Tuesday, January 31, 2023
1/31/2023
Background: American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people suffer from a high chronic disease burden and multiple chronic disease disparities. Heart disease, diabetes, and stroke are among the top 10 leading causes of death among AI/AN people. AI/AN people have significantly higher heart disease and stroke mortality rates than U.S. Whites and the prevalence of diabetes among AI/AN people has increased 158% since 1990. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) is a statewide, tribally-designated health services organization that serves the nearly 170,000 AI/AN people and all 229 federally-recognized tribes in the Indian Health Service (IHS) Alaska Area. Purpose: The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) Alaska Native Epidemiology Center (ANEC) is applying for the CDC-RFA-DP19-1903, Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) Component 3 funding opportunity to serve as the Tribal Coordinating Center (TCC) to achieve the purpose of reducing rates of mortality and morbidity from commercial tobacco use, diabetes, heart disease and stroke; reduce the prevalence of obesity; and prevention of other chronic disease risk factors and conditions (e.g., oral health, dementia, COPD) in American Indians and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. ANEC will establish the TCC to 1) promote achievements, value, and impact of the National GHWIC Program through the use of a Communication Plan; 2) collaborate with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) evaluators in the development and implementation of a GHWIC National Evaluation Plan (NEP); and 3) facilitate the efficient peer-to-peer exchange of chronic disease prevention knowledge—such as best- or promising-practices, lessons learned, and success stories—including nurturing and stewarding a virtual GHWIC Community of Practice. In this role, ANEC proposes to provide evaluation technical assistance and technological support to all Component 1 and Component 2 Recipients (C1C2Rs). Outcomes: By the end of the 5-year project period, ANEC will achieve the short-term outcomes associated with the Component 3 strategy of establishing a TCC for conducting national GHWIC program collaborative activities across all three C3 strategies. Short-term outcomes include: 1) Increased number of promising practices and success stories identified demonstrating a measurable impact of the program; 2) Increased number of C1C2Rs using their data and evaluation findings to monitor progress in achieving the NOFO outcomes and to inform program improvements; and 3) Increased participation among C1C2Rs in a collaborative Community of Practice. By the end of the project period the intermediate-term outcomes achieved will include: 1) Increased number of GHWIC promising practices and success stories disseminated among AI/AN communities; 2) Increased number of C1C2Rs submitting data to CDC to evaluate the national program in aggregate; and 3) Increased number of promising practices, lessons learned, and success stories identified, shared, and implemented over time. Through this funding, ANEC will also make progress toward the long-term outcomes, beyond the scope of this project period, which are increased adoption and implementation of GHWIC promising practices within AI/AN communities and increased implementation of quality improvement activities.
HHS’ Tracking Accountability in Government Grants System (TAGGS) website provides access to detailed descriptions of grants, loans, aggregated direct payments and other types of financial assistance awarded by the HHS Operating Divisions (OPDIVs) and the Office of the Secretary Staff Divisions (STAFFDIVs).
