IHS Injury Prevention Specialist Fellowship Program

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IHS Injury Prevention Specialist Fellowship
Program

• First class Began in 1987
• Participants 1987-2006 227
• PDF 2003,2005,2006 32

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Program Development
Epidemiology
Focus Data collection and analysis Community-based programs
Education Pre-reqs Bachelors None
Training experience Pre-reqs 2 core courses 3 yr. PH, 2 yrs. IP 1 core course 1 yr. IP

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Epi Fellowship

• Year-long project
• 4 courses
• Project development
• U Michigan Summer Epidemiology courses
• IP Field course
• Oral and written presentations

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Program DevelopmentFellowship

• Year-long project
• 4 courses
• Program development
• Coalitions and program evaluation
• IP Field skills
• Presentations, marketing, and resource
  development
• Between course assignments
• Function of coalitions
• Organize and conduct a focus group
• Tribal codes and law enforcement

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Program Development Fellows (2003,2005, 2006)

• Many are tribal members (78)
• Many are employed by tribes (72)
• From all Areas, except Billings (Thank you, Area
  IP Specialists and TSC members!)
• Many are IP coordinators (38)
• Great diversity of occupations, e.g., police,
  nursing, CHR, EH, health education
• Projects focus on leading injuries

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PDF Areas Acceptances

• Aberdeen 4 Alaska 5
• Albuquerque 3 Bemidji 3
• Billings 0 California 4
• Navajo 3 Nashville 2
• Oklahoma 3 Phoenix 4
• Portland 1 Tucson 4

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PDF Fellows Job Titles

• IP coordinator 12
• CHR or CHR supervisor 4
• EH Officer/sanitarian 3
• PHN or CHN 3
• Tribal health educator 2
• Traffic safety officer
• Area Deputy IP Specialist

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PDF Fellows Job Titles

• Medical or EH secretary
• IP education specialist
• Police lieutenant
• Injury epidemiologist
• Office manager
• MADD executive director

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PDF Projects

• Motor vehicle 12
• Other unintentional 9
• Intentional injuries 7
• All injuries 4

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Long-term Follow-up Survey

• Response rate 75 (86/115)
• Average years since graduation 9

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Long-term Follow-up Survey

• At least 5 of current work is IP 71
• At least 25 of current work is IP 48
• Working for
• IHS 59
• Tribes/AN Corps. 14
• Other Federal agencies (CDC, HRSA, FDA, NIOSH,
  US Coast Guard) 15

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Was the fellowship year worth the time and effort
you devoted to it?

• 100 (86/86) Yes

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Best training I ever had in the PHS. It
changed the way I viewed my job on a daily
basis. Allowed me to pursue graduate level
coursework in epidemiology. It was a
highlight of my work life thus far.
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Did the Fellowship influence your professional
career in any way?

• 83 (71/86) Yes

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I stayed in injury prevention when I could have
left for a promotion. The value of IP had been
impressed upon me and it became much more than
just a job I have made it (IP) my career
in PHS. It presented additional career
opportunities through networking, certification,
and visibility.
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Yes 66 No 20Not sure 12
Did your fellowship project lead to some positive
results?

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It has provided the justification to offer a
degree in injury prevention at a tribal
college. My project resulted in over 500,000
in roadway improvement for the San Carlos Apache
Nation. The Native Peoples Brain Injury
Council has formed with representation from
Native regions within the United States. The
project is still being conducted in Alaska.

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Yes 83No 2Not sure 15
Should the Fellowship be continued?

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More work needs to be done on intentional
injuries.Provide IP topics and projects in
alignment with meeting the GPRA
indicators.Have a training evaluation
specific to each fellow and their project.
How might the fellowship be improved?

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2007 Epi Fellowship

• Project development course at CDC
• University of Michigan more courses
• Public health surveillance
• GIS for epidemiology
• Community-based interventions
• Epidemiology of injury and violence
• Epi Info
• NEHA credits
• Continue sequence of 2 PDF/1 Epi