2049.0 Research, Health Promotion, Policy and Environment: Examples of Public Health in Indigenous Communities

Sunday, November 7, 2010: 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Poster
Organizer:
Jessica Folkman, MPH

Board 1
A collaborative model among injection drug users, a capacity building assistance organization and behavioral scientists in adapting and pilot-testing an HIV prevention evidence-based intervention curricula for native drug users
Jonny Andia, PhD, Robert Foley and Charles Collins, PhD
  
Board 2
Using Telemedicine to Detect Diabetic Retinopathy in American Indian/Alaska Natives and Other Ethnicities
Steven Mansberger, MD, MPH and Thomas Becker, MD PhD
Board 3
Confusing culture: What is the value of self-reported race data?
Christopher R. Larrison, PhD, Samantha Hack-Ritzo, MSW and Joseph Gone, PhD
  
Board 4
Age of first substance use among Native Americans in Southern California
Daniel Dickerson, DO, MPH, Dennis G. Fisher, PhD, Grace L. Reynolds, DPA, Lucy Napper, PhD, Safia Baig, BA and Christine Jocoy, PhD
Board 5
An evidence-based mandate for addiction services: American Indians and sovereignty
Marisa O. Gholson, BA, Traci Rieckmann, PhD, John Spence, PhD, Caroline Cruz, BS, CPM and Dennis McCarty, PhD
Board 6
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Characteristics among a Sample of Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth Receiving Mental Health Services: A Descriptive Study
Daniel Dickerson, DO, MPH and Carrie Johnson, PhD
Board 7
Community-Based Projects: Integrating Traditional Knowledge to Address Contemporary Issues in Health and Education among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI)
Christopher Tsavatewa, MPH (Hopi), Lisa Lefler, PhD, Heidi Altman, PhD and Roseanna Belt, MA
Board 8
Communicating periodontal disease to diabetic patients: A qualitative study of provider communication in an American Indian community clinic
Jennifer Jordan (Oneida), MEd, CHES, Angela Witt Prehn, PhD and Regina A. Galer-Unti, PhD, CHES
Board 9
Legislating addictions treatment services for American Indians: Provider perspectives and cultural adaptations
Traci Rieckmann, PhD, Marisa Gholson, BA, Caitlin Rasplica, BA, Allie Buti, MPH and John Spence, PhD
Board 10
Weighing Harms and Benefits: Alaska Native Perspectives on the Risks and Benefits of Research with Biological Specimens
Jennifer Brown, BA, Vanessa Hiratsuka, MPH, Theresa Hoeft, PhD and Denise Dillard, PhD

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
Endorsed by: Alternative and Complementary Health Practices, Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs, Community Health Workers, Epidemiology, Socialist Caucus

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