Key points:

• In 2022, 1,543 non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native people died by overdose, which was the highest rate of any racial or ethnic group.
• CDC’s Division of Injury Prevention appropriated $18 million in tribal overdose funding in fiscal year 2023.
• The CDC Injury Center is committed to comprehensive efforts to address the opioid crisis in tribal and urban Indian communities.

CDC Injury Center
September 6, 2024

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It’s not easy to make public health decisions without access to good data. And epidemiologists and public health workers for Native American communities say they’re often in the dark because state and federal agencies restrict their access to the latest numbers.

Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez
September 2, 2024

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The state’s two largest urban health departments have dedicated public health infrastructure funding to building stronger relationships with area tribal nations.

Elizabeth Green
June 6, 2024

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The public health researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk is a leading voice in a movement to empower Indigenous people, wielding data as a tool for racial equity.

By Susan Shain
December 12, 2023

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Join us for an exclusive Native Bidaské with host Levi Rickert as he interviews Dr. Meghan O’Connell on the rise of syphilis in Indian Country.

Meghan Curry O’Connell, MD, MPH (Cherokee), is the Chief Public Health Officer for the Great Plains Tribal Leaders Health Board (GPTLHB). The GPTLHB represents 18 tribal communities throughout a four-state region of Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Dr. O’Connell received her undergraduate degree at Grinnell College and her medical and public health training at the University of Washington. After completing a residency in family medicine at North Colorado Family Medicine Residency, Dr. O’Connell practiced primary care – including full-scope family medicine – in tribal and underserved communities.

By Native News Online staff
November 28, 2023

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