Native American Public Health Officials Are Stuck in Data Blind Spot By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez August 6, 2024

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/native-american-tribal-data-blind-spot-public-health/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_pM8ku4d_KhEZMzluDazoBzYQpbZplUuY2GaQGns_kDqXxFoofrVZQenfIMvWCO8gJjTWun7q45mYC36rQd00BX5VEIA&_hsmi=319436113&utm_content=319436113&utm_source=hs_email Native American Public Health Officials Are Stuck in Data Blind Spot By Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez For decades, state and federal agencies have restricted or delayed tribes and tribal epidemiology centers from accessing public health data, a blackout that leaves health workers in Native American communities cobbling together information to guide their work, including tracking devastating disease outbreaks.