Tribal Epidemiology Centers: At the Forefront of American Indian/Alaska Native Public Health

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
² Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
³ Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc, Tribal Epidemiology Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁴ Navajo Department of Health, Navajo Epidemiology Center, Window Rock, AZ, USA.
⁵ California Rural Indian Health Board Inc, California Tribal Epidemiology Center, Roseville, CA, USA.
⁶ Southern Plains Tribal Health Board, Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁷ Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Native Epidemiology Center, Anchorage, AK, USA.

Editorial

Laura D Cassidy et al. Public Health Rep. 2023 Sep-Oct.

. 2023 Sep-Oct;138(2_suppl):3S-6S.

doi: 10.1177/00333549231193439. Epub 2023 Aug 20.

¹ Department of Epidemiology and Social Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA.
² Department of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD, USA.
³ Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc, Tribal Epidemiology Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
⁴ Navajo Department of Health, Navajo Epidemiology Center, Window Rock, AZ, USA.
⁵ California Rural Indian Health Board Inc, California Tribal Epidemiology Center, Roseville, CA, USA.
⁶ Southern Plains Tribal Health Board, Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
⁷ Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Native Epidemiology Center, Anchorage, AK, USA.

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Keywords: American Indian and Alaska Native; Tribal Epidemiology Centers; epidemiology; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

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

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