Leveraging Culture to Address Health Inequalities:
Examples from Native Communities
Roundtable on the Promotion of Health Equity
and the Elimination of Health Disparities
November 14, 2012
Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Seattle, WA
| 8:30-8:45 am | Welcome, Blessing, and Overview |
| Ralph Forquera, M.P.H. Executive Director, Seattle Indian Health Board |
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| Howard Hansen Quileute Tribe (Blessing/Song) |
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| William Vega, Ph.D. | |
| Roundtable Chair | |
| Director, Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging | |
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School of Social Work, University of Southern California |
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| 8:45-9:30 am | Presentation of Commissioned Paper |
| James Knibb-Lamouche | |
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Director of Research and Indigenous Health Sciences Coordinator |
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| Blue Quills First Nations College | |
| 9:30-10:30 am | Why Culture Matters in Addressing Health Inequities |
| Moderator: Mildred Thompson, M.S.W. | |
| Director, PolicyLink Center for Health and Place | |
| Bonnie Duran, D.P.H. | |
| Professor, Director | |
| Center for Indigenous Health Research | |
| University of Washington | |
| Michael H. Trujillo, M.D., M.P.H., M.S. | |
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Associate Dean, Office of Outreach & Multicultural Affairs |
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| Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, | |
| University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix | |
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Assistant Surgeon General/U.S. Public Health Service (Retired) |
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| 10:30-10:45 am | BREAK |
| 10:45-11:45 am | Panel #1: |
| Training in Cultural Competence: Increasing the | |
| Number of Culturally Competent Researchers and Clinicians | |
| Moderator: Eve J. Higginbotham, M.D. | |
| Emory School of Medicine | |
| Terry Maresca, M.D. | |
| University of Washington | |
| Roger Dale Walker, M.D. | |
| Oregon Health and Science University | |
| Benjamin Young, M.D. | |
| University of Hawaii | |
| 11:45:00 am-12:45:00 pm | Panel #2 |
| Weaving Culture into the Clinical Setting | |
| Moderator: Terri D. Wright, M.P.H. | |
| Director, Center for School, Health and Education | |
| Division of Public Health Policy and Practice | |
| American Public Health Association | |
| Ursula Knoki-Wilson, C.N.M., M.P.H.1 | |
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Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility Office of Native Medicine |
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| Chinle, AZ | |
| Arne Vainio, M.D. | |
| Fond du Lac Ojibwe Reservation | |
| Cloquet, MN | |
| 12:45-1:30 pm | WORKING LUNCH |
| 1:30-2:45 pm | Panel #3 |
| Action in Diabetes Prevention in the Communities | |
| Moderator: Newell McElwee, Pharm.D., M.S.P.H. | |
| Executive Director | |
| U.S. Outcomes Research, Merck & Co., Inc. | |
| Darlene Willis | |
| Diabetes Prevention Program | |
| Mississippi Band of Choctaw | |
| Walleen Whitson | |
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SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium, Sitka Site Coordinator |
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| Nia Aitaoto, M.P.H. | |
| University of Iowa | |
| 2:45-3:00 pm | BREAK |
| 3:00-4:00 pm | Panel #4 |
| Action in Cancer Prevention in the Communities | |
| Moderator: Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., M.P.H. | |
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Director, Native American Research and Training Center |
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Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine |
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| College of Medicine, University of Arizona | |
| JoAnn Tsark, M.P.H. | |
| ‘Imi Hale Native Hawaiian Cancer Network | |
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1 Did not attend workshop.
| Kerri Lopez | |
| Tolowa Tribe | |
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Director, Northwest Tribal Cancer and Western Tribal Diabetes Projects |
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| Northwest Portland Indian Health Board | |
| Linda Burhansstipanov, Dr.P.H., M.S.P.H. | |
| Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma | |
| Native American Cancer Initiatives, Incorporated | |
| 4:00-4:45 pm | Open Discussion and Closing Comments |
| Jack Lewin, M.D. | |
| Principal | |
| Lewin and Associates | |
| Health Innovation Strategies | |
| Mildred Thompson, M.S.W. | |
| Roundtable Co-Chair | |
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Director, PolicyLink Center for Health and Place |
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| Jennie R. Joe, Ph.D., M.P.H. | |
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Director, Native American Research and Training Center |
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Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine |
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| University of Arizona College of Medicine | |
| 4:45 pm | WORKSHOP ADJOURNS |
