254105 Importance of Training Indigenous Researchers and Scientists

Wednesday, November 2, 2011: 12:50 PM

Teshia Solomon, PhD , Family and Community Medicine, University of Arizona, Native American Research and Training Center, Tucson, AZ
In an effort to improve the breadth of science and innovation to address health disparities in the nation and to advance health equity, we must train a new generation of researchers and scientists. The merging of culture and science will help to advance the application and impact of research outcomes. Through the training of Indigenous scientists and those interested in working for Indigenous communities we can meet this objective in a manner that does not separate ones cultural values from scientific methodology.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs

Learning Objectives:
Describe 2 strategies that will produce new innovation and science for public health that incorporate Indigenous values. Identify 2 areas of Indigenous cultural values and traditions that will produce evidence based public health benefit for the public at-large.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to present because I am a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Director of the Native American Research and Training Center, and have over 18 years of experience in public health research in Native communities.
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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