About Tribal Epidemiology and the TEC Summit

Supporting Tribal Epidemiology

Tribal Epidemiology Workforce Development

CDC works with American Indian and Alaska Native communities throughout the United States to:

• Improve reproductive, maternal, and child health.
• Reduce long-standing disparities in maternal and child health (MCH).
• Promote health equity across the lifespan.

CDC supports tribes and tribal organizations to expand and improve American Indian and Alaska Native MCH activities, such as:

• Enhancing MCH research among American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
• Enhancing surveillance of health conditions among American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
• Building capacity to carry out MCH epidemiology.
• Improving the quality of MCH data.
• Increasing the use of MCH data.

Tribal Epidemiology Centers Summit

Every other year, CDC's Maternal and Child Health Epidemiology Program and the Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TEC) convene a summit. This summit serves as a forum for TEC staff and epidemiologists to discuss MCH-related TEC data needs, technical issues, workforce needs, and priority health issues in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

TEC summits are held in conjunction with the CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference. The summits are opportunities for TEC workforce development through:

• Half-day and full-day conference training sessions on scientific methods, program evaluation, and maternal and infant health topics.
• Participation in conference presentations, symposia, and workshops.

CityMatCH supports all TECs to send at least one staff member to the summit. TECs are also encouraged to send additional staff to both the summit and conference sessions.

For more information on the TEC summit, contact the MCHEP Team.