232715 Colonial and Post-colonial Impacts on Alaska Native Health and Welfare

Monday, November 8, 2010 : 12:30 PM - 12:50 PM

Kanaqlak (George P. Charles), PhD , College of Health and Social Welfare, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK
     
Alaska Natives have experienced multiple impacts on their health and overall welfare due to their contact with both Russia and the United States. Some of the outcomes of these two contacts are well documented; others are more subtle but none the less important as we view the history and current picture of health status, health care, and health disparities for Alaska Natives. Of interest also are the efforts that Alaska Natives as a group have made to resolve the issues resulting from colonialization and to enhance their own health and welfare.

Learning Areas:
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Diversity and culture
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Discuss the unique colonial and post-colonial experience of Alaska Natives, especially as these affect their historical and current health status and overall welfare. Descirbe the efforts and best practices of Alaska Natives to improve the health and welfare of their populations.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the center director and principle investigator of the National Resource Center (NRC) for American Indian, Alaska Native & Native Hawaiian Elders. The NRC is affiliated with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium health care provders as well as professional staff of the Alaska Native Medical Center (Indian Health Service). The NRC develops with the help of health care staff and professional on basic health education materials.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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