The Center for Native Health Inc
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Medical Careers and Technology Pipeline Program
The MedCaT Pipeline is an academic-community partnership between:
Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity (MACHE)
Center for Native Health (CNH)
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC)
This partnership builds upon the existing programming of each partner and develops new program components to address gaps, creating a structured pipeline to engage American Indian (AI) and Appalachian high school students with resources that support the pursuit of health and biomedical science careers.
The MedCaT Pipeline works to achieve these goals by:
Increasing AI and Appalachian high school student knowledge of, and educational preparation to pursue, health and biomedical science careers.
Providing mentorship and scholarship opportunities for AI and Appalachian high school students during undergraduate health and biomedical science education or entrance into the workforce.
Increasing high school health science teacher knowledge and ability to implement in
Where we work
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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The Center for Native Health Inc
Board of directorsas of 06/12/2023
Roseanna Belt
Blythe Winchester
Cherokee Indian Hospital
Caleb Hickman
EBCI Natural Resources
Onita Bush
Elder - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Carol Long
Elder - Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Tom Belt
Elder - Cultural Specialist
Tashina Pheasant
EBCI - Health and Human Services
Kristina Hyatt
EBCI - School Board member
Micah Swimmer
EBCI - Human Resources, Language Specialist
Turner Goins
Western Carolina University
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.