The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA
Session: Tribal Epidemiology Centers: New Ways to Address the Public Health and Epidemiologic Needs of Native People in the US (Joint-sponsored by the AIANNH Caucus)
3157.0: Monday, November 11, 2002: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Tribal Epidemiology Centers: New Ways to Address the Public Health and Epidemiologic Needs of Native People in the US (Joint-sponsored by the AIANNH Caucus)
Learning Objectives: The learners will be able to: 1) Describe public health and epidemiologic issues impacting Tribes and Tribal health organizations, such as the "Epi Centers" 2) Identify common themes about how epidemiologic capacity can be built in Indian County in the US 3) Describe relevant epidemiolgic methods or important health and health risk findings from activities conducted by the "Epi Centers" that cuold be used to improve the health and well being of Native peoples in the US.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organizer(s):Jim Gaudino, MD, MS, MPH
Leslie L. Randall, RN, MPH
12:30 PMIntroductions and Overview
12:40 PMConsensus Process in Alaska Native Public Health
Carol Ballew, PhD, Rebecca S. Wells, SM
12:50 PMEmpowering Tribes in the Southwest Region: Addressing Epidemiologic and Public Health Challenges in the 21st Century
Zeenat Mahal, MBBS, MS, Aubrey Joy Corcoran, MPH, Norman Petersen, MS
1:00 PMGreat Lakes Epidemiology Center: Addressing public health and epidemiologic needs of Native People in the upper Midwest United States
Dawn McCusker, MS, MPH, Stephen Everett, MPH, Dina George, Nancy Miller-Korth, MSN
1:10 PMDeveloping epidemiologic and prevention capacity for the 43 Tribes in the Pacific Northwest since 1997: Emerging issues facing a maturing Tribal epidemiology center
Joe Finkbonner, RPh, MHA, Jim Gaudino, MD, MS, MPH, Francine Romero, PhD, MPH, Kelly Gonzales, MPH, Tam Lutz, MPH, MHA, Thomas M Becker, MD, PhD, Dee Robertson, MD, MPH
1:20 PMCreating an Urban Indian Epidemiology Center: The challenges, successes and creative strategies for meeting the needs of 34 Urban Indian Health Programs supported by the Indian Health Service
Maile Taualii, BA, Ralph Forquera, MPH, Michael S. Smyser, MPH
1:30 PMChallenges of Conducting Epidemiologic Research Among Tribes in the Southern and Eastern United States
Janice White, MPH, DrPH, Manning Feinleib, MD, DrPH, Brenda Shore-Fuller
1:40 PMRoundtable Discussion
Organized by:Epidemiology
Endorsed by:American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Chiropractic, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA