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FACT SHEETS AND HEALTH COMMUNICATION RESOURCES If any content on this page is not accessible, please contact the web coordinator at: 520-670-4805


As part of the Director's Initiatives, the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention program is charged with developing communication materials to raise awareness to specific health concerns. As a result, below are resources that have been compiled by the IHS HP/DP staff. Please feel free to reference these materials in your grants, presentations, or other communication materials that you might have.

Resources:
  		• HP/DP Specific Agency Initiatives Fact Sheet PDF icon (184 KB)       Agency Initiatives Overview Fact Sheet PDF icon (270 KB)
    As part of the health promotion disease prevention work, the program participates in initiatives common to the other agency intiatives. These two fact sheets describe the Agency Initiatives and the HP/DP Program activities that support the Agency Initiatives common work (last updated 8/2009).
  		• HP/DP Fact Sheets (Last revised 3/2009) PDF icon (119 KB)
    Four fact sheets are available including: one page on American Indian Alaskan Native (AI/AN) Mortality statistics; one page on AI/AN unhealthy behaviors; one page on AI/AN healthy behaviors; and a final page on cost estimate national and AI/AN specific.
  		• HP/DP Fact Sheet PowerPoint Presentation Slides (Last revised 3/2009) PPT icon (696 KB)
    Thirteen slides focused on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention are provided to be incorporated in presentations given by tribal leaders. Descriptive notes are in the Presenter Notes field and were designed to allow reading aloud as presenting the slides, a basis for revision to a targeted audience, or text revised and translated in local laguages and delivered to the community.
  		• HP/DP Wellness Data
    Wellness statistics were complied by the IHS HP/DP staff and provided on the Director's initiatives pages. These statistics support the prevalence of healthy behaviors in American Indians and Alaskana Natives. Also available at the bottom of the page is a map with links to AI/AN specific statistics by region of the United States.
  		• Healthy Natives Community Fellowship Brief on Social Marketing PDF icon (25 KB)
    The Healthy Natives Community Fellowship (HCNF) provides fee for service Social Marketing training in communities. To learn more about the HCNF, click the link on the "Healthy Natives Community Fellowship" link on the left side of the page.
  		• CDC Social Marketing Resources regarding Commercial Tobacco Use Exit disclaimer icon
    Social Marketing resources that have been developed by the Office of Smoking and Health at CDC.
  		• Free Social Marketing training course for physical activity and nutrition offered by CDC Exit disclaimer icon
    Social marketing training course designed for public health professionals. Continuing Education credits are available through CDC.