the Urban Indian Health Institute » Project Descriptions http://www.uihi.org a division of the Seattle Indian Health Board Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:49:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Announcing New Viral Hepatitis and STI Prevention Project http://www.uihi.org/announcing-new-viral-hepatitis-and-sti-prevention-project/ http://www.uihi.org/announcing-new-viral-hepatitis-and-sti-prevention-project/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 20:06:59 +0000 Sarah Simpson http://www.uihi.org/?p=2630 In 2011, the Seattle Indian Health Board’s Urban Indian Health Institute received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Indian Health Services to implement the Viral Hepatitis and STI Prevention Project. Recognizing the need for integrated education and prevention efforts, the Viral Hepatitis and STI Prevention project provides free technical assistance to urban Indian health organizations (UIHO) nationwide to address these health issues, and develop culturally appropriate health promotion materials targeted at urban American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities. This project builds on over 10 years of past work at the UIHI to address viral hepatitis and provide training on integrating viral hepatitis screening and education services with other STI services in the UIHOs.

Read more about the Viral Hepatitis and STI Prevention Project in the UIHI’s June 2011 Project Brief or visit the new Viral Hepatitis and STI Prevention Project website to learn more about upcoming webinars, technical assistance and health promotion materials.

]]> http://www.uihi.org/announcing-new-viral-hepatitis-and-sti-prevention-project/feed/ 0 Health Equity for Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives http://www.uihi.org/health-equity-for-urban-american-indians-and-alaska-natives/ http://www.uihi.org/health-equity-for-urban-american-indians-and-alaska-natives/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:04:22 +0000 Julie Loughran http://www.uihi.org/?p=1350 The Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) and the Office of Minority Health (OMH) are partnering on a new project aimed at increasing the delivery of quality care for urban AI/AN around cardiovascular disease (CVD), depression, and a third community-selected topic. In the upcoming months and years, the UIHI will be collaborating closely with urban Indian health organizations (UIHO) to identify best practice interventions, increase clinic capacity, and ultimately increase the number of successful models of care recognized at the national level.

We are currently in year one of this project and just completed surveying UIHO on their CVD and behavioral health services. You can find preliminary results of this survey and information about upcoming project activities here.

For more information on this project, please contact:
Julie Loughran, MPH
Project Coordinator
Urban Indian Health Institute
Seattle Indian Health Board
juliel@uihi.org
Voice: (206) 812-3042
Fax: (206) 812-3044

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The UIHI has identified 6 partner health organization sites for recruitment of study participants. The participating sites are:

1.    Seattle, WA
2.    Portland, OR
3.    San Jose, CA
4.    Oakland, CA
5.    Wichita, KA
6.    Lincoln, NE

Prostate Cancer Factsheet
PSA Communication Broadcast

For more information on this project, please contact:

Meg Fairweather, MA
Project Coordinator
Urban Indian Health Institute
Seattle Indian Health Board
meganf@uihi.org
Voice: (206) 812-3035
Fax: (206) 812-3044

]]> http://www.uihi.org/psa-project/feed/ 0 WEAVING Project’s new website http://www.uihi.org/weaving-project%e2%80%99s-new-website/ http://www.uihi.org/weaving-project%e2%80%99s-new-website/#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:41:28 +0000 Annie Phare http://www.uihi.org/weaving-project%e2%80%99s-new-website/ arch

The UIHI is pleased to announce the launch of the WEAVING Project’s new website!

Through the WEAVING Project, the UIHI offers technical assistance services to urban Indian health organizations (UIHO) and state Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Programs (BCCEDP) with the aim to increase breast and cervical cancer screening services for urban American Indian and Alaska Native women.

Website visitors can download fact sheets and other project materials, learn more about UIHO and BCCEDP, and access other WEAVING Project information.  Check out the new website at www.theweavingproject.org.

]]> http://www.uihi.org/weaving-project%e2%80%99s-new-website/feed/ 0 Urban Diabetes Care and Outcomes Audit http://www.uihi.org/diabetes-data-collection/ http://www.uihi.org/diabetes-data-collection/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:00:51 +0000 Ursula Tsosie http://s21119.gridserver.com/http:/example.com/category/post-name/ In collaboration with the Indian Health Service, the Urban Indian Health Institute is participating in the analysis and reporting of diabetes data for urban programs, collected through the Indian Health Service Diabetes Audit for the years 2000-2005. Results of the analysis will be provided to the Indian Health Service and the Urban Indian Health Organizations.

