January 2025: Seneca Scientific Solutions+ is proud to spotlight our interventions for dismantling COVID-19 health disparities among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Through a 2023 Small Wellness Mini Bid grant funded by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), Bureau of Health Equity and Community Engagement, we developed three public health tools for Tribal and Urban Indian populations, including 1) COVID-19 Etiology Training; 2) Indigenous Patient Navigation Tool; and 3) How to Develop an "All Hazards" Tribal Emergency Operations Center.
Our materials can be viewed using the tabs on the left side of this page. The NYSDOH also highlighted our work in their "2023 Engaging Credible Messengers Yearbook" (page 19). Mr. Dean Seneca, our founder and CEO, made the front page! (photo at the bottom right).
In addition, Mr. Nicholas Blatto, MPH (Associate Director of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciences) presented this project at the 2024 Annual Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Conference in Pittsburgh, PA, which can be viewed here.
March 2020: Seneca Scientific Solutions+ is joining with outstanding, globally-respected, vetted, experienced national health preparedness leaders, Legacy Health US, & PCI Health Products; to provide a holistic, trusted, cost-effective, “one-stop shop” for rapid pandemic response equipment and consultation services. Learn more about our group, the “Indigenous Pandemic Response Alliance” (IPRA).
As our Nation embarks into this unprecedented rate at which the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus) is occurring, things are drastically changing around us and within our communities. I want to let everyone know that Seneca Scientific Solutions+ takes this very seriously and is providing assistance to our Tribal Nations, Urban Indian communities, County and City municipalities, States and the Federal government to address this ever-changing, uneasy and questionable situation. Please feel free to let us know if we can answer your questions and/or provide assistance to help your community. MORE INFORMATION
- August 30, 2023 - A new COVID Varient emerges - Indian Country Today
- August 2, 2022 - Tallying current health threats - Native American Calling
- August 26, 2021 - The prognosis for a lingering pandemic - Indian Country Today
- August 5, 2021 - COVID-19 variant: ‘Cocktail for disaster’ in Indian Country - Indian Country Today
- July 23, 2021 - Racial disparities in drowning deaths persist, research shows
- May 17, 2021 - COVID's devastating impact on the indigenous populations
- August 12, 2020 - ArtistFirst Podcast with SJ Munson regarding Coronavirus
- April 25, 2020 - What’s Fueling the Rapid Spread of Coronavirus Through the Navajo Nation
- April 20, 2020 - WGRZ - WNYer keeps tabs on COVID-19 spread on native lands
- April 15, 2020 - COVID-19 & Indian Country: Pandemic Exposes Navajo Nation’s Water Access Crisis & Health Disparities
Seneca Scientific Solutions+ is monitoring daily the “Situational Awareness" presented by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization. The Centers for Disease Control has issued guidance for COVID-19 on how to protect yourself at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prevent-getting-sick/prevention.html
Seneca Scientific Solutions+ wants to assure you we are in this together for the long haul and will be as innovative as possible to find solutions to protect the health and safety of our communities.
Note: Please take this time to attend to your personal matters; to do the things you have put on the back burner for years. If you can, try to get outside to take a walk, jog or hike. Exercise at home. Most importantly, please take care of your health. “It’s up to everyone individually to conduct efficient public health practice for the greater good of the whole!”
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Sincerely,
Dean S. Seneca MPH, MCURP