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January 28, 2015 - Kyle Smith

As many of you know, Community Health Assessment (CHA) is IIKD's lead initiative. Since 2012, IIKD has facilitated and hosted serveral Community Health Assessment Workshops (CHAWs) with various tribes in New Mexico, United South & Eastern Tribes, and the Seneca Nation of Indians in New York. All of the hard work and planning that went into each and every CHAW was very resourcesful to our friends/partners/mentees. After each 1-3 day CHAWs were completed, tribes were able to contact IIKD and other partners for technical assistance in completing their CHAs.

Since the completion of our CHAWs, IIKD has recieved updates from our friends/partners/mentees with great news of completed CHAs. We are extremely proud of ourselves here at IIKD knowing our work has been well received in tribal communities. Further, our very own Center for Native American Health (CNAH) and IIKD Director, Dr. Tassy Parker had the privilege to discuss our CHA processes which are tailored specifically to tribal communties. I would encourage you to read this Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) article where you can read some of Dr. Parker's perspecitives on CHAs in tribal communities ("Just because [CHNAs are not] a requirement doesn’t mean that the tribes should not have access to good quality health data so they can prioritize what resources they do have in their communities...")

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