Indian Health Service

Indian Health Service National STD Program Update

Region VI Infertility Prevention Project New Orleans, LA October 2009

Overview

Program Highlights • American Indians/Alaska Natives & Their Health Care coverage (Kaiser Family Foundation, Sept. 2009) • Native STAND Peer educator curriculum • IHS STD Surveillance Report, 2007

Indian Health Service National STD Program

Race, Ethnicity & Health Care

RACE, ETHNICITY HEALTH CARE ISSUE BRIEF

• AI/AN & Their Health Coverage (Sept 2009) •Profile

September 2009

A Profile of American Indians and Alaska Natives and Their Health Coverage

•Health Status •Indian Health Service •Health Coverage & Access to Care Prepared by Cara James, Karyn Schwartz and Julia Berndt

Indian Health Service AI/AN Overview

Profile • Diverse group of people • Sovereign Nations • Small population • Geographically isolated • Shared unique relationship

Indian Health Service National STD Program

Socio-economic indicators • One-third of families live below the federal poverty level

Percent of Nonelderly Individuals’ Poverty Level by Race/Ethnicity, 2006-2007