Indian Health Service (IHS)

Project Name                                                      Summary                                                                    Skills/Languages	Title	Summary	Agency	# Interns	Project Code	Required Languages	Required Skills	Description	Post Name	Country	Country of Focus	Additional Info	Created	Agency Id	Section	Id
IHS-USA-1 Working to make positive changes to support wellness in Tribal communities Looking for energetic and creative students to work with Health Promotion program to develop social media/web materials, creating posters/materials, writing blogs/position papers/impact stories, and o... Analytical writing, Data analysis, Data visualization, Design thinking, Editing and proofreading, Educational design, Research, Infographic design, Storytelling/blogging/vlogging	Working to make positive changes to support wellness in Tribal communities	Looking for energetic and creative students to work with Health Promotion program to develop social media/web materials, creating posters/materials, writing blogs/position papers/impact stories, and other creative strategies. Projects will focus on obesity, tobacco, cancer and COVID-19 prevention.	Indian Health Service	3	IHS-USA-1		Analytical writing, Data analysis, Data visualization, Design thinking, Editing and proofreading, Educational design, Research, Infographic design, Storytelling/blogging/vlogging	The Indian Health Service (IHS), an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), is seeking applicants for the Public Health Student Volunteer Program (PHSVP), within the National Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Program (HP/DP). We are looking for a team of public health volunteers to work on health issues that are affecting American Indians and Alaska Natives such as heart disease, cancer, and obesity. As part of a team, you will have an opportunity to develop social media content, write blogs, and update web content. Additional assignments include conducting interviews with key staff to write impact success stories from the field to increase program visibility, creating and writing articles for the program e-newsletter, developing campaign materials (infographics, fact sheets) that meet health literacy, and conducting literature research on key topics (tobacco, obesity, heart disease, COVID-19) to write position paper, leadership briefing, or policy statement. The individualized program plan can include a rotation of agency activities to provide for a full and comprehensive experience and educational enhancement for the participant.		United States		• Professional, well-organized, self-motivated, and reliable; • Able to work effectively independently and as part of a small team; • Creativity and sense of innovation; and • Fun, flexible, and sense of humor.	2020-05-14 14:03:21	100		2767
IHS-USA-2 Groups of the Ainu People in Japan and Russia Many indigenous peoples of Russia bear an uncanny resemblance to those who live in the US. They build Yaranga or Chum which look like dwellings of Plains peoples. The Ainu in Russia are not Federally ... Japanese req'd, Russian req'd; Analytical writing, Cultural diplomacy, Research, Writing	Groups of the Ainu People in Japan and Russia	Many indigenous peoples of Russia bear an uncanny resemblance to those who live in the US. They build Yaranga or Chum which look like dwellings of Plains peoples. The Ainu in Russia are not Federally recognized, but they are in Japan. Help us learn more about paradoxes of Ainu identity.	Indian Health Service	4	IHS-USA-2	Japanese, Russian	Analytical writing, Cultural diplomacy, Research, Writing	According to the Census authority of the Russian Federation, the Ainu are extinct. Those who identify as Ainu, neither speak the Ainu language, nor practice any aspect of the traditional Ainu culture. In social behavior and customs, they are almost identical with the Old Russian settlers of Kamchatka and therefore the benefits which are given to the Itelmen cannot be given to the Ainu of Kamchatka. The Ainu language is extinct in Russia. The Bolsheretsky Kurile stopped using it as early as the beginning of the 20th century. Only 3 fluent speakers remained in Sakhalin as of 1979, and the language was extinct by the 1980s there. Takei Asai, the last speaker of Sakhalin Ainu, died in Japan in 1994. In Japan, there is a law to protect the Ainu. Both Russia and Japan signed the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Shortly after signing the treaty, the Japanese Diet passed a law to protect them. In the Ainu language, “Cise” means “House”, which is pronounced by placing a high pitch on “se” instead of “ci”. This word has often been used, even in the Japanese vernacular, specifically to refer to a house thatched with saw grass or bamboo grass. The word “Cise” persists to this day in the Ainu language spoken in Japan, and it refers to housing units built by modern construction methods. Ainu elders often use the word as such in their conversation. Despite the changes in the selection of materials and construction methods, “Cise” remains unchanged and still means a house in the Ainu language. While the Ainu serve as a bridge between the past of the Kamchatka peninsula, Sakhalin Island, and Japan, that past may have been irreversibly changed during the period of the Russo-Japanese War to the Cold War. We hope to discover many cultural and social phenomena surrounding the Ainu, including their starring in movies similar to the US "Western" genre in Japan. Some of the research has already been done, but deeper dives are needed to unravel all the associations in the evidence and to discover more material.		United States		"I am caught within a circle from which there is no escape: the less human societies were able to communicate with each other and therefore to corrupt each other through contact, the less their respective emissaries were able to perceive the wealth and significance of their diversity." The significance of these lines echo through my past having once been a student of Harry Harootunian many years ago. Yes, he was trapped in Marxism, and I am not, but that is not what I mean here. The Ainu present a real quandary to people of Indigenous identity or ancestry throughout the world. They are an indigenous community partitioned by wars and ideological conflict, recognized in one place with a unique nativism all its own, actively erased in another place, stridently internationalist in its own way. They offer all kinds of rich questions very relevant to the contemporary space that native or indigenous peoples occupy, ones whose answers have not been always deeply sought but ones which can be revealed through careful, factual scholarship I hope.	2020-05-15 16:42:31	100		2781
