Colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality are twice as high among Alaska Native people as among non-Hispanic White people in the United States; as such, colonoscopy is a recommended screening test for Alaska Native people.
Diana G. Redwood, PhD, MPH, Jennifer J. Prewitt, BS, and Stephen S. Gerrish, MD
January 23, 2023
Improving cancer screening rates among Native Americans, increasing education about tribe-specific cancer trends and addressing disproportionately high exposure to carcinogenic environmental contaminants are just a few goals of the newly funded Center for Native American Cancer Health Equity (C-NACHE).
Lisa Dahm, Center for Health Equity Research
December 21, 2022
Over the last five years, syphilis transmission has increased explosively all over the US. The spread of this infection, which starts as a rash but can progress to severe disease in adults, is particularly alarming because syphilis infections during pregnancy can lead to death or disability in newborns.
Keren Landman
November 18, 2022
FAST FACTS – American Indians and Alaska Natives have worse health outcomes than the general U.S. population—such as a life expectancy that is 5.5 years shorter than the U.S. average. To provide public health support, Congress established tribal epidemiology centers and authorized their access to data collected by the Department of Health and Human Services.
GAO-22-104698
March 4, 2022
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Tinka Duran has been with the Great Plains Tribal Leader’s Health Board for 14 years, and was recently named the senior director of the Great Plains Epidemiology Center. Duran, member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, holds her degree in Social Science from Oglala Lakota College and a master’s in public health from the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She says the knowledge and partnerships made through those years with Great Plains have set her up well for the challenge.
By Darsha Nelson
February 9, 2022