TECs in the Media

TECs in the Media

Tribes, long shut out from their own health data, fight for access and sovereignty

Alaska Beacon When Stephanie Russo Carroll, a citizen of the Native Village of Kluti-Kaah in Alaska, set out to earn her doctorate in tribal ...

How Should Epidemiologists Respond to Data Genocide?

AMA Journal of Ethics Data quality for and about American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) people is undermined by deeply entrenched, colonial practices that have become ...

Time100 Next 2024 – Abigail Echo-Hawk

Time Abigail Echo-Hawk refuses to let our Indigenous peoples be overlooked. Her journey, from Seattle Indian Health Board patient to its executive vice president, ...

Opioid Overdose Prevention in Tribal Communities

CDC Injury Center Key points:
  • In 2022, 1,543 non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native people died by overdose, which was the highest rate ...

Native American public health officials are stuck in data blind spot

Daily Montanan It’s not easy to make public health decisions without access to good data. And epidemiologists and public health workers for Native American ...

Urban Health Departments In AZ Establish First-Ever Tribal Liaisons

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