Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities:
Examples from Native Communities
Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
and the Elimination of Health Disparities
November 14, 2012
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Seattle, WA
8:30-8:45 am | Welcome, Blessing, and Overview |
Ralph Forquera, M.P.H. Executive Director, Seattle Indian Health Board |
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Howard Hansen Quileute Tribe (Blessing/Song) |
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William Vega, Ph.D. | |
Roundtable Chair | |
Director, Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging | |
School of Social Work, University of Southern California |
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8:45-9:30 am | Presentation of Commissioned Paper |
James Knibb-Lamouche | |
Director of Research and Indigenous Health Sciences Coordinator |
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Blue Quills First Nations College | |
9:30-10:30 am | Why Culture Matters in Addressing Health Inequities |
Moderator: Mildred Thompson, M.S.W. | |
Director, PolicyLink Center for Health and Place |
Bonnie Duran, D.P.H. | |
Professor, Director | |
Center for Indigenous Health Research | |
University of Washington | |
Michael H. Trujillo, M.D., M.P.H., M.S. | |
Associate Dean, Office of Outreach & Multicultural Affairs |
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Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, | |
University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix | |
Assistant Surgeon General/U.S. Public Health Service (Retired) |
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10:30-10:45 am | BREAK |
10:45-11:45 am | Panel #1: |
Training in Cultural Competence: Increasing the | |
Number of Culturally Competent Researchers and Clinicians | |
Moderator: Eve J. Higginbotham, M.D. | |
Emory School of Medicine | |
Terry Maresca, M.D. | |
University of Washington | |
Roger Dale Walker, M.D. | |
Oregon Health and Science University | |
Benjamin Young, M.D. | |
University of Hawaii | |
11:45:00 am-12:45:00 pm | Panel #2 |
Weaving Culture into the Clinical Setting | |
Moderator: Terri D. Wright, M.P.H. | |
Director, Center for School, Health and Education | |
Division of Public Health Policy and Practice | |
American Public Health Association |
Ursula Knoki-Wilson, C.N.M., M.P.H.1 | |
Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility Office of Native Medicine |
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Chinle, AZ | |
Arne Vainio, M.D. | |
Fond du Lac Ojibwe Reservation | |
Cloquet, MN | |
12:45-1:30 pm | WORKING LUNCH |
1:30-2:45 pm | Panel #3 |
Action in Diabetes Prevention in the Communities | |
Moderator: Newell McElwee, Pharm.D., M.S.P.H. | |
Executive Director | |
U.S. Outcomes Research, Merck & Co., Inc. | |
Darlene Willis | |
Diabetes Prevention Program | |
Mississippi Band of Choctaw | |
Walleen Whitson | |
SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, Sitka Site Coordinator |
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Nia Aitaoto, M.P.H. | |
University of Iowa | |
2:45-3:00 pm | BREAK |
3:00-4:00 pm | Panel #4 |
Action in Cancer Prevention in the Communities | |
Moderator: Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., M.P.H. | |
Director, Native American Research and Training Center |
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Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine |
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College of Medicine, University of Arizona | |
JoAnn Tsark, M.P.H. | |
‘Imi Hale Native Hawaiian Cancer Network |
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1 Did not attend workshop.
Kerri Lopez | |
Tolowa Tribe | |
Director, Northwest Tribal Cancer and Western Tribal Diabetes Projects |
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Northwest Portland Indian Health Board | |
Linda Burhansstipanov, Dr.P.H., M.S.P.H. | |
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma | |
Native American Cancer Initiatives, Incorporated | |
4:00-4:45 pm | Open Discussion and Closing Comments |
Jack Lewin, M.D. | |
Principal | |
Lewin and Associates | |
Health Innovation Strategies | |
Mildred Thompson, M.S.W. | |
Roundtable Co-Chair | |
Director, PolicyLink Center for Health and Place |
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Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., M.P.H. | |
Director, Native American Research and Training Center |
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Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine |
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University of Arizona College of Medicine | |
4:45 pm | WORKSHOP ADJOURNS |