Urban Indian Health Institute

Report: Reported Health and Health-Influencing Behavior among Urban American Indians and Alaska Natives. Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a national telephone survey conducted yearly and coordinated by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), show America Indians and Alaska Natives living in selected urban areas were more likely to report difficulty accessing health care, had higher rates of risk behavior, and experienced worse health outcomes than the general population.  Income differences were shown to play a role in explaining some of the health disparities, but differences in some reported health indicators were not income dependent.

Report: Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Maternal, Infant and Child Health Capacity Needs Assessment 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 of the assessment was to assist in identifying specific assets, limitations or gaps in the urban Indian health program as a whole.

Report: Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Youth - An Analysis of Select National Data Sources This report provides a review of the urban AI/AN youth population and their health risk behaviors from four national data sources. Where available, census and vital statistics data are provided for the U.S. counties served by the 34 non-profit urban Indian health organizations that contract with the federal Indian Health Service.

Reports: Snapshot of Urban Indian Health The purpose of this Issue Brief is to describe the large and growing urban Indian population, their health status, and the major federal health programs (i.e., I.H.S. and Medicare) and federal-state programs (i.e., Medicaid and Child Health Insurance Program) that are available to improve Native Americans’ access to needed health services. In setting forth the circumstances of urban Indians, this Issue Brief does not intend to suggest that the health care needs of Indian people living in rural areas are in any way less compelling.

Report: 2004 Urban Indian Health Status Report At the turn of the 20th century, over one million Americans reporting American Indian or Alaska Native heritage on the 2000 census lived in 34 urban areas which are currently served by Urban Indian Health Organizations, funded in part by the U.S. Indian Health Service. This report briefly reviews selected census, mortality, and birth data in an effort to assess the health status of Urban Indians living in urban Indian health organization service areas.

Report: 2007 Urban Indian Breast and Cervical Cancer Report Baseline data on efforts to provide breast and cervical cancer services for populations of urban American Indian and Alaska Native women.

Report: Urban Indian Elders This report describes the methods and results from an assessment of long-term care needs of elders residing in Seattle, King County. The primary goals of the project are to provide characterizing data about the elders, assess current utilization of long-term care services and unmet need for long-term care services.

Report: 2007 Urban Indian Diabetes Report on 2000 - 2005 Diabetes Audit Data This report summarizes urban Indian diabetes audit data that was reported to the Special Diabetes for Indians Program through the Indian Health Service Diabetes audit for the years 2000 - 2005. The report includes background inforamtion on the Special Diabetes Program for Indians, the methods used to collect and analyze the data, as well as the results and the limitations of the data itself.