The UIHI conducted a Maternal, Infant and Child Health Capacity Needs Assessment to ascertain the maternal, infant and child health (MICH) services as well as the accessibility, quality, and affordability of those services provided by the 34 urban Indian health organizations (UIHO) funded through Title V of the Health Care Improvement Act. The purpose […]
Entries Tagged as 'Maternal & Child Health'
Maternal, Infant and Child Health Capacity Needs Assessment
March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: Maternal & Child Health
Maternal and Child Health Epidemiologic Studies
January 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Utilizing the Maternal and Child Health Advisory Council recommendations, the Urban Indian Health Institute is developing two epidemiologic studies of Maternal and Child Health injury and women’s pregnancy & childbirth experiences to be conducted and reported on in 2007. In urban American Indian/Alaska Native, rates of infant mortality are 33% higher than in the […]
Tags: Maternal & Child Health · UIHI
Northern Tier Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
January 1st, 2007 · No Comments
The purpose of this project is to develop a culturally tailored implementation approach for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome prevention in the five Northern Tier Indian Health Service Areas (i.e., Aberdeen, Alaska, Billings, Bemidji, and Portland). The Urban Indian Health Institute ran discussion groups with young mothers in the Seattle area addressing risk factors for […]
Tags: Northern Tier SIDS · Infant Mortality · UIHI