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Health Commission approves resolution to address American Indian and Alaska Native health disparities
Summary
The San Francisco Health Commission unanimously passed a resolution directing DPH to partner with local American Indian and Alaska Native organizations, improve data collection and reporting, and provide a six‑month process update and a one‑year summary.
The San Francisco Health Commission voted unanimously to adopt a resolution directing the Department of Public Health (DPH) to work with local American Indian and Alaska Native organizations to identify public‑health priorities, improve data collection, and report back within six months and again at one year.
The resolution, presented by Secretary Morwitz and discussed at the Commission’s meeting, calls for DPH to include accurate, disaggregated American Indian and Alaska Native race and ethnicity categories where possible and to add a footnote to any race/ethnicity tables explaining limitations caused by small sample sizes. It notes longstanding disparities — higher rates of diabetes, heart disease, suicide,…
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