Epidemiology Program for American Indian/Alaska Native Tribes and Urban Indian Communities - Competing Supplement

data collection efforts to identify and document health disparities experienced by American Indian / Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations; A2) Compilation of existing data (e.g., healthcare utilization, vital statistics data) to generate health profiles and document health disparities in AI/AN populations; A3) Implementation and evaluation of public health awareness campaigns to increase knowledge and attention to significant high priority health issues in AI/AN communities; and A4) Implementation and evaluation of public health interventions to promote health or address disparities in AI/AN communities. B) CDC, NCEH Activities B1) Establish data sources to pilot-test Tribal data within the Tracking Network, a Web-based system of environmental health data and information; B2) Identify and work with Tribal partners to use environmental health data and data outputs relevant to local decision-making and implementing environmental health interventions; B3) Establish indicators for the priorities identified; B4) Work with CDC to address confidentiality concerns through methods such as temporal aggregation and suppression; B5) Work with CDC to develop content for the AI/AN web pages on the Tracking Network and to establish the data displays for Tribal data, such as maps or charts to visualize Tribal data; B6) Work with CDC and its partners to explore the application of Tribal data to environmental public health; B7) Build environmental epidemiology capacity within the Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TEC); B8) Provide assistance to fellow TECs regarding Tribal issues with addressing environmental health data gaps; and B9) Present results from environmental health data assessment and promote pilot project methodology and outcomes to other TECs.