"Our commitment to be part of the Indigenous Data Sovereignty Movement"
As we enter a data revolution, remember nobody knows your data as well as you do. So, with a data sharing agreement and at no cost to your program or community, this service is available to all the IHS Albuquerque Area tribal communities’ public health -related programs. Please click below for more information.
A hallmark of Tribal Epidemiology Centers is to enhance existing public health surveillance systems to be more inclusive of American Indian populations and bolster access to tribe-specific health data. AASTEC specific projects in these domains include:
AASTEC currently partners with the New Mexico Department of Health and Tribal WIC and CHR programs to strengthen participation of new American Indian mothers in the ongoing New Mexico Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) survey. PRAMS is a national health survey led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The survey is mailed to selected women two to six months after delivering their baby.
This database compliments the COVID-19 Person Under Investigation (PUI) and Case Report Form created by the Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center, AASTEC. SID COVID-19 has four levels of authorization. This security mechanism determines access levels or user privileges based on a user's identity. Click, Education Material for more information.
In 2011 AASTEC developed individual Microsoft ACCESS Databases, providing software & flash drives to community members. To mitigate some of the challenges experienced with ACCESS, AASTEC created an online HIPAA compliant database called the Southwest Indigenous Database (SID) in 2016. At four years old, SID has improved data collection, made data more secure, and made data more accessible to its tribal owners.
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Protecting the confidentiality of the Tribes and community members that we serve is of utmost importance to AASTEC.Download our confidentiality policy.