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SUMMARY:Compassion in Action: Delivering Medical Care in Navajo Nation
DESCRIPTION:This all-day program will feature healthcare practitioners and community health advocates from Gallup, New Mexico who work exclusively with Native populations and will discuss various topics including, but not limited to, COVID-19, gender affirming care and substance use disorders. The goal of this program is to come together, listen and engage in dialogue with one another about what each of us can do to better educate ourselves on Native health and how we can be better healthcare advocates.  Program:  8:30 - 9:45AM | BREAKFAST    9:00 - 9:15AM | WELCOME + INTRODUCTIONS  Welcome - Robert Barish  Speaker Introductions - Adriana Black  Opening Ceremony - Mattee Jim    9:15AM - 10:15AM | SESSION 1  Rural Medicine in Gallup, New Mexico and Navajo Nation  Mia Lozada & Jennie Wei  The goal of this session is to give a geographic/historical overview of Gallup, New Mexico, provide demographics information, education rates, status of water/electricity, medical conditions in higher prevalence, food desert consequences and lack of healthcare specialists.    10:15AM - 11AM | SESSION 2  Treatment of Substance Use Disorders in Native Communities  Sheryl Livingston  The goal of this session is to give context to how approaches to treatment and maintenance that are both similar and different within Native communities, teachings, and cultures.    11:00AM - 11:15AM | BREAK    11:15AM - 12PM | SESSION 3  Covid-19, Structural Racism, and its Effects in the Native American Southwest  Marisha Leonard-Bitahy, Mia Lozada & Jennie Wei  The goal of this session is to explore the challenges of patient care during peak pandemic times, focusing on the burden of disease, etc. We will also discuss the culture of fear and lessons for future disaster and emergency preparedness.    12PM - 1:30PM | LUNCH  Catered by Aloha Wagon    12:30PM - 1:30PM | SESSION 4  Impact of Identities in Providing Care for Native Americans  Marisha Leonard-Bitahy, Mattee Jim, Sheryl Livingston, Mia Lozada & Jennie Wei  The goal of this session is to explore the joys and struggles of being Native and caring for Native communities, as well as the experiences of non-Native individuals in similar roles. We will also discuss the impact of blood quantum and historical trauma on healthcare within Native communities.    1:30PM - 1:45PM | BREAK    1:45PM - 2:45PM | SESSION 5  Gender Affirming Care in a Rural Native American Community  Mattee Jim & Jennie Wei  The goal of this session is to explore the development of subspecialty clinics to address the lack of healthcare access in rural Native communities. We will discuss the importance of integrating Native American views on gender and sexuality into healthcare services and highlighting cultural perspectives that influence patient care and well-being.    2:45PM - 3PM | CLOSING  Reflection - Cassandra Solis  Closing Remarks - Adriana Black  Closing Ritual - Marisha Leonard-Bitahy    Please RSVP to attend online or in person! | Event post: https://vcha.uic.edu/events?page_id=54668
LOCATION:Odehmenan Health Equity Center or Online via Zoom Library of Health Sciences 1750 W. Polk Street Chicago IL 60612
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