IHS-USA-3 Gathering of Information on American Indian/ Alaska Native Health Disparities This project aims to collect, synthesize and summarize public health and research information addressing health disparities in American Indian/Alaska Native populations to guide and support the divisi... Analytical writing, Data analysis, Data visualization, Design thinking, Editing and proofreading, Graphic design, Research, Infographic design, Writing	Gathering of Information on American Indian/ Alaska Native Health Disparities	This project aims to collect, synthesize and summarize public health and research information addressing health disparities in American Indian/Alaska Native populations to guide and support the division's research priorities.	Indian Health Service	2	IHS-USA-3		Analytical writing, Data analysis, Data visualization, Design thinking, Editing and proofreading, Graphic design, Research, Infographic design, Writing	The Division of Epidemiology and Disease Prevention (DEDP) at the Indian Health Service (IHS) is interested in collecting and recording publicly available information in scientific and gray literature (such as manuscripts, abstracts, presentations) addressing a variety of topics around health disparities among the American Indian/Alaska Native population. The intern will work to conduct literature reviews and catalogue these resources. The intern will import this information in a database, summarize the information and create a presentation describing the information identified. The intern could also support other division projects including supporting and coordinating the creation of division newsletters, creating infographics, toolkits and supporting disease specific workgroup meetings. Topic areas might include immunizations, sexually transmitted infections including HIV, Covid pandemic response.		United States		Access to scientific literature is required. Experience with Access database or other database applications is a plus but not necessary.	2020-05-28 09:49:24	100		2876
IHS-USA-5 Influencing Tribal Communities Through Public Health Initiatives Gain practical experience in a government setting; learn about organizational infrastructure; interact among a collaborative virtual team work environment; and develop effective management skills. Us... Cultural diplomacy, Data analysis, Data visualization, Design thinking, Editing and proofreading, Graphic design, Social media management, Speech writing, Videography, Website design, Infographic desi...	Influencing Tribal Communities Through Public Health Initiatives	Gain practical experience in a government setting; learn about organizational infrastructure; interact among a collaborative virtual team work environment; and develop effective management skills. Use graphic design for patient materials, websites, and sharing public health messaging.	Indian Health Service	5	IHS-USA-5		Cultural diplomacy, Data analysis, Data visualization, Design thinking, Editing and proofreading, Graphic design, Social media management, Speech writing, Videography, Website design, Infographic design, Writing, Storytelling/blogging/vlogging	If you are looking to use your creativity and want to bring your ideas to develop communicational resources to our audiences and make a huge impact on public health, this is your place! An internship with the Division of Clinical & Community Services (DCCS) provides an opportunity to positively impact the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives. The internship will provide interface time with the following focus areas: cancer prevention, elder health, emergency medical services, health education, health promotion and disease prevention, HIV and hepatitis C prevention and surveillance, men’s health, and the pharmacy program. Although specific projects for the Public Health Student Volunteer will depend on initiatives within DCCS, the following list provides an idea of the scope and breadth of the student volunteer's work: • Plan and coordinate meetings of public health experts, practitioners, and constituents; • Shadow and conduct informational interviews with key IHS staff; • Interact with IHS Public Affairs staff and assist in developing creative graphic designs and digital marketing materials for national initiatives/events and social media; • Design educational materials for IHS patients, providers, and community members; • Apply database management skills; • Assist in planning, implementation and evaluation of IHS activities for World Autism Awareness Day and other national events; and • Maintain social networking sites and increasing internet presence via DCCS webpages.		United States		The Indian Health Service (IHS), is an operating division of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS). The Division of Clinical and Community Services (DCCS), is within the Office of Clinical and Preventive Services. For more information on OCPS and DCCS, please go to https://www.ihs.gov/ocps/.	2020-05-14 13:40:00	100		2766
