Assessment of the status of health data for minority populations in Montana and review of communication systems regarding health issues with minority populations
Subtitle: project report -- FINAL --
By: prepared for :  Ms. Jo Ann Walsh Dotson, Family and Community Health Bureau, Health Policy and Services Division, Department of Public Health and Human Services ; prepared by : Genesis Counseling Services
Contributors: Montana. Family and Community Health Bureau
Publisher: Genesis Couseling Services
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Helena, MT
Language: eng
Subjects: Qualitative research; Minorities
Notes: "March 2002"

Includes bibliographical references.

Final report; March 2002.
Table of contents: title: List of Tables; title: List of Appendices; title: 1.0 Introduction; title: 1.1 General; title: 1.2 Demographics; title: 1.3 Population Diversity; title: 1.4 Economics; title: 1.5 Age Structure; title: 1.6 Census Shifts; title: 2.0 Minority Populations; title: 2.1 Native Americans; title: 2.1.1 Reservation Populations; title: 2.1.2 Off-Reservation Populations; title: 2.1.3 Available Health Statistics; title: 2.2 Hispanic or Latino Origin; title: 2.3 Asian Americans; title: 2.4 Blacks; title: 2.5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders; title: 2.6 Others; title: 2.7 Mixed Races; title: 2.8 Hidden Minorities; title: 3.0 Exisiting Health Assessments and Data; title: 3.1 Project Contacts; title: 3.2 Summarized List of Existing Health Assesments; title: 3.2.1 Montana Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; title: 3.2.2 Office of Vital Statistics; title: 3.2.3 Regional Differences in Indian Health; title: 3.2.4 Maternal & Child Health Needs Assessment; title: 3.2.5 Montana Diabetes Project; title: 3.2.6 Montana Health Agenda; title: 3.2.7 Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; title: 3.2.8 U.S. Census Bureau; title: 3.2.9 Additional Information; title: 4.0 Individual and Focus Group Meetings; title: 4.1. Contact Letter; title: 4.2 Focus Group Members and Meeting Coordination; title: 4.3 Individual and Focus Group Meetings; title: 4.3.1 Comments and Feedback from Western Montana; title: 4.3.2 Comments and Feedback from Eastern Montana; title: 5.0 Trends or Consistencies in Information; title: 5.1 Health Status Trends; title: 5.2 Trends in Project Contact Comments; title: 6.0 Gaps in Information; title: 7.0 Comunication Process for Public Health Activities; title: 8.0 Conclusions; title: 9.0 Recommendations; title: 10.0 References.