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The 2011 Community Health Profiles are Now Available

The UIHI is pleased to release Community Health Profiles for each Urban Indian Health Organization (UIHO) service area. These reports examine the health of American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) living in each of the 34 UIHO service areas using the most current data available from the 2010 U.S. Census, the American Community Survey (ACS), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the U.S. Center for Health Statistics and the Air Quality System Data Mart. The Community Health Profiles are intended to provide UIHO and other key stakeholders with a picture of the health of urban Indian people. The UIHI updates these reports every two years.

Posted in Reports, UIHO.

By Noa Kay – January 18, 2012

2011 Community Health Profile: National Aggregate of UIHO Service Areas

The UIHI is pleased to release the Community Health Profile: National Aggregate of Urban Indian Health Organization Service Areas (December 2011), an update to the Community Health Profile (2009). This report examines the health of American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) living in all UIHO service areas combined and presents data from the 2010 U.S. Census, the American Community Survey (ACS), the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), the U.S. Center for Health Statistics and the Air Quality System Data Mart.

Posted in Reports, UIHO.

By Noa Kay – December 13, 2011

Webinar: Release of Findings from the Urban Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit Report

December 1, 2011, 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time (2 p.m. Mountain, 3 p.m. Central, 4 p.m. Eastern)

Please join the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) on Thursday, December 1, 2011, to review the results of the Urban Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit Report. This report summarizes the performance of the urban Indian health organizations’ (UIHO) diabetes programs, using data from the 2006-2010 Indian Health Service (IHS) Diabetes Audit to track select key measures.

Highlights from this webinar include:

  • Presentation of findings from the 2006-2010 aggregate report, highlighting key measures
  • Review of other data available in the aggregate report, including five-year trends and comparisons to national standards
  • Discussion of findings with webinar participants
  • UIHI and IHS DDTP staff available to answer questions about the findings and the Diabetes Audit.

This webinar is free and open to the public. For more information about this webinar and how to join please click here.

If you have any questions or require more information please contact Elizabeth Knaster at 206-812-3032 or elizabethk@uihi.org.

Posted in Data Collection, Diabetes, UIHO.

By Sarah Simpson – November 9, 2011