Native American Health Coalition
Serving the Needs of Native Americans Through Information and Referral
2008- Native American Health Summit Speakers.
Circle of Sisters Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening Day
NAHC Sponsored Talk to the Doc Cancer Awareness Dinner
UT DENTAL SCHOOL IS ACCEPTING NEW PATIENTS
Becoming a patient at The University of Texas School of Dentistry (UTSD) at Houston provides affordable dental care to the Houston Community. The school, located at 6516 M.D. Anderson Blvd. in the Texas Medical Center, has three types of clinics – student clinics, graduate clinics and the faculty practice, UT Dentists. In the student clinics the care is delivered by third- or fourth year dental students (or senior dental hygiene students) under supervision of licensed faculty dentists and dental hygienists. Payment is by cash, credit card or money order only – no personal checks – but the fees are the lowest available, typically priced about 50-70 % lower than a private dentist would charge. Adults and children age 13 and over: Call 713-500-4000, Option 2, or use the online registration tool: https://secureweb.hsc.uth.tmc.edu/appointmentform/public/. For children ages 5-12: Call 713-500-4334. For children under age 5: Call 713-500-8220. The Health for Life Native American Program is hosting a "Health for Life" Native American Dance Exhibition during Diabetes Awareness Month at the Baker-Ripley Community Center, 6500 Rookin, in Houston. The dance exhibitions will be held from 4 - 7:30 pm. In addition to the dance exhibitions, there will be a variety of vendors set up also to distribute diabetes and other health information, as well as signing up people who are interested in learning more about managing diabetes. Native American craft vendors will also be present. Diabetes Self-Management Classes The “Salud por Vida/Health for Life” initiative began in October 2010 with a focus on Hispanic and Native American people who have diabetes and live in Bexar, Cameron, El Paso, Hidalgo and Webb counties as well as other selected metro areas including Houston and Dallas. Salud por Vida/Health for Life will expand existing diabetes self-management education programs in these areas. A partnership with Legacy Community Clinic in Houston and the Urban Inter-Tribal Center in Dallas, has been formed to offer diabetes self-management education classes to Native Americans in these cities. Free interactive classes for Native Americans will be offered to help participants learn how to live a healthy life with diabetes. They will learn about nutrition, cook good food and get tips on exercise and weight loss. To sign up for the free classes contact: In Houston: Maria Cantu-Ondarza, Legacy Community Health Services. Phone (713) 779-6400 extension 301 In Dallas: Helen Bradbury, RN, Diabetes Coordinator, Urban Inter-Tribal Center of Texas, (214) 941 1050 extension 217 Houston has been tapped as a viable location for an Urban American Indian Clinic by the Indian Health Service The Affordable Care Act included authorization for the Indian Health Service to conduct a national needs assessment to identify urban cities in need of an Indian Health Service Clinic and Houston is one of the top contenders. On June 21, representatives from Kauffman and Associates will present their findings from the national research regarding the health care needs of Urban American Indians/Alaska Natives living in Houston and the surrounding areas. The Native American Health Coalition in Houston, Texas, will also present local findings from our work within the community. Please plan to attend or send a representative to this event to support the American Indian/Alaska Native community in Houston. A new, federally funded health provider in the community would benefit us all. Native American people would have access to federally promised health care and an additional provider would help to reduce the strain on existing systems. About American Indian/Alaska Natives in Houston Approximately 60,000 Native Americans live in Harris and the seven surrounding counties. This is the sixth largest population of Urban Indians in the United States, and one of the largest without a dedicated Indian Health Service Clinic. Texas is home to three reservations: the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe in Livingston, the Tiguas in El Paso, and the Kickapoo in Eagle Pass. Many thousands more “urban Indians” come from various tribes and live in the larger cities around Texas. The Urban Inter-tribal Center in Dallas is the closest Indian Health Service
Health for Life Native American Dance Exhibition
November 18, 2011
Baker-Ripley Community Center, 6500 Rookin, Houston TX
The Native American Health Coalition is proud to partner with Legacy Community Health Services, JB Management Solutions, Neighborhood Centers and TMF Health Quality Institute to offer this opportunity to the Greater Houston Community. For further information, please contact Anna Edwards at 281.384.5922 or Deborah Scott at 281.773.9677.
Starting July 2011
Legacy Community Health Services, Southwest Clinic
6441 High Star, Houston TX 77074
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Dallas Urban Inter-Tribal Center
209 E. Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75203
email: mcordova@legacycommunityhealth.org.
email: helen.bradbury@uitct.com
Urban Indian Health Town Hall Meeting
June 21, 2011 6PM
United Way, 50 Waugh Drive, Houston TX 77007
For more information please send an email to info@nativeamericanhealthcoalition.org
South and East Texas Urban Indian Health Survey
The Native American Health Coalition is collecting health information and demographic data to be used to assess the need for an Urban Indian Health Center in Houston. You can take the survey online or in person.
Go to www.surveymonkey.com/s/nahcsurvey1 to take the survey.
