Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• First International Corridor Meeting
• Belcourt, North Dakota
• October 17 and 18, 2005
• Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmens Health Board
• www.aatchb.org/epi

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Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmens Health Board
Hecel Oyate Kinipikte--So that the people may
live!
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Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmens Health
BoardFounded in 1986

• Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
• Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
• Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
• Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
• Oglala Sioux Tribe
• Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
• Ponca Tribe of Nebraska
• Rosebud Sioux Tribe
• Sac Fox Tribe of the Mississippi

Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska Sisseton/Wahpeton
Oyate Spirit Lake Dakota Nation Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe Mandan, Hidatsu, Arikara
Tribes Trenton Indian Service Area Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska Yankton Sioux Tribe
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Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmens Health
BoardFounded in 1986

• Northern Plains Healthy Start
• National Tobacco Project
• FAS/SIDS Project
• Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center
• 1 of 11 tribally-based EpiCenters in the US
• Funded by the Indian Health Service

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Mission
• To collaborate with Northern Plains American
  Indian Tribes to provide health-related research,
  surveillance, and training to improve the quality
  of life of American Indians.
• Goal
• To provide accurate and timely health data to
  member tribes.

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3 NPTEC Domains

• Epidemiology
• Support the Aberdeen Area tribes in accessing
  timely, accurate, and useful health status data.
• Public Health Practice
• Support critical public health functions for
  Northern Plains tribal people.
• Research
• Collaborate with academic institutions including
  tribal community colleges and tribal schools to
  ensure that the benefits of well designed and
  culturally sensitive health research are
  available to Northern Plains Indian communities.

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Programs
• Core Initiatives (n5)
• Grant-specific projects (n3)
• Collaboration-borne projects (n7)
• Inherited projects (n2)

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Core Initiative Programs (n5)
• Diabetes Risk Factors in Youth
• Cardiovascular Best Practices
• Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology
• HIV Epidemiology
• Injury Epidemiology

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Grant-specific projects (n3)
• CDC -- Comprehensive Cancer Control
• IHS -- Acanthosis Nigricans as a Predictor of
  Insulin Resistance
• IHS -- Community-based Asthma Screening in Youth
• CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• IHS Indian Health Service

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Collaboration-borne projects (n7)
• IHS Mobile Digital Mammography Unit Community
  Liaison
• NCI University of Washington Regional Cancer
  Program
• UNMC Academic Liaison
• CDC STD/HIV Public Health Advisor
• IHS STD Community Assessment Project
• IHS Diabetes Competitive Grant
• USD Injury Prevention
• NCI National Cancer Institute
• UNMC University of Nebraska Medical Center
• USD University of South Dakota

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Inherited projects (n2)
• UNMC SEARCH Program
• NNAAPC Regional Technical Assistance Initiative

• NNAAPC National Native American AIDS Prevention
  Center

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Personnel
• NPTEC has 12 staff members 58 (n7) are
  American Indian. Of the American Indian staff
  members, 71 (n5) are from Aberdeen Area member
  tribes.
• 2 University-based Project Investigators
• 3 Field-based Research Assistants
• 6 Consultants

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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Francine C. Romero, PhD, MPH, Director
• Ahmed Ahmed, MD, MPH, NPCCCP Program Manager
• Leah Frerichs, MS, NPCCCP Research Associate
• Paulette High Elk, Outreach Coordinator
• Christine Rinki, MPH, MCH Epidemiologist
• Randolph Runs After, MPH, Injury

Matthew Town, MPH, HIV Epidemiologist Khin Chit,
MPH, Staff Epidemiologist Sayaka Kanade, BA,
Academic Liaison Brandon One Feather, BS,
Research Assistant Tinka Duran, Research
Assistant Alice LaClaire, Assistant
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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Vacant, HIV/STD Coordinator
• Vacant, Program Manager
• Jennifer Larsen, MD, Project Investigator
• Kim Rodehurst, PhD, Project Investigator
• Vacant, 3 Field-based Research Assistant
  positions

L. Dee Robertson, MD, MPH, Consultant Timothy
Ryschon, MD, MPH, Consultant Linda
Burhansstipanov, PhD, Consultant Karin
Schumacher, PhD, Consultant Mary Alice Trapp, RN,
Consultant Rich Raposa, Consultant
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Northern Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center

• Develop collaborative relationships with
  partners
• Assess and improve surveillance and monitoring
  systems for American Indian populations (data
  collection, quality, access, and reporting)
• Collaborate with local partners to utilize data
  at the programmatic level
• Develop and implement risk reduction programs
• Develop and implement epidemiologic studies and
• Cooperate with investigations of outbreaks and
  elevated rates.

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Contact Information

• Francine C. Romero
• epiromero_at_aatchb.org
• 1-877-209-1215
• 605/ 431-7341
• www.aatchb.org/epi