4007.0 Youth and Adolescent Health in Indigenous Communities – Investing in Our Tomorrow

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Oral
Like adolescents across the United States, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth face a variety of challenges to their health in today’s society. Attendees of this oral session will learn how the contexts in which AI/AN youth exist, may present additional health risks as well as unique opportunities to protect their health. Projects involving AI/AN populations throughout the US will be presented. Topics such as sexual risk-taking behaviors, suicide prevention efforts, and the impact of historical trauma will be discussed. Most importantly, potential protective factors will be shared. Data presented in this session are drawn from an evaluation of a school-based intervention, an evaluation of community-based suicide prevention strategies, and multi-community and statewide surveys.
Session Objectives: 1. Identify risk factors unique to American Indian and Alaska Native adolescent populations. 2. Identify protective factors unique to American Indian and Alaska Native adolescent populations. 3. Describe community-based intervention strategies aimed at preventing risk-taking behaviors in American Indian and Alaska Native adolescent populations.
Moderator:
Nancy Nancy Bill, MPH, CHES

8:30am
Risky behaviors and characteristics of American Indian adolescent girls: Outcomes of an HIV prevention initiative
Deborah P. Scott, MPH
8:50am
Approaches to suicide prevention in American Indian and Alaskan Native communities
Hope Sommerfeldt, MA, Hailey Reid, MPH, Michael Rodi, PhD, Christine Walrath, PhD and Richard McKeon, PhD, MPH
9:10am
Healing the Next Generation: The Effect of Cultural Activities on Historical Trauma Among California Native American Adolescents
Kurt Schweigman, MPH and Claradina Soto, PhD
  
9:30am
Protective Factors in American Indian Communities and Adolescent Violence
Jia Pu, MA and Betty Chewning, PhD

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Organized by: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
Endorsed by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services, Maternal and Child Health, Oral Health, Public Health Nursing, Socialist Caucus, School Health Education and Services, Community Health Planning and Policy Development, Community Health Workers

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

See more of: American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Caucus
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