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. 2022 Sep-Oct;137(5):820-825.
doi: 10.1177/00333549221099239. Epub 2022 Jun 6.

Partnership Between a Federal Agency and 4 Tribal Nations to Improve COVID-19 Response Capacities

Harpriya Kaur  1 , Seh Welch  1 , Ravikiran Bhairavabhotla  1 , Paul J Weidle  1 , Scott Santibanez  1 , Dana L Haberling  1 , Eva M Smith  2 , Wendy Ferris-George  3 , Konrad Hayashi  1 , Allie Hostler  3 , Trong Ao  1 , Ada Dieke  1 , Devon Boyer  4 , Eric King  4 , Randy'L Teton  5 , Nickie Williams-Singleton  1 , Eva M Flying  6 , Wolfgang Hladik  1 , Khiya J Marshall  1 , Delores Pourier  7 , Zuleyma Ruiz  1 , Graydon Yatabe  1 , Karon Abe  1 , Monica Parise  1 , Mark Anderson  1 , Mary E Evans  1 , Holly Hunt  1 , S Arunmozhi Balajee  1
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Partnership Between a Federal Agency and 4 Tribal Nations to Improve COVID-19 Response Capacities

Harpriya Kaur et al. Public Health Rep. 2022 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

Upon request from tribal nations, and as part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) emergency response, CDC staff provided both remote and on-site assistance to tribes to plan, prepare, and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. From April 2, 2020, through June 11, 2021, CDC deployed a total of 275 staff to assist 29 tribal nations. CDC staff typically collaborated in multiple work areas including epidemiology and surveillance (86%), contact tracing (76%), infection prevention control (72%), community mitigation (72%), health communication (66%), incident command structure (55%), emergency preparedness (38%), and worker safety (31%). We describe the activities of CDC staff in collaboration with 4 tribal nations, Northern Cheyenne, Hoopa Valley, Shoshone-Bannock, and Oglala Sioux Tribe, to combat COVID-19 and lessons learned from the engagement.

Keywords: American Indian or Alaska Native; CDC deployments; COVID-19; coronavirus; emergency preparedness; global health; prevention; public health; public health preparedness; tribal nations; tribes.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Figure 1.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention deployment to 29 tribal nations during the COVID-19 pandemic, United States, April 2, 2020–June 11, 2021.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Virtual technical assistance school walk-through steps designed by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff for Oglala Lakota Nation schools reopening during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Dakota, August–September 2020.
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