National Native Network Podcast

Project SUN: A Culturally Adapted Youth Smoking Cessation Program for AIAN Youth

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Presenter:
Dr. Claradina Soto (Navajo/Jemez Pueblo)
Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
Director for the Initiative for California American Indian Health Research and Evaluation

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this activity, the healthcare team will be able to:

1. Explore the development and goals of Project SUN.
2. Analyze the challenges and successes of implementing culturally adapted smoking cessation programs.
3. Examine the study findings on the effectiveness of Project SUN in reducing commercial tobacco use among AI/AN youth.
4. Discuss the importance of cultural adaptations in public health initiatives and their impact on community engagement and outcomes.

Description:

This presentation delves into Project SUN (Stop the Use of Nicotine), an innovative, evidence-based smoking cessation program specifically designed for American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) youth. Given the alarming rate of commercial tobacco use among AIAN youth—up to 42%—this program represents a critical intervention. Adapted from Project EX by Dr. Steve Sussman and further refined by Native American experts, including USC professor Claradina Soto and community consultant Lou Moerner, Project SUN integrates culturally relevant elements such as Talking Circles and distinctions between commercial and traditional tobacco use.

About Dr. Soto:

Dr. Claradina Soto (Navajo/Jemez Pueblo) is an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences and the Director for the Initiative for California American Indian Health Research and Evaluation. She has over 20 years of partnering with American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations in public health, collaborating with urban and Tribal communities in California to reduce and prevent mental health disparities, cancer prevalence, commercial tobacco use, and substance use and opioid use disorders. She teaches courses in the Master of Public Health and Health Promotion programs at USC and mentors undergraduate and graduate students. Dr. Soto is a longtime advocate for the AI/AN communities and other priority populations to advance health equity and reduce health disparities.

Target audience:

Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native populations.

Full webinar archive and resources: https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/project-sun-a-culturally-adapted-youth-smoking-cessation-for-american-indian-alaska-native-youth/

Supporting Tribes of all Sizes: Ensuring Streamlined Funding Sources to Support Rural Tribal Communities

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Target Audience:
State and local health departments and other tribal serving organizations

Description:
Typical funding opportunities are often unreachable to smaller tribal communities.  Learn more about the barriers that small and rural tribal communities face and how we can better serve them with streamlined funding strategies.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the presentation, the audience will be able to:
1.  Identify the need for equitable funding strategies and tools.
2.  Identify potential challenges and barriers for creating equitable funding tools.
3.  Start planning and/or developing their own equitable funding tools.

This project is supported by funds made available from CDC’s National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce through cooperative agreement OT18-1802, Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health Award #6 NU38OT000303-04-02.  The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Full webinar archive and resources:  https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/supporting-tribes-of-all-sizes-ensuring-streamlined-funding-sources-to-support-rural-tribal-communities/

Blood Cancer Foundation of Michigan; Supporting the Social, Emotional and Financial Needs of Patients and Caregivers Impacted by Blood Cancer Diagnosis

Full Webinar Resources:  https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/blood-cancer-foundation-of-michigan-supporting-social-emotional-and-financial-needs-of-patients-caregivers-impacted-by-blood-cancer/ 

 

April 24, 2024

Presenter:
Melissa Schultz, LMSW, CNM, ACSW
Director of Patient Support

Dan Layman, MBA
Community Liaison Manager

Target Audience:
Michigan Tribal Health Centers

Description:
Please join the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan and your colleagues from Tribal Health Centers across Michigan to get a better understanding of blood cancers, and improve health literacy and knowledge of resources available from the Michigan Blood Cancer Foundation. The Blood Cancer Foundation of Michigan supports patients and caregivers impacted by nearly 200 types and subtypes of blood cancer and potentially malignant blood disorders. The most common diseases related to blood cancer are leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, MDS, aplastic anemia, and myeloproliferative disorders.

I. Strengthen understanding of blood cancers and potentially malignant blood disorders
      A. Types of blood cancers & disorders
      B. Common Symptoms
      C. Types of treatment and duration
      D. Population data and occurrence
      E. Health disparities

II. Improve health literacy and knowledge of available resources for American Indian patients facing blood cancer
      A. Role of Patient Support Specialists
      1. Access to emotional, financial, and social resources for blood cancer patients and caregivers
      B. Community resources and referral services

III. Heighten awareness of available resources and ongoing education for Tribal clinics supporting blood cancer patients in Native populations
      A. Educational and resource materials
      B. Clinic visits; coffee break discussions and lunch and learn opportunities

Ensuring Your Message Lands: Reaching Tribal Communities with Multimodal Media Campaigns

View full webinar video and resources here:  https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/resources/webinar-archive/ 

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan presents a webinar.

Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Target Audience:
State and local health departments and other tribal serving organizations

Description: Reaching tribal communities requires messages and formats of various kinds. We’ll discuss best practices for creating multi-modal campaigns that will help you connect with a diverse range of tribal communities.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the presentation, the audience will be able to:
1. Identify steps to carry out a culturally responsive media campaign
2. Identify potential challenges and barriers for the media campaign to address vaccine hesitancy
3. Identify steps to start planning their own media campaign

This project is supported by funds made available from CDC's National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce through cooperative agreement OT18-1802, Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation's Health Award #6 NU38OT000303-04-02.  The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Navigating Native Partnerships: How to Build Trust and Advance Health Equity

Full webinar archive and resources:
https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/webinar-navigating-native-partnerships-how-to-build-trust-and-advance-health-equity/

 

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan presents a webinar.

Title: Navigating Native Partnerships: How to Build Trust and Advance Health Equity
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Target Audience:
State and local health departments and other tribal serving organizations

Description: Want to partner with tribal communities but don’t know where to start? It all starts with relationships and trust. The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan is here to help health departments navigate tribal structure and connect through community based participatory approaches.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this presentation, the audience will be able to:
1. Identify behaviors that build trust or mistrust with tribal communities
2. Develop strategies for building trusting relationships with tribal communities
3. Identify community based participatory approaches to promoting health in Indian Country

This project is supported by funds made available from CDC’s National Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce through cooperative agreement OT18-1802, Strengthening Public Health Systems and Services Through National Partnerships to Improve and Protect the Nation’s Health Award #6 NU38OT000303-04-02.  The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Episode 31 CRC Screening Using Multi-Targeted Stool DNA Test

The National Native Network and Exact Sciences present a webinar.

Title: Colorectal Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country

Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Presenters: Travelle Ellis, MD, PhD
Health Equity Director
Exact Sciences

Emily Ferroni, M.S.
Patient Navigator at Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians
Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:

At the conclusion of this activity, the healthcare team will be able to:

1. Differentiate CRC screening modalities

2. Identify when to offer a multi-targeted stool DNA test.

3. Evaluate how the patient assistance programs work to promote accessible CRC screening in AI/AN communities.

Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.

Funding for this webinar was made possible by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention DP18-1808: Networking2Save: CDC’s National Network Approach to Preventing and Controlling Tobacco-related Cancers in Special Populations. Webinar contents do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Indian Health Service, or the Department of Health and Human Services.

Episode 29 - Mitigating the Financial Burdens of Breast Cancer Treatment

April 26, 2023

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this activity, the healthcare team will be able to:
1. Discuss with patients how non-medical cost of living bills can impact treatment decisions.
2. Describe the novel addition to Financial Toxicity Framework, and how it affects patients.
3. Apply learned strategies to mitigate financial toxicity.
4. Propose available resources to breast cancer patients to assist them through treatment.

Presenter:
Molly MacDonald
Founder, CEO
The Pink Fund

Webinar Archive Additional Information: https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/2023/04/mitigating-the-financial-burdens-of-breast-cancer-treatment/

Episode 28 - Colorectal Cancer Prevention in the Alaska Tribal Health System

March 29, 2023

Learning Objectives/Outcomes

At the conclusion of this activity, the healthcare team will be able to:
1. Examine the burden of colorectal cancer among Alaska Native people and rates of colorectal cancer screening.
2. Implement evidence-based program activities to increase colorectal cancer screening among Alaska Native people.
3. Appropriately assess, educate, and refer patients for colorectal screening and prevention.

Target Audience: Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.

Presenter:

Diana Redwood, PhD, MPH
Senior Epidemiologist
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Additional webinar archive information: https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/2023/03/nnn-webinar-colorectal-cancer-prevention-in-the-alaska-tribal-health-system/

Episode 28 - Smoke-Free Tribal Housing Policies

Full Webinar Archive:  https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/2022/02/webinar-smoke-free-tribal-housing-policies-2/

Title:  Smoke-Free Tribal Housing Policies
Date:  Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Time:  3 – 4 p.m., EDT

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this activity, the healthcare team will be able to:

1.  Identify the risks of smoking in multi-unit tribal housing, as well as the benefits of going smoke-free.
2.  Examine policy options to consider when adopting a smoke-free tribal housing policy.
3.  Locate helpful resources for smoke-free multi-unit tribal housing community awareness campaigns.

Target Audience:
Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.

Presenters:
Mike Freiberg, J.D.
Senior Staff Attorney
Public Health Law Center

Colin Welker, BS, CHES
Policy Analyst
Public Health Law Center

Rae O’Leary, RN, MPH
Coordinator
Missouri Breaks

Episode 27 - Surviving the Journey Through Cervical Cancer

Title: Surviving the Journey through Cervical Cancer
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this activity, the healthcare team will be able to:
1. Examine the progress and lifetime risk for cervical cancer in women with an abnormal pap smear.
2. Identify best practices for referral and treatment of cervical cancer.
3. Participate in the experience of one cervical cancer survivor regarding her journey with cervical cancer treatment during the pandemic.

Target Audience:
Physicians, nurses, health educators, administrators, and support staff working with American Indian and/or Alaska Native communities.

Presenters:
Amanda Hill-Youngers, CNM, MSN
Certified Nurse Midwife
Oyate Health Center

Amanda Grover
Cervical Cancer Survivor

For full information and resources, visit:

https://keepitsacred.itcmi.org/2021/12/webinar-surviving-the-journey-through-cervical-cancer/