UIOs and essential stakeholders.
- Established NCUIH and UIOs as collaborators with AI/AN maternal mortality prevention stakeholders, and assisted UIOs in partnering with state Maternal Mortality Review Committees (MMRCs).
- Awarded 33 UIOs with funding for the COVID-19 Prevention, Response, and Control Initiative.
- Conducted seven trainings on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) Prevention, and provided continuing education units (CEUs) in three of those trainings.
- Over 1,500 hours of technical assistance to UIOs in the form of trainings and one-on-one meetings with subject matter experts (SMEs), both contracted and internal NCUIH staff.
- Produced one data request form and procedure for UIO’s rapid-response to COVID-19.
- NCUIH has conducted 39 events via webinar to provide knowledge, awareness and education pertaining to public health issues that directly affect UIOs and their patient population. Events are archived and available on NCUIH’s Website.
- Completed Comprehensive Emergency Emergency Plans (CEMPs) for eight UIOs.
- Twenty-nine UIOs received vaccination plans or emergency response information through developed resources and archived recordings.
Resources Created:
During the project years, NCUIH has created resources that provide awareness and knowledge of prevalent health needs amongst urban Native communities, including:
Disclaimer: This publication was supported by grant number NU38OT000298-05-02 funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).