NNN Webinar: “Did Our Ancestors Eat Buffalo Chicken?: Decolonizing Practices in Urban Indian Health”
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network and the Indian Health Services Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider) present a webinar series: Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country.
Title: Did Our Ancestors Eat Buffalo Chicken?: Decolonizing Practices in Urban Indian Health
Date: Monday, October 31, 2016
Time: 3 – 4 PM, EDT
REGISTER NOW: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7150039831119036932
Presenter: Kerry Hawk Lessard, MAA, Executive Director, Native American Lifelines of Baltimore
Learning Objectives:
By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Conceptualize the link between historical trauma and contemporary American Indian health outcomes.
- Employ successful community interventions around the topics of food sovereignty, decolonized eating practices, and overtly indigenist strategies to combat significant health concerns in Native communities such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, emotional health, and resilience.
- Create culturally-grounded health and wellness programs appropriate for and desirable to the specific needs of their communities.
Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.
REGISTER HERE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7150039831119036932
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Funding for this webinar was made possible by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DP13-1314 Consortium of National Networks to Impact Populations Experiencing Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities. Webinar contents do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Continuing Education:
To obtain a certificate of continuing education, you must be registered for the course, participate in the webinar in its entirety and submit a completed post-webinar survey. The post-webinar survey will be emailed to you after the completion of the course. Certificates will be mailed to participants within four weeks by the Indian Health Service (IHS) Clinical Support Center.
Accreditation:
The Indian Health Service (IHS) Clinical Support Center is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The IHS Clinical Support Center designates this live activity for 1 hour of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for each hour of participation. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
The Indian Health Service Clinical Support Center is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
This activity is designated 1.0 contact hour for nurses.
Faculty Disclosure Statement: As a provider accredited by ACCME, ANCC, and ACPE, the IHS Clinical Support Center must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities. Course directors/coordinators, planning committee members, faculty, reviewers and all others who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest related to the subject matter of the educational activity. Safeguards against commercial bias have been put in place. Faculty will also disclose any off-label and/or investigational use of pharmaceuticals or instruments discussed in their presentation. All those who are in a position to control the content of this educational activity have completed the disclosure process and have indicated that they do not have any significant financial relationships or affiliations with any manufacturers or commercial products to disclose.
No commercial interest support was used to fund this activity.
Space is limited.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.