Indigenous Public Health

Even though the issue of Indigenous health has drawn more attention on a global scale, the information available about it is limited and scattered. The ability and desire of different nations to create information systems that track Indigenous health outcomes determines the quality of the information about Indigenous health. The quality of indigenous data is influenced by a variety of technological and social variables. Technical considerations include definitions of Indigenous people, the creation of methods for the collection, processing, and dissemination of Indigenous health data, and the incorporation of data items on Indigenous status within administrative data sets and health surveys. Social aspects include the institutions' and individuals' desire to gather and compile health data to commit to strategies to ensure high-quality data on Indigenous health.