Tribal Issues

Service Sharing with Tribal Health Departments (Webinar)

This webinar shares the perspectives of the public health manager and health officer of a local county health department in Wisconsin, the environmental health director of the Ho-Chunk Nation Health Department, and executive director or the Institute for Wisconsin’s Health, Inc. regarding their experiences with shared services arrangements. For more information, contact phsharing@khi.org. It is […]

Marathon County Health Department Receives a National Grant to Improve Local Public Health Services among 18 Local and Tribal Health Departments

This is a press release announcing the receipt of a two-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to explore how cross-jurisdictional sharing might help Marathon County Health Department, with 18 other local public health agencies, fulfill its mission of protecting and promoting the health of the community. It was developed by the Northwoods Shared […]

Culture Card: A Guide to Build Cultural Awareness American Indian and Alaska Native

The purpose of this guide is to provide basic information for federal disaster responders and other service providers who may be deployed or otherwise assigned to provide or coordinate services in American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Available online: http://store.samhsa.gov/shin/content/SMA08-4354/SMA08-4354.pdf

Responding to Public Health Emergencies on Tribal Lands: Jurisdictional Challenges and Practical Solutions

Observers have identified a strong need for states and tribes to coordinate responses to public health emergencies on Indian lands. This paper explores the need for such collaboration and the difficulties such cross-jurisdictional relationships face. Available online.

National Policy Matrix: Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing Arrangements Between Tribes and Counties

Staff from the California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB) interviewed representatives from the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), the National Indian Health Board (NIHB), and each of the 12 Indian Health Service (IHS) Areas in order to gather information about knowledge of CJS arrangements between tribes and counties throughout the nation. Available online: https://crihb.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/CJSNationalPolicyMatrix.pdf

Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing Arrangements Between Tribes and Counties for Emergency Preparedness Readiness

This ongoing study will examine cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) between tribal and county governments in emergency preparedness capacity building and response. Investigators from the California Rural Indian Health Board, Inc., and partners from California Conference of Local Health Officers, Inter-Tribal Long Term Recovery Foundation, California Department of Health Care Services, and Indian Health Program of the […]

Emergencies Relevant to California Tribes and the Prevalence of Cross-Jurisdictional Sharing Between Tribes and Counties for Emergency Management

This poster presentation from the from the California Tribal Epidemiology Center at the California Rural Indian Health Board examined the types of emergencies relevant to tribal communities in California and the prevalence of cross-jurisdictional sharing (CJS) for emergency management (i.e., preparedness, mitigation, response, recovery) between California tribal and county governments. This study also explored whether […]

Case Study: Public Health Shared Services: Northeast Kansas (NEK) Multi-County Health Department

The Northeast Kansas (NEK) Multi-County Health Department is a collaboration between three rural counties: Atchison, Brown and Jackson. It operates as a single agency, but provides public health services in each county. It also operates a home health agency, which is located in the city of Hiawatha and serves all three counties. The arrangement allows […]