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Vehicle Safety Campaigns Cited in USA Today |
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The North Dakota Department of Transportation was mentioned along with several other states in a USA Today article about multi-cultural education campaigns on traffic safety issues. Read USA Today article
KAT Communications recently created the Up2Me campaign for the ND DOT as an outreach to American Indian populations, who account for 5% of North Dakota’s population, but experience 17% of its traffic deaths. http://goodhealthtv.com/up2me
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KAT Welcomes Kim Sauter |
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KAT Communications welcomes Kim Sauter to the staff. Kim is a recent graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead with a Mass Communications degree, emphasis in Public Relations. She will be helping with a variety of projects involving marketing, PR and project management. Great to have you Kim!
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KAT Partners With UIHI |
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KAT has partnered with Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI) of Seattle, WA. The partnership will assist UIHI in developing and branding the Institute as the national epidemiology center for urban Indians.
KAT began the process by gathering data through an online survey of UIHI employees. CFO, Candace Muggerud, facilitated a series of meetings in Seattle to discuss the survey results and analyze internal and external communication operations of UIHI. The KAT Communications team is preparing specific recommendations for UIHI in developing their communications plan and will move forward with a branding strategy.
UIHI supports the health and well being of urban Indians through information, scientific inquiry, and technology.
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KAT Hosts Meeting on Prevention of Amputations |
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KAT Communications of Bismarck hosted members of the North Dakota Center for Persons with Disabilities, the Centers for Disease Control’s Division of Human Development and Disability and the National Limb Loss Information Center from the Amputation Coalition of America, along with area American Indian health professionals as they discussed outreach strategies to increase prevention of amputations in Indian Country.
Among American Indians, 75%-80% of amputations due to complications of diabetes are preventable. The group discussions led to a series of collaborative strategies and proposals that will increase awareness and preventive education in an effort to cause a measurable decrease in these statistics.
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