List of links for tips on tobacco free living, healthy eating, active living, mental and emotional well-being, healthy & safe community environments, empowered people, elimination of health disparities, clinical & community preventive services, and reproductive and sexual health.
E-cigarettes (a product category that includes disposable cigarette-like, e-hookah, vape pens, and refillable tank-like or personal vaporizers) are devices that heat a solution (nicotine and other additives) producing a vapor that is inhaled without combustion.
Tribal Program Directors Contact List – Updated January 2014
List of newletterss and links for Native American health.
An awareness of the legal basis for the federal obligation to provide health care to American Indians and Alaska Natives is important when designing health care programs, developing federal budgets, coordinating with other agencies, and obtaining regulation waivers for selected Indian programs.
The American Indian and Alaska Native people have long experienced lower health status when compared with other Americans. Lower life expectancy and the disproportionate disease burden exist perhaps because of inadequate education, disproportionate poverty, discrimination in the delivery of health services, and cultural differences. These are broad quality of life issues rooted in economic adversity and poor social conditions.
Federally recognized American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native corporations have a government-to-government relationship with the United States. This unique relationship has been given substance through numerous treaties, Supreme Court decisions, legislation, Executive Orders, and the U.S Constitution.
Local health departments (LHDs) face complex public health challenges due largely to decisions made outside of the health sector. Factors such as socioeconomic policies, land use and
transportation decisions, and the quality of education shape access to resources and opportunities that affect quality of life and health outcomes.
Titles I and V of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (Public Law 93-638, as amended), provide Tribes the option of exercising their right to self-determination by assuming control and management of programs previously administered by the federal government. Since 1992, the IHS has entered into agreements with tribes and tribal organizations to plan, conduct, and administer programs authorized under Section 102 of the Act.
CDC’s Consortium of National Networks to Impact Populations Experiencing Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities