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Sarah Stern and Indigenous Health Equity
Sarah Stern is a GlobeMed at Columbia alum and currently works as a Health Educator at the Center for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University, creating curriculums in partnership with tribal communities that further public health initiatives. Growing up in the capital of the Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), Sarah witnessed the overwhelming need for public health programs within her community and became interested in sustainable health initiatives at a young age. Sarah graduated from Columbia University in May of 2016 with an honors degree in Gender and Sexuality Studies and a concentration in Native American studies.
Sarah mentions GWED-G, or Gulu Women's Economic Development & Globalization, GlobeMed at Columbia's long time partner organization.
Due to many factors including forced removal, Indian boarding schools, relocating programs, education and job opportunities, about 80% of Native Americans reside in urban areas presently, but the Indian Health Service (IHS) does not prioritize these areas for funding as mentioned in the podcast recording. From NCUIH, “Although 78% of American Indians/Alaska Natives reside in urban areas, the IHS funding allocation for urban Indian health only reflects close to 1% of the total annual IHS budget,” and “There are inadequate levels of funding to address the rising urban Indian population.”
About asterisk data, "American Indians and Alaska Natives may be described as the ‘Asterisk Nation’ because an asterisk, instead of a data point, is often used in data displays when reporting racial and ethnic data due to various data collection and reporting issues, such as small sample size, large margins of errors, or other issues related to the validity and statistical significance of data on American Indians and Alaska Natives."
You can also check out Sarah's podcast, Indigenae Podcast.
Christine mentioned the book "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer, which you can find here on bookshop.org.
You can find GlobeMed on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Medium.
Transcript available here.
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By GlobeMedSarah Stern is a GlobeMed at Columbia alum and currently works as a Health Educator at the Center for American Indian Health at Johns Hopkins University, creating curriculums in partnership with tribal communities that further public health initiatives. Growing up in the capital of the Cherokee Nation (Tahlequah, Oklahoma), Sarah witnessed the overwhelming need for public health programs within her community and became interested in sustainable health initiatives at a young age. Sarah graduated from Columbia University in May of 2016 with an honors degree in Gender and Sexuality Studies and a concentration in Native American studies.
Sarah mentions GWED-G, or Gulu Women's Economic Development & Globalization, GlobeMed at Columbia's long time partner organization.
Due to many factors including forced removal, Indian boarding schools, relocating programs, education and job opportunities, about 80% of Native Americans reside in urban areas presently, but the Indian Health Service (IHS) does not prioritize these areas for funding as mentioned in the podcast recording. From NCUIH, “Although 78% of American Indians/Alaska Natives reside in urban areas, the IHS funding allocation for urban Indian health only reflects close to 1% of the total annual IHS budget,” and “There are inadequate levels of funding to address the rising urban Indian population.”
About asterisk data, "American Indians and Alaska Natives may be described as the ‘Asterisk Nation’ because an asterisk, instead of a data point, is often used in data displays when reporting racial and ethnic data due to various data collection and reporting issues, such as small sample size, large margins of errors, or other issues related to the validity and statistical significance of data on American Indians and Alaska Natives."
You can also check out Sarah's podcast, Indigenae Podcast.
Christine mentioned the book "Braiding Sweetgrass" by Robin Wall Kimmerer, which you can find here on bookshop.org.
You can find GlobeMed on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Medium.
Transcript available here.