Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) Content Topic Results

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A Snapshot of Data from 71 Urban Cities in the United States

berdman — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:13:50 +0000

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls: A Snapshot of Data from 71 Urban Cities in the United States berdman Fri, 11/16/2018 - 11:13

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Published Date

November, 2018

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Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI)

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has reported that murder is the third-leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women and that rates of violence on reservations can be up to ten times higher than the national average. However, no research has been done on rates of such violence among American Indian and Alaska Native women living in urban areas despite the fact that approximately 71% of American Indian and Alaska Natives live in urban areas.

To fill this gap, in 2017, Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a tribal epidemiology center, began a study aimed at assessing the number and dynamics of cases of missing and murdered American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls in cities across the United States. This study sought to assess why obtaining data on this violence is so difficult, how law enforcement agencies are tracking and responding to these cases, and how media is reporting on them. The study’s intention is to provide a comprehensive snapshot of the MMIWG crisis in urban American Indian and Alaska Native communities and the institutional practices that allow them to disappear not once, but three times—in life, in the media, and in the data.

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Criminal Justice

Communities of Color

Domestic Violence

Homicide / Lethality

Sexual Violence

Our Bodies, Our Stories: Sexual Violence Among Native Women in Seattle, WA

berdman — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:49:33 +0000

Our Bodies, Our Stories: Sexual Violence Among Native Women in Seattle, WA berdman Fri, 11/16/2018 - 11:49

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Published Date

August, 2018

Publisher(s)

Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI)

In 2010, Urban Indian Health Institute partnered with the Division of Violence Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to administer a comprehensive sexual violence survey to better understand the experiences of urban Native women in Seattle, Washington. King County, where Seattle is located, has a large urban Indian population of approximately 44,500 people.

This survey attempted to gather a well-rounded understanding of multiple forms of sexual violence perpetrated against this population, including whether a woman was raped or coerced into sex. In this initial release of the data, a valuable snapshot is exposed for communities and health care providers serving urban Native women.

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Our Bodies, Our Stories: Sexual Violence Among Native Women in Seattle, WA

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Communities of Color

Sexual Violence

Reproductive Health of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Examining Unintended Pregnancy, Contraception, Sexual History and Behavior, and Non-Voluntary Sexual Intercourse

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Reproductive Health of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Examining Unintended Pregnancy, Contraception, Sexual History and Behavior, and Non-Voluntary Sexual Intercourse Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 09/16/2014 - 06:22

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Published Date

February, 2010

Publisher(s)

Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI)

This report presents baseline information on pregnancies, births, sexual history and behavior, contraceptive use, non-voluntary sex, and unintended pregnancy among urban American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) women nationwide.

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Reproductive Health of Urban American Indian and Alaska Native Women: Examining…

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Cultural Competence

Reproductive Justice

Communities of Color

Health / Public Health

Sexual Violence