Contact: Elizabeth Knaster, phone 206-812-3032.

]]> http://www.uihi.org/diabetes-data-collection/feed/ 0 Health Status of AI/AN living in non-Urban Indian Health Organization Areas http://www.uihi.org/health-status-of-aian-living-in-non-urban-indian-health-organization-areas/ http://www.uihi.org/health-status-of-aian-living-in-non-urban-indian-health-organization-areas/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:00:29 +0000 Rachel Brucker http://s21119.gridserver.com/http:/example.com/category/post-name/ Many of the health disparities analyses accomplished by Urban Indian Health Institute have focused on those areas that currently have services provided by a Title V-funded urban Indian health organization (UIHO). There are other cities in the country with significant American Indian/Alaska Native populations who do not have access to such services but who potentially could benefit from them. This project will identify some areas that potentially could sustain a new Indian Health Service-sponsored urban health organization, and additionally will assess some key social and health issues of American Indian/Alaska Natives in those areas.

Contact: Crystal Tetrick, phone 206-812-3036

]]> http://www.uihi.org/health-status-of-aian-living-in-non-urban-indian-health-organization-areas/feed/ 0 Communicable Diseases Project http://www.uihi.org/communicable-diseases-project/ http://www.uihi.org/communicable-diseases-project/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:00:11 +0000 Rachel Brucker http://s21119.gridserver.com/http:/example.com/category/post-name/ The aim of this project is to identify and then assess the burden of communicable diseases that affect urban American Indians and Alaska Natives. Multiple resources will be used to determine those infectious diseases most impacting our population. Source of data related to these issues will then be explored, both to attempt to quantify the burden of disease and to highlight gaps and limitations in the available data.

Contact: Elizabeth Knaster, phone 206-812-3032.

]]> http://www.uihi.org/communicable-diseases-project/feed/ 0 Viral Hepatitis Prevention http://www.uihi.org/viral-hepatitis-training/ http://www.uihi.org/viral-hepatitis-training/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:00:05 +0000 Admin http://s21119.gridserver.com/http:/example.com/category/post-name/ Announcing New Viral Hepatitis Awareness Posters
The UIHI is pleased to announce the release of a viral hepatitis awareness poster series. Viral hepatitis is a serious public health issue that affects many urban American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) across the country.  AI/AN have had one of the highest rates of viral hepatitis in the nation when compared with other racial and ethnic populations making it important that our agencies prioritize hepatitis education and prevention.

Since viral hepatitis is largely preventable through vaccination and education, it is essential that we make every attempt to inform our communities.  The UIHI hopes that these posters will help increase awareness about hepatitis and stimulate greater discussion between patients and providers about prevention, vaccination, and treatment in order to curb the tide of this silent epidemic.

Posters have been mailed to all urban Indian health organizations.  To download copies of the materials, use the following PDF links below.  If you would like to request copies of the posters or would like additional information about viral hepatitis prevention, please contact info@uihi.org.

Knowledge is the best weapon against hepatitis
Next Generation
The best cure is prevention

Special thanks to Victor Pascual (Navajo) for his artistic work and to all those who participated in the development of these materials. To learn more about the artist, please visit http://dnvjostudio.com/.

Viral hepatitis is a serious public health concern, but one that is largely preventable. The Urban Indian Health Institute has received grant funding from the Indian Health Service and the Centers for Disease Control to provide free training to urban Indian health organization staff on viral hepatitis and how to integrate prevention services into current organizational structure. The UIHI viral hepatitis prevention trainings include critical information about disease transmission and risk groups, recommendations for patient screenings and vaccination, exploring collaborations with other local community providers, as well as a discussion of harm reduction and risk assessment. Integrating viral hepatitis issues into an existing urban Indian health organization program builds routine procedures into existing infrastructure, thus reducing barriers to service, meeting client needs, and complimenting services that target the same population.

Partners: New York State Department of Health – Viral Hepatitis Training Center and Indian Health Service

Contact: info@uihi.org

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