1. Health Services
Cherokee Nation Healthy Nation Policy, Systems, and Environmental Change

2. Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation Headquarters are located in Northeast Oklahoma. The nearest large city is Tulsa
Cherokee Nation is the 2nd Largest tribe in the Nation
14 County Jurisdictional Area
Serve entire community

3. CHEROKEE NATION Tribal Jurisdictional Service Area (TJSA)
Nowata Health Center
Vinita Health Clinic
Bartlesville Health Clinic
Sam Hider Jay Community Clinic
Claremore Indian Hospital
A-Mo Salina Health Center
Hastings Indian Medical Center
Legend
Wilma P. Mankiller Health Center
Cherokee Nation Clinic
IHS Hospital
Main Complex
Three Rivers Health Center
Redbird Smith Health Center

4. The Cherokee Nation Health Services Mission
We are dedicated to working with our communities, families, and individuals to promote and improve their health.

5. Cherokee Nation Health Services Group
Programs within Health Services:
Direct clinical services
Cancer Programs
Diabetes
Women, Infants and children (WIC)
Jack Brown Treatment Center
Emergency Medical Services
Contract Health Services
Community Health Services
Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Behavioral Health
Community Health Nursing

6. Community Health Health Promotion/Disease Prevention
Provides services to schools and communities.
Services include
Wellness activities:
Smoking and Tobacco Cessation Classes
Wings Running/Walking Club
Youth Camps
Gardening and Traditional Food Programs
Establishing Traditional/Local foods Policy/Practices
Principal Chief Leadership Awards

7. 3 Workable Activities
Decrease the exposure of children 18 and under to environmental tobacco smoke
Increase daily consumption of fruits and dark green vegetables
Increase the percentage of adults and children in the Cherokee Nation 14 county area who engage in exercise several times per week

8. Policy Work Nutrition Tobacco Prevention Physical Activity
Community Gardens /7 tobacco free policies
School Gardens Multi-unit Smoke Free Housing
Farm-to-School Smoke free parks
Taste testing at local schools
Food Policy Councils
Food Nutrition policies
Physical Activity
Wings
Safe Routes to Schools
Joint-use agreements
Quality Physical Education and Physical Activity Curriculums
Spark-Catch-Cherokee Challenge-Mileage-Walking Clubs
Traditional Games

9. Community Gardens 5 communities have established gardens
Technical assistance, resources and education has been provided to the communities
Communities have developed planning committees.

12. WINGS Self paced running/walking club
Sponsor 26 runs a year including a Duathalon and an Adventure Race
8500 active members
Creates a sense of unity while being physically active.

13. Schools Physical Activity
Joint Use Agreements
Quality Physical Education
Cherokee Nation Health Leadership Grant
Safe Routes To School

14. Joint Use Agreements
5-6 schools that have adopted the Joint Use Agreements
2 community based organizations
Assist in creating the verbiage to fit the specific entity

15. School and Community Tobacco free policies
249 school in our 14 County Jurisdictional Area
108 schools that have 24/7 policies
Tobacco free parks

16. School Nutrition Farm to School Program/School Gardens Taste testing
Improving food nutrition policies in schools and childcare centers within CNTJSA

17. Principal Chief Health Leadership Award
School with high population of American Indian Students
Schools located in the CN TJSA with high rates of Obesity and Diabetes
School in Rural Settings
Schools with a high percentage of students receiving free and/or reduced price lunch

18. Benefits To the School BMI assessment material and Fitness Gram kit
Ongoing technical assistance
Link to community resources and presenters
Cherokee Nation School Health Team assists in BMI and Fitness Gram data collection
School Health Index Assessment and Action planning

19. Requirements
Complete the 8 module School Health Index Assessment (SHI) and create action plan
Promote healthy eating behaviors
Promote and implement school and community gardens
Develop a policy that aims to increase the number of minutes of physical activity

20. Requirements cont.
Administer Fitness Gram physical fitness test and Body Mass Index (BMI) assessments
Implement an evidence based Physical Education curriculum
Implement an active SWAT (students working against tobacco) team
Develop and implement 24/7 policy
Apply to become an Oklahoma Certified Healthy School

21. Public Health Accreditation
A Cherokee Nation Public Health Code (draft) has been submitted for consideration to Administration
Health Impact Assessment is being studied
Collaboration with Human Impact Partners organization is ongoing to determine how the HIA process can best be utilized

22. Traditional Games Establish Cherokee Stickball and Marble Leagues
School based
Community based
Partnering with cultural center, communications

23. Public Health Educator Cherokee Nation/Healthy Nation
Bobbie Jo Eagleton
Public Health Educator
Cherokee Nation/Healthy Nation
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