Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board: Indian Leadership for Indian Health

Health Related Documents

Policy and Legislation

Priority One: FY 2005 IHS Budget Analysis and Recommendations (0.35 MB/PDF )
The 2004 NPAIHB Legislative Plan for the Second Session of the 108th Congress (0.10 MB/PDF)
The 2004 Legislative Plan provides legislative health priorities of the 43 Northwest Tribes.
The plan is adopted officially by resolution of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and the NPAIHB Board of Directors.

Northwest Tribal Registry Project

Racial Misclassification
Multiple Race - Calculating Disease Rates
The Northwest Tribal Registry Project Overview

NW Tribal Cancer Control Project

Cancer 101 Presentation (1.5MB Powerpoint)

Puukka E, Stehr-Green P, and Becker T. Cancer incidence among Northwest American Indians and Alaska Natives, 1996-2001
The IHS Primary Care Provider:29(9) (Sept. 2004), 212- 216.
http://www.ihs.gov/PublicInfo/Publications/HealthProvider/issues/prov0904.pdf