title: Fostering Social Determinants of Health Transdisciplinary Research: The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health.
abstract: The Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health (CRCAIH) was established in September 2012 as a unifying structure to bring together tribal communities and health researchers across South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota to address American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) health disparities. CRCAIH is based on the core values of transdisciplinary research, sustainability and tribal sovereignty. All CRCAIH resources and activities revolve around the central aim of assisting tribes with establishing and advancing their own research infrastructures and agendas, as well as increasing AI/AN health research. CRCAIH is comprised of three divisions (administrative; community engagement and innovation; research projects), three technical cores (culture, science and bioethics; regulatory knowledge; and methodology), six tribal partners and supports numerous multi-year and one-year pilot research projects. Under the ultimate goal of improving health for AI/AN, this paper describes the overarching vision and structure of CRCAIH, highlighting lessons learned in the first three years.
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research, Sanford Research, Department of Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. amy.elliott@sanfordhealth.org.
authors.forename: Amy J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Elliott
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research, Sanford Research, Department of Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. emily.whitehat@sanfordhealth.org.
authors.forename: Emily R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: White Hat
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research, Sanford Research, Department of Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. jyoti.angal@sanfordhealth.org.
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Angal
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research, Sanford Research, Department of Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. victoria.greyowl@sanfordhealth.org.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Grey Owl
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research, Sanford Research, Department of Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. susan.puumala@sanfordhealth.org.
authors.forename: Susan E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Puumala
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research, Sanford Research, Department of Pediatrics and Ob-Gyn, Sanford School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Sioux Falls, SD 57105, USA. denyelle.kenyon@sanfordhealth.org.
authors.forename: DenYelle
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baete Kenyon
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D065246:Culturally Competent Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008910:Minnesota; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009658:North Dakota; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D064890:Social Determinants of Health; D013023:South Dakota
keywords: American Indian; social determinants of health; transdisciplinary