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Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) (Oregon)
Current Assignee: Since July 2004, there has been an assignee with
the Northwest Portland Indian Health Board (NPIHB) in Portland, OR. Prior to
that, the assignee was assigned to the Indian Health Service National
Epidemiology Program.
Projects/Impact:
- A survey to assess Tribal MCH programs: Assessment of maternal child
health program changes, review of the policy change leading those changes,
and evaluation of the impact of the policy change will be part of the
overall study design to be conducted by IHS. Development of and piloting a
survey instrument to document MCH services at the tribal level is being
completed 2004. IHS does not usually have the option of surveying these
programs since most of them are non-IHS and are currently Tribal programs.
- Research in American Indian Communities Monograph: Conducting research
in American Indian and Alaska Native communities requires extensive
knowledge of the community and its norms including cultural and tribal
issues. Ms. Randall arranged a contract with AHRQ for members of the
Native Research Network, Inc. (under the auspices of the Association of
American Indian Physicians for contracting purposes) to give a workshop on
conducting effective and culturally sensitive research among American
Indian and Alaska Native populations. From this presentation, a monograph
has been written. The monograph is being presented to AJPH for publication
December 2004.
- FAS Project. This project has been in existence for the past four
years and has six Tribal pilot sites. They will be talking to the tribes
about doing a pilot surveillance project in the future. The Northwest
Tribal Epi Center Executive Director asked Ms. Randall to take over as
contact for the consultants. She will be working with them to develop
their educational manual, develop other proposals to fund their project,
and oversee any new initiatives in this area.
- TOTS project. Ms. Randall worked with Tam Lutz, MPH, MS to develop new
grant proposals. This has been a team effort with Kaiser Center for Health
Research, Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) and the NPAIHB
Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center.
- Infant Mortality project. Ms. Randall will be working with Katrina
Ramsey to update the current database that Dr. Jim Gaudino started a few
years ago. New data has come in and we will start analysis early 2005. Dr.
Gaudino has committed to helping with this project and to have some data
analyzed for next years MCH Epi conference.
- Other duties: The Northwest Epi Center Director wants Ms. Randall to
mentor different individuals within the Epi Center. This will involve
helping write grant proposals, helping with publications, working with
their training programs, deciding on statistical analysis strategies for
their projects and helping them further their educational goals. Ms.
Randall has also been asked by One Sky Center at OHSU and the Public
Health Program at OHSU to serve as adjunct faculty for their programs. Ms.
Randall is also working with the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI),
Seattle Indian Health Board, in Seattle WA to develop a consortium of
individuals interested in infant health as part of the MCH grant the UIHI
received from IHS for 2005.
Grants applied for:
- Primordial Prevention of Overweight in AI Children (PTOTS) project.
This is a proposal submitted under the Community Responsive Interventions
to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in American Indians and Alaskan Natives RFA
issued by the National Institute of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and
Blood Institute and aims to test the effectiveness of behavioral
interventions to promote healthy life styles and to promote behaviors
associated with reduced risk of cardiovascular disease in American Indians
through primordial prevention interventions in children 0-3 years of age.
Dr. Njeri Karanja, from the Center for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente
Northwest, will serve as Principal Investigator (PI). Ms. Randall will
serve as the NPAIHB Site PI for this project. The proposal was submitted
October 20, 2004 to NHLBI.
- Tribal Wisdom To Empower Exercise And Nutrition Study (TWEENS). This
proposal is being submitted under the Prevention and Treatment of
Childhood Obesity in Primary Care Settings, RFA-HD-04-020. This study will
implement a two-year study to test the effectiveness of a youth-oriented
health intervention to promote healthy life styles and behaviors
associated with reducing childhood obesity for ages 9–12. Ms. Randall will
serve as the PI for this project. This project is also designed to provide
mentoring to Ms. Tam Lutz, a Native Trainee for the NARCH grants, on
intervention studies. The proposal was submitted November 22, 2004.
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PRAMS
A surveillance project of CDC and state health departments. PRAMS collects state-specific,
population-based data on maternal attitudes and experiences prior to, during
and immediately following pregnancy.
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