Webinar

Webinar

Opioid Use Disorder Law and Policy: Impacts on American Indians and Alaska Natives

TEC News, Training, Webinar

December 11, 2020
1 p.m. CNT

Topic:
Tribal Law & OUD

Description:
As the substance use disorder crisis continues to devastate communities across the United States, Tribal and American Indian communities are also impacted; yet insufficient attention has been paid to the law and policies perpetuating this crisis in Indian country. As sovereign nations, Tribes are uniquely situated to respond public health issues using their inherent sovereign authorities. Yet, issues related to federal Indian law and cross-jurisdictional issues between Tribes, states, and the federal government further complicate the implication of evidence-based legal interventions by Tribes or to support American Indian and Alaska Native communities. This webinar will explore Tribal, state, and federal substance use disorder law and policy and its impact in Indian country. It will focus on a variety of issues related to substance use disorder, with an emphasis on opioid use disorder.


Facilitated by the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Epidemiology Center and presented by Aila Hoss, JD

Aila Hoss is public health attorney and an Assistant Professor at the University of Tulsa College of Law where she teaches and researches Indian law and health law. Prior to teaching, Professor Hoss practiced public health law as a staff attorney with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Law Program, where she worked to improve public health through the development of legal tools and the provision of legal technical assistance to state, Tribal, local, and territorial governments.

Register at: https://tinyurl.com/tribalopioid
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Tribal Epidemiology Centers: Addressing COVID-19 in Indian Country

TEC News, Webinar

In this month’s Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds, speakers showcased the work of Tribal Epidemiology Centers (TECs) to protect American Indian and Alaskan Native persons against COVID-19. As Public Health Authorities, TECs are uniquely positioned within Tribal and Urban Indian communities to effectively conduct disease surveillance, public health research, prevention and control of disease, and more. This session highlights the importance of systematically including tribes, tribal organizations, and TECs into the United States public health system.

Authorized by Congress in 1996, TECs were established within the Indian Health Service (IHS) as a solution to the discontinuation of regional medical epidemiologist positions. Recognizing epidemiology as a major foundation of public health, several IHS staff who were graduates from CDC’s Preventive Medicine Residency and Epidemic Intelligence Service programs, worked together and served as the masterminds behind the formation of TECs. They were involved with guiding the concepts, developing the legislation that provides public health authority to the TECs today, and launching some of the first TECs.

Speakers

Captain Jennifer Giroux, MD, MPH
Public Health Advisor / Consultant
Great Plains Area Indian Health Service

Kevin English, DrPH
Director
Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center

Aurimar Ayala, MPH
Epidemiology Manager
California Tribal Epidemiology Center

Amy Poel, MPH
Epidemiologist (stand-in for Adrian E. Dominguez)
Urban Indian Health Institute

Jonathan Davis, PhD
Program Manager
Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. Tribal Epidemiology Center

Pj Beaudry, MPH
Director
Great Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center


These grand rounds presentations are provided as a courtesy of CDC’s Preventive Medicine Residency and Fellowship program (PMR/F) with the goal of sharing systems-based approaches and leadership practices to address population health issues and public health emergencies.

Continuing Education

Continuing education (CE) is available and there is no cost for this activity. For more details, go to https://www.cdc.gov/prevmed/pmgr/continuing-education.html.

For More Information

Please contact the PMR/F program at prevmed@cdc.gov or visit the Preventive Medicine Grand Rounds web page.

Access the Webinar Recording here: https://adobeconnect.cdc.gov/pexm4j35o8jw/

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Tribal Epidemiology Centers COVID-19 Response Webinar Recording

Webinar
Thursday, May 21, 2020
2 PM Eastern

Facilitated by: Abigail Echo-Hawk
Director: Urban Indian Health Institute

The Directors of the 12 Tribal Epidemiology Centers conducted a roundtable discussion describing the roles of the Centers in Indian Country COVID-19 response efforts.

Abigail Echo-Hawk UIHI logo

Topics covered during the roundtable discussion:

  • Description of the Tribal Epidemiology Centers, who they serve, and their seven core functions
  • Overview of the work Tribal Epidemiology Centers are currently doing for COVID-19 response efforts
  • Description of the types of data the Tribal Epidemiology Centers work with, established protocols Tribal Epidemiology Centers use working with Tribal data, and Tribal data sovereignty

Watch the webinar recording or download the MP4 Video file (220 MB)
View/Download the Transcript (PDF 186 KB)
TEC COVID Response Overview (PDF 302 KB)
Attendee Question & Answer Session (PDF 135 KB)

Note: Video files are large and may take some time to load.

NIHB Webinar: Conducting a Public Health Accreditation Self-Assessment: Who, What, Why and How

Training, Webinar

Prior to committing to public health accreditation or for those who are simply interested in exploring what public health accreditation entails, Tribal public health entities may consider conducting a Self-Assessment. A public health accreditation self-assessment can be a powerful tool for highlighting strengths in the public health system, as well as identifying gaps and areas for improvement. Many Tribes have found this process extremely valuable and have used it to guide efforts toward improving their public health systems, regardless of whether or not their goal is public health accreditation. Join National Indian Health Board (NIHB) and three Tribal public health officials who conducted a self-assessment of their public health system and hear:

  • Why they chose to conduct a self-assessment
  • What they learned about their organization from the process
  • Who was involved, and
  • How they are using the results

Tuesday, July 9, 2019 from 2-3 PM ET

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