IHS-USA-6 Health, Culture, and Economic Status of International Native or Indigenous Peoples Description of the health and social status of native or indigenous peoples in select areas of the world to help gain an international perspective on such peoples who live in Central Asia, Africa, and... Amharic helpful, Arabic helpful, Azerbaijani helpful, Dutch helpful, French helpful, Kazakh helpful, Kirghiz helpful, Portuguese helpful, Russian helpful, Spanish helpful, Turkish helpful, Uzbek helpful; Analytical writing, Cultural diplomacy, Data analysis, Data visualization, Economic analysis, Research	Health, Culture, and Economic Status of International Native or Indigenous Peoples	Description of the health and social status of native or indigenous peoples in select areas of the world to help gain an international perspective on such peoples who live in Central Asia, Africa, and South America.	Indian Health Service	9	IHS-USA-6	Amharic , Arabic, Azerbaijani , Dutch, French , Kazakh , Kirghiz , Portuguese , Russian, Spanish , Turkish, Uzbek	Analytical writing, Cultural diplomacy, Data analysis, Data visualization, Economic analysis, Research	The mission of IHS is raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska natives (AI/AN) to the highest level. To be responsive to the second goal of the 2019-2023 strategic plan, "to promote excellence and quality through innovation of the Indian health system into an optimally performing organization," the Division of Program Statistics in the Office of Public Health needs to continue its work in discovering new information concerning native peoples throughout the world. International studies of the health of native (or indigenous) peoples provide essential public health insights. Reliable data are required for the development of policy and health services. A landmark 2016 paper in which IHS participated, "Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet–Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study," studied 23 states and 28 indigenous peoples within those states. The methods used for that paper overturned the idea that such groups always fare more poorly than benchmark populations. The coverage of nations or the range of health indicators had been limited in earlier works. Our objective is to expand upon the work already done in a description of the health and social status of native or indigenous peoples in new areas of the world. Much was learned in the first year of this effort, and a new group of people is needed to focus on areas of the world left incompletely mapped. One aspect of this effort is a study of the unique demographic, social, geographic, and cultural character of these groups. Also, the work of the group will be to find and eventually bind together expert collaborators who have studied and understood well the peoples of Collaborators with expertise in Indigenous health data systems will be sought for each country. Data on population, spatial distribution, culture, economics, and health will be obtained. DPS is responsible for producing the publications, Trends in Indian Health and Regional Differences in Indian Health.at this link https://www.ihs.gov/dps/publications/ Fluency in a language other than English (see list in additional information) equivalent to an advanced level is needed.		United States		The areas to be studied in the year include those in Central Asia, the Atlas Mountains of North Africa (Berber), Middle and Nilosudanic Africa, and Central and Eastern South American nations such as Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru, and those in the Guianan Shield (Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, and Suriname). In Central Asia, speakers of Uzbek, Karakalpak, Kazakh, Kirghiz, Turkmen, and Uighur will be studied. In Middle and Nilosudanic Africa, many nations will be studied including the Amhara, Banda, Gbaya, Kanuri, Kongo, Luba, Mashi, Mongo, Oromo, Sara, and Zande. Other languages of interest to the work will include: Arabic, Dutch, French, Quechua, and Russian. All you need to begin is to know one language fairly well and to be interested in learning about how tribes live and are affected culturally and socioeconomically as a result of just having their identity and their ways. You won't get stuck in learning in just one area or researching one aspect of one people. There will constantly be new groups formed. Now, if you find something you really want to dive deeply into, we will find a way for you to do it. Any of the languages listed are a good start, and remember, some languages we might need are not taught anywhere.	2020-05-05 18:09:58	100		2716
IHS-USA-7 Use your Creativity, so we attract talented Health Care Professionals! Support the Recruitment Branch of the Division of Health Professions Support within the Office of Human Resources. We’re seeking a creative individual who can assist in the development of various d... Research, Social media management, Website design, Infographic design	Use your Creativity, so we attract talented Health Care Professionals!	Support the Recruitment Branch of the Division of Health Professions Support within the Office of Human Resources. We’re seeking a creative individual who can assist in the development of various digital medial platform initiatives that attract Health Care Professionals to work for IHS.	Indian Health Service	1	IHS-USA-7		Research, Social media management, Website design, Infographic design	Develop digital media content initiatives such as: visual content, social media platform messaging, job platforms, newsletters, website design, and graphic design for targeted projects. The intern may support other recruitment related projects in the division such as relevant research, reports and other communications related to health professions. Experience with Adobe Creative Suite or similar preferred.		United States		Websites: https: www.ihs.gov https://www.ihs.gov/careeropps/	2020-06-10 15:15:15	100		3262
IHS-USA-8 Student Intern for the Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Urban Indian Health Programs Gain experience at the national level working in partnership with Urban Indian Organizations; learn about Urban Indian health policy priorities; interact among a collaborative team; and develop effe... Analytical writing, Cultural diplomacy, Data analysis, Data visualization, Editing and proofreading, Marketing, Political Analysis, Website design, Writing	Student Intern for the Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Urban Indian Health Programs	Gain experience at the national level working in partnership with Urban Indian Organizations; learn about Urban Indian health policy priorities; interact among a collaborative team; and develop effective management skills within the Indian Health Service Office of Urban Indian Health Programs.	Indian Health Service	2	IHS-USA-8		Analytical writing, Cultural diplomacy, Data analysis, Data visualization, Editing and proofreading, Marketing, Political Analysis, Website design, Writing	An internship with the Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Urban Indian Health Programs (OUIHP) provides an opportunity to positively impact the lives of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban centers across the Unites States. The individualized program plan will depend on initiatives within the IHS Office of Urban Indian Health Programs. The following list provides an idea of the scope and breadth of the student's work at IHS. • Identify and disseminate resources needed to support the range of health care issues, including COVID-19, impacting Urban Indian Organizations; • Plan and coordinate meetings of Urban Indian health stakeholders; • Apply skills to goal-based projects in the range of competency areas specified by the student's school curriculum; • Assist in implementing the HHS, IHS, and OUIHP Strategic Plans to support and align with Urban Indian health priority areas and action items; • Apply database management skills; • Apply project management skills; • Assist with grant and contract management; • Assist in planning, implementation and evaluation of grants including conference calls, webinars, or one-on-one trainings; • Review legislative policy analysis and advocacy, possibly participate in congressional briefings, and assist IHS staff in submitting summaries to help policy makers understand the health care needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives living in urban centers; • Interact with IHS Public Affairs staff and assist in writing press releases, marketing and promotion of organizational programs; and • Maintain listserv, social networking sites and increasing internet presence via IHS OUIHP webpage.		United States		For more information on the IHS OUIHP, please visit the following website link: https://www.ihs.gov/urban/	2020-06-08 17:30:33	100		3079
IHS-USA-4 International health data and information discovery for Native/Indigenous peoples using web scraping Finding current and historical data on native/indigenous people can be a challenge. This project will use and refine automated search capabilities using your coding and algorithm skills, ideally in Py... Arabic helpful, Chinese-Mandarin helpful, French helpful, Russian helpful, Spanish helpful, Turkish helpful, Uzbek helpful; Coding, Data analysis, GIS expertise, Research, Software development, Website design	International health data and information discovery for Native/Indigenous peoples using web scraping	Finding current and historical data on native/indigenous people can be a challenge. This project will use and refine automated search capabilities using your coding and algorithm skills, ideally in Python/Beautiful Soup, ArcGIS, or similar tools such as webscraper.io or Maptive.	Indian Health Service	2	IHS-USA-4	Arabic, Chinese-Mandarin , French , Russian, Spanish , Turkish, Uzbek	Coding, Data analysis, GIS expertise, Research, Software development, Website design	There are about 180 member states of the United Nations. Possibly, 20 of those states collect data on native/indigenous people in their territory. Indigenous nations (N=3,000 worldwide?) do not get the same attention internationally as member states do, and they fall into the margins of the data collected, if at all. In a world where borders are continually breaking down, there is a real need to know how indigenous people are faring in their health, livelihood, language, and culture. The raw material for further analysis is needed, and search, web scraping, and literature review can deliver it affordably.		United States		If your knowledge of code is more significant than your knowledge of languages, you are not alone. The ability to write code is more needed now more than ever due to the existence of international internet media. There are at least four forms of media (journal articles, data caches, unscanned paper monographs, and websites) where reliable data are known to exist about native/indigenous people, and only one of them is web-based, but it is the most accessible to reach. Also, there exist APIs that collect multiple snapshots of the same page as it evolves. The problem is that the actual use of web scraping or geographic information systems is not easy. Most of the internship will involve test cases where we see how to adapt the tools we have. It would be good if you knew another language than English, but thanks to Systran and Google, that’s optional. What is needed is a willingness to use algorithms and code to discover in partnership what is there, a combination of the informationist and data scientist approaches to the wealth of data present in both caches and unstructured textbases. Exposure to another human language is helpful but not necessary.	2020-05-07 11:17:20	100		2731