Native American Health Needs
Data Report
Nebraska Minority Resource Center in collaboration and partnership with Panhandle Public Health District began the process of collecting data in September of 2023 to understand better the health needs of Native Americans in the Panhandle of Nebraska. The final report is now available here.
Through the process, the Nebraska Minority Resource Center and Panhandle Public Health District conducted three separate focus groups. One in Sheridan County on September 22nd, 2023, one in Dawes County on December 16th, 2023, and the third in Box Butte County on June 13th, 2024. The questions prepared for the focus groups aligned with the local hospital’s Community Health Improvement Plan priority areas to help us determine how those facilities could better serve the local Native American Population in alignment with their current priorities.
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Two separate surveys were also circulated as a part of the data collection process. To target a high response rate from the Native American population, all focus group participants and the clients and customers of NMRC filled out the surveys. The first survey was a well-being assessment intended to gauge the current and anticipated well-being of the respondents. Responses were collected from the well-being assessment. The second survey was a Native American Acculturation Survey utilized to assess the respondent's cultural identity and help us to better understand the current cultural beliefs and values of the Native American Population in the Panhandle of Nebraska